In my last episode, I talked about the word "can't" — that earthquake feeling when a system slams the door in your face. Today I want to talk about the complete opposite. Two words that have opened more doors in my life than almost anything else: just try.In this episode I share what those words actually feel like — not the logic of it, but the feeling. The sunrise. The light at the end of a tunnel I wasn't sure had an end. And then I get honest about something most people don't talk about — that "just try" isn't always clean or comfortable. Sometimes the person trying still makes you feel like a burden. And that changes everything.I take you into a physical therapy gym four years ago where nobody was sure what was going to happen. I tell you about a taxi driver who made me feel like a little child being scolded, right in the middle of something that was supposed to feel like progress. I talk about a lawyer who didn't promise me success but was willing to try everything under the sun anyway. And I share two personal stories — one involving a Honda Pilot parked on a hill, and one involving my shower — that remind me that the most important "just try" moments are often the ones nobody else sees.This one is for anyone who has already decided something won't work before they've actually tried.Resilience isn't always about having the answer. Sometimes it's simply having the courage to say — I don't know if this is going to work, but let's try.Reach me at [email protected] — I answer every email.

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