What do you do when the life you built suddenly stops working the way it used to?

Maybe your body tells you to slow down. Maybe your career changes underneath you. Maybe the plan that worked for years does not work anymore.

For actor, director, producer and creator Ben Giroux, both happened at once.

In this episode of Conquer Stories, Ben joins Josh Yakes to talk about recovering from the most significant injury of his life while also navigating an entertainment industry that looks very different from the one he built his career in.

They talk about the things other people cannot see, learning when pushing harder is no longer the answer, building a life around what you can control, creating your own opportunities, and why sometimes the only way forward is to pivot.

Ben also opens up about work, relationships, the cost of always wanting to do more, learning to listen to his body, and why progress sometimes only becomes visible when you step back far enough to see how far you have actually come.

CHAPTERS
00:00 What Are You Conquering?
02:09 When Your Body Tells You to Slow Down
03:21 The Things People Cannot See
06:04 Rebuilding From the Basics
07:51 When You Realize Something Has to Change
08:50 When Your Career Changes Underneath You
11:09 What Are You Going to Do About It?
11:55 Learning to Pivot
13:23 Build Without Permission
15:21 The Cost of Always Doing More
18:42 What Did the Hard Part Teach You?
19:11 Listen When Your Body Says Stop
19:59 Learning to Adapt
22:22 Zoom Out and See Your Progress
25:39 What Josh and Ben Are Building Next

YOUR NEXT STEP
Where in your life are you being asked to adapt instead of forcing the old plan to keep working?

Name it. Then decide what you can control and take one step in that direction.

Share your story with us. Someone else may be fighting through the same thing and need to know they are not alone.

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CREDITS
Hosted by Joshua Yakes
Guest: Ben Giroux
Produced by Mike Axe
Edited by Derek Kedell

Dictate your own outcome. Conquer all things.