Hey there, it's Rohan. Have you ever felt stuck? Like you'd really like to make a change in your career

or your personal life, but you just couldn't move. Most of us feel stuck at one point or another.

And here's the interesting part. We actually already have the ability to get on stuck.

So why don't we do it? Our coaching partner better up, suggest that because we fear change,

we talk ourselves out of it. Maybe even overthink or overcomplicate the steps we need to take

to keep ourselves from taking action. Our internal antibodies to change, that is to say fear,

takes over. As a quick reminder, we're collaborating with Better Up by using meditative story

and the episode themes to coach you through challenges like getting stuck. If you're feeling stuck,

Better Up can help because here's what their coaches know. We like to think of ourselves as

rational beings, but what really motivates us is positively charged emotions that act as feedback

loops when we need to act. After today's meditative story, I'll share a brief exercise from Better

Up to kickstart the change you'd like to make in your life.

My friends continue walking along the broken concrete and I gaze over the edge of the

dam at the water 20 feet below. Everything, the motion of swaying tree branches, the voices of

my friends, falls away. It's only me in the water. It's so much bigger than me. It's beautiful

and I want to be a part of it. I'm not considering the danger or the overwhelming power

only that I'm pulled toward this force of nature.

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Coral Music composer and conductor Eric Whitaker has directed choirs around the globe and won

Grammy Awards for his work. But as a kid in Northern Nevada, he always felt like the odd one

out in his family. He didn't know how to channel his endless energy to create meaningful connections

and find his place in the world. In today's episode, Eric shares the story of how he learned to

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