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EPISODE · Jan 26, 2026 · 12 MIN

Music Monday: "Try" by Pink

from Happiness through Creating · host Brian Barlow

On this Music Monday episode of Happiness Through Creating, we take a deeper look at Pink’s 2012 song “Try,” moving beyond its reputation as a motivational anthem. Rather than a song about confidence or winning, we reframe “Try” as a meditation on endurance, desire, and the discipline of continuing to create when outcomes are uncertain. Drawing from Pink’s personal context, psychology, and creative philosophy, this episode explores the difference between pain and failure, forward-facing purpose versus backward-facing rumination, and why meaningful creation always involves risk. Together, we’re invited to see discomfort not as a signal to stop, but as evidence that something meaningful is happening—and to understand trying not as a guarantee of success, but as an act of identity.Here is a link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCDVfMz15MYou can learn even more by following on: Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/briancbarlow⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/briancbarlow/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancbarlow/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.creatorsopposition.com/⁠⁠

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