The Breakthrough Moment

Naina had always been the quiet one. The kind of girl who noticed too much and said too little. Working a high-pressure job in Mumbai, she often felt like she was sleepwalking through her days. One rainy evening, as she sat in a crowded local train, a book in a stranger’s hand caught her attention. It was *The Breakthrough*. Something about the title made her look it up that night. She ordered the book, not expecting much. But as she read through the stories of 11 people who had hit rock bottom and found their way back, something shifted. One chapter hit particularly close to home. It was about a woman who had lost her father young but found strength in a divine connection. Naina saw her own story mirrored in those pages. Over the next few weeks, she started journaling again. She enrolled in a course she had put off for years. She even reached out to her estranged sister. It wasn’t one big change, but a series of small ones that added up. Her breakthrough didn’t come with fireworks. It came with a comma—a pause—just like Megha described in the podcast. That sacred moment where you do your best, and then surrender. Listen to the full episode with “Megha Bajaj” on *The Collaborative Canvas Podcast*—now streaming on YouTube and Spotify.