 I used to believe that if I study hard, if I get good grades, if I find a good job, if I find a good husband, if I build a good family, they will be happy ever after. But the happy ever after never came. I was an exhausted overachiever and I found inner peace through brain education. My name is Julia Chong. I was born and raised in Taiwan and yet I've been living in Chicago, Illinois for the past 15 years. I get started with brain education by looking for meditation classes. I felt a lot of stress at work. I saw the media posting about meditation circles. Oh, great, I'm gonna go learn more about meditation. So I found this meditation class at the Body and Brain Center at the Lincoln Park area in Chicago. And I was expecting just gonna be there, sit quietly and meditate. However, the first 20, 25 minutes we were doing some stretching and tapping and I was like, when are we gonna meditate? This is not gonna stop, I want to lay down. And yet after about, I wanna say about half an hour stretching, tapping, movement, finally we get to lay down. And that's first time in a very long time I experienced just quiet, quiet space in my brain. So before brain education, I was like a hamster on wheels. I was looking always working, always keep myself busy. I was always looking for the next wheel, the one that's bigger, shinier, can show off to other people. Hey, I accomplished this, I accomplished that. And I was exhausted. And I didn't know when I can stop. There was no end. And I couldn't find a way out. I feel trapped. After I met brain education, I didn't find a way out, instead I found a way in to go inside to connect with myself. And I didn't realize what I have been chasing, looking for from outside, it's actually right inside of me. My favorite brain education exercise is neck rotation. You know, I used to have a desk job. I was staring at the computer screen for over 14 hours a day. And before I know it, I can't move my neck. So this exercise has been very helpful to release the tension and help me to relax. Knowing what I know now, what I will say to my old self is, you don't have to prove to anyone who you really are. What makes who I am is nothing to do with what I accomplished. I used to believe that if I study hard, if I get good grades, if I find a good job, if I find a good husband, if I build a good family, they will be happy ever after. But the happy ever after never came. It doesn't matter what I accomplished. So you don't have to prove yourself. You can't be just happy right now. I was an exhausted overachiever and I found inner peace through brain education.