August is here! And I'm traveling like a pre-COVID jetsetter this month. So I'm going to practice what I preach and go a little easy on myself...and I'm hoping that this proves supportive and valuable for both of us. 🤗
First of all: make SURE you're subscribed wherever you listen to podcasts so that you don't miss the upcoming bonus series, a little something I'm calling Mindful Mondays. I designed these episodes to give you a short-and-sweet overview of mindfulness meditation + some ideas on how / why these practices really help to support those of us who tend towards anxiety. So tune in for those starting Monday, August 8th.
Secondly, there are 177 episodes of The Transforming Anxiety Podcast out there and with that many, there are a few that have risen to the top as clear MVPs. This month we're going to revisit some of the most popular episodes (so far!). I find that hearing these things multiple times definitely helps...and it often lands much differently than the first go-around.
So, in that spirit, we're going to do another round of Certainty, Uncertainty, & Anxiety this week.
If you're anything like me, you've tried a lot of things in order to create more certainty in your life:
Plan ahead
Make all the lists
Prepare for the worst-case scenario
Plan some more
Arrive early
Over-pack and bring all the things
Ask a bazillion questions
Plan some more
Play out the what-could-go-wrong possibilities
Get exhausted and fall into a heap
Anyone? 🤚
It seems like if we can just be certain about how things are going to go, that we can be ok.
But there's a far more useful and beneficial way of going about it.
Instead of hoping the other people are going to cooperate, planning to the max, and trying to predict the future, what if we strengthened our ability to deal with uncertainty?
Basically: since certainty isn't coming for us, let's learn how to deal with uncertainty.
You in? Let's do this (again)... 💜
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