What do you do when your thoughts start feeling bigger than the world around you?

Sometimes the answer isn’t to think harder. Sometimes you need to go somewhere that reminds you just how big the world really is.

In this episode, we explore the power of perspective through a story from a trip out West, walking through an ancient river channel surrounded by enormous walls of rock. Standing there, feeling incredibly small, created an unexpected realization: feeling small doesn’t have to mean feeling insignificant.

In fact, sometimes it can be freeing.

Our worries have a way of growing when we spend too much time inside our own heads. A decision becomes the decision. A mistake feels like it could ruin everything. A problem starts to feel like the entire world.

But step back far enough, and somet ...