Getting Unstuck

About this episode

Ellen Petry Leanse shares her personal experience of feeling stuck and explores insights from the brain and another organ to find hope and a way forward.

Here's the truth. I've been stuck. Trying to understand why by looking to the brain? Nothing worked. And then I stumbled across another organ that offered a clue – and a perspective – about why we get stuck and how to get out of it. This one's short and simple. Yet it's set me on my way to what comes next: things that give me (and hopefully you) hope, understood through the lens of the brain...and beyond. Thank you for being here. Your faith and patience means the world. More from...

People in this episode

Host: Ellen Petry Leanse

Topics covered

• getting unstuck
• brain
• perspective
• hope
• self-improvement

Keywords

• stuck
• brain
• hope
• self-discovery
• perspective

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