How to Get Unstuck: The Softening of Stuckness
Featuring soundbath frequencies by @staticisnoise used with permission and my endless gratitude 🙏👽 Thank you STATiC! 💟🌸What if getting stuck didn't have to be a failure — what if it could be gentle? This week, Coach Miki opens the vault on How to Get Unstuck, a practice first written for the Don't Touch My Mindset community during a lesson on habits, which has since become a staple inside the Metta Momentum Sangha as The Softening of Stuckness.She introduces the Metta Discernment Cycle, and why self-compassion and self-trust grow at the very same time: one foot is compassion, the other is trust, and you don't walk out of the mud on one leg. From the Buddha's image of the deer and the safe path through the marsh, to Thich Nhat Hanh's No Mud, No Lotus, this is an episode about finding firm ground — kindly.Then she guides you through the full practice: clearing the pathway through the body, meeting your stuck place as a landscape, asking whether it's calling you to rest or to rise, and taking your very first step toward your Future Self.In this episode:* Force, collapse, and why neither gets us out of the mud* The Metta Discernment Cycle: Pause, Soften, Discern, Step, Return* Is this stuckness asking me to rest — or to rise?* How self-compassion and self-trust grow together* The Dvedhāvitakka Sutta (MN 19): two kinds of thought, and the safe path through the marsh* No Mud, No Lotus — Thich Nhat Hanh* A thank-you to Jay Chase (@thejaychase) and the Don't Touch My Mindset community* Guided practice: The Softening of StucknessMantra: I am not stuck. I am becoming.Reflect: Is the place where I feel stuck asking me to rest — or to rise? What is one small, kind step I can take toward it?Join the Metta Momentum Sangha — free for now. The first 100 members receive lifetime access to our weekly Live Metta Moments and a safe place to gather inside trusted community: https://www.skool.com/the-metta-momentum-sangha-8608/aboutShow Notes Links:* Join the Metta Momentum Sangha - Free to Enter: https://www.skool.com/the-metta-momentum-sangha-8608/about* Get Miki’s Book, “Permission to Be: a memoir about Sobriety, Self-Trust, and Learning How to Come Home to Yourself: https://a.co/d/dkHaF3W* Support Metta Momentum’s Growing Mission of Loving-Kindness and Gentle Momentum Over Force, by Becoming a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/13781233/join* Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mikimettamuseEnjoyed this Podcast? Please like, comment, follow, and SHARE with a friend who might need the permission to meet themselves with a little bit more compassion than they had yesterday. Namaste, Beautiful Souls. 💟About the HostMiki Byrne is an artist, writer, and life coach/creativity strategist with a BA in Theatre/Operative Vocal Performance and a minor in English Literature from Loyola University New Orleans. Passionate about storytelling in all its forms, she explores themes of self-discovery, resilience, and transformation. After choosing sobriety in 2023, Miki embarked on a journey of deep healing and personal growth, uncovering new creative depths along the way. Today, she shares her insights through writing, music, and coaching.
