Welcome to the Carousel of Happiness Podcast. As the carousel and the community recover from the shopping center fire, today's episode is about the awkwardness of the "in between" stage of growth. How uncomfortable it can be to be half "here" and half "there" and what you can do to help ease the transition. If you feel like everything is "crazy" these days and "nothing is making sense," be sure to give it a listen. You are not alone.

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"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin

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If you have a story to share, please reach out to Allie Wagner at outreach@carouselofhappiness.org

Special thanks to songwriter, performer, and friend of the carousel, Darryl Purpose (https://darrylpurpose.com/), for sharing his song, "Next Time Around," as ou...