How To Leave Your Comfort Zone in 2025
The new year is right around the corner, and one of your New Year’s resolutions may be to get out of your comfort zone. So, today, host Raheel Ramzanali is helping you get a jump start on your goals. He’s bringing on producer Carlignon Jones, Hey Houston newsletter editor Brooke Lewis, and executive producer Laura Isensee to get their top tips to leave your comfort zone and explore more what Houston has to offer!
This episode originally aired on June 20th, 2024.
LINKS:
- Well Done cooking classes
- Camping spots around the Houston area
- Improv classes at Station Theater or Houston School of Improv
- Houston Area Urban League Young Professionals
- Dance classes at Houston Metropolitan Dance Center and the Houston Ballet adult classes
- Float the river in New Braunfels or Schlitterbahn
- Water park adventures at Splashtown in Spring or Schlitterbahn in Galveston
- Critical Mass Houston
- Register to vote
- Researching candidates via League of Women Voters of Houston
- James Driver Inclusive Park
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Thank you Houston, we’ve loved the conversation we’ve been having with you for the past three years. City Cast Houston and Hey Houston have suspended operations. Our last newsletter and podcast episode was Oct. 24, 2025.
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