A Mindful Perspective
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A Mindful Perspective
How to Embrace Uncertainty: Finding Peace in the Unknown
Is the fear of the unknown holding you back? Let's reframe that fear and transform it into a powerful tool for personal growth. On this episode of "A Mindful Perspective," we dissect the concept of embracing uncertainty—a critical skill for tackling life's unknown. From personal crises to global upheavals like the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll explore how our brains instinctively resist the unknown and how we can learn to accept and manage this resistance. Inspired by Stoic philosophers like Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus, we'll shed light on focusing on what we can control to alleviate anxiety and fear.
Ready to step outside your comfort zone? We discuss how embracing uncertainty as a natural part of life can lead to profound self-discovery and growth. By preparing for the unpredictable and then letting go, you'll find the strength to chase your dreams without being frozen by fear. Through real-life examples and practical advice, we'll illustrate how taking action builds confidence and transforms uncertainty into an opportunity for creative problem-solving. Reflecting on your relationship with uncertainty can offer key insights for managing stress and tackling new challenges head-on.
Trusting your intuition is easier said than done, but it's a skill you can cultivate. We'll explore various practices like meditation and journaling to help you sit with the feelings of fear and anxiety that come with uncertainty. By focusing on what you can control, you'll find a sense of liberation that empowers you to act even without having all the answers. Remember, no one has life completely figured out, and accepting this truth can prevent procrastination and propel you forward. Join us for an insightful conversation designed to support and guide you through life's many unpredictable moments.
Hello everyone and welcome to A Mindful Perspective. I'm your host, nick Levesque, certified Spiritual Life Coach, and I'm here to share insights into my journey of mindfulness and self-discovery. Each week, we'll explore mindset, spirituality and personal growth to help you navigate life's challenges with practical strategies and inspiring stories. Let's dive in.
Speaker 2:Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of my Perspective. In today's episode, we're going to be talking about how to embrace uncertainty. Right, because I think uncertainty is something that we have to live with, right, we can never be sure about everything in our lives, but it's also about understanding that it doesn't have to control our lives, okay, so in this episode, we're going to be diving into how to embrace uncertainty. So I think uncertainty is, like I was saying, it's an inevitable part of life. Right, we have so much uncertainty in our lives, whether it's a personal challenge, right, whether it's something in our lives that we're dealing with. It could be an illness, it could be, you know, something at work, or it could be that we're changing careers, as an example. Right, it could also be that we're moving somewhere. Maybe we've decided that we want to move somewhere and or we're thinking about moving somewhere, but we don't know how the outcome will be. Right, like when? Then we have all these what if? Scenarios in our head, like what is what? What is going to happen here? Or like what if this doesn't work out? Or what if this doesn't go as well as I thought, as an example, right? So so much uncertainty and something that you know, I think everyone can relate to, is COVID, right, the pandemic. There was so much uncertainty around COVID. What was going to happen around COVID, not only during the pandemic, but also, like, as we approach the end, what is life going to look like after COVID? All these different things and I know for a lot of people, myself included, cause some fear, cause some anxiety, especially at the beginning, because we're like what is happening? Right? Like will we have a job, will we have all these different things.
Speaker 2:I think uncertainty is something that we have to kind of live with and learn to manage, and I think for a lot of people, uncertainty is very challenging. Right, because as human beings, we're designed to resist uncertainty. Right, like our brains are designed to survive, they want us to keep us safe. Right, the brain's focus is keep us alive, keep us safe, making sure that. You know we're seeking that safety and predictability. Right, that's how we're wired as humans and there's nothing wrong with that.
Speaker 2:But then what can happen as well, is that the unknown? Right? Then what can happen as well, is that the unknown? Right, because we don't know? Right, we see that as a threat. We don't know what's going to happen. Right, so we fear the unknown because, again, it is very threatening, right? So we don't know what's going to happen. I think that's the big thing, right is, we do not know what's going to happen.
Speaker 2:So, as an example, maybe you know you are debating, starting your business, right, but there's so many what ifs? Right, it's like, oh my goodness, and then you start overthinking because there's so much uncertainty, right, and I think a lot of overthinking stems from that uncertainty as well. It's because we try to control the outcome. We try to think about every possible outcome of something, right, but again, we can't control that. And I think this leads me to my next point, to say that I think two major components of embracing uncertainty are acceptance and letting go of control right, and focusing on the things that we can control, which I'll dive into a bit later. But again, I think these two components right.
Speaker 2:First and foremost is acceptance, right. So acceptance doesn't necessarily mean that you like or have to agree with the situation, but you acknowledge what is going on, right? So maybe, again, you are trying to move somewhere, right? Maybe you're moving to another country and you don't have all the details figured out right now. Then you're panicking, right, and a lot of people, myself included. Sometimes we feel like we need to have all the good details aligned, like the stars are aligned, before we can actually go ahead and do something right, which, again, I understand the thought behind that. But we do not need to have everything figured out to move right.
Speaker 2:But, again, I think, acceptance and letting go of control right, and even if in Stoics, as an example, right, like ancient Stoics, like Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus, right, they said something right, they emphasized accepting what we can't control, right, and I think that's why you know that's kind of a play on words there, because that's what I'm talking about when I say acceptance and can't control. Right, we need to learn to accept that we cannot control everything. So that's why I'm saying I think two major components of embracing uncertainty is acceptance and letting go of what we can't control, and I think, especially the control part. If I look in my own personal life anyways, there's this illusion of control right, like it's almost like we think we can control everything, but the truth is there is so little in our lives that we can control. Obviously, we can control a lot of the good things right, like how we're eating our diet, you know how we sleep, how we show up for ourselves, you know, are we hitting the gym? What we're reading, what we're consuming? There's, there's a lot of things that we can't control, but there are so many things that we can't control, right.
Speaker 2:So, as an example, right, when I think about control and acceptance, like, I think about my mother, who, you know, if you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you've heard the story, right, but my mom, being sick for many years, was also diagnosed with stage three breast cancer and you know, I think, for her, for me personally, she taught me the definition of acceptance in my own perspective. But also, you know, at a certain point she just accepted right, it didn't mean that she had to like the situation, right, obviously, who would enjoy having cancer? As an example? Right, because there was so much uncertainty that she didn't know. As an example, right. But, like you said, I can't control what's going to happen. I can only control what I can do right now, right. So she had to learn to accept the situation as it was. Didn't mean that she needed to like or accept or agree with what's going on, right, like, obviously she had to accept it, but she didn't agree with it right, obviously, but she learned to accept it so that she can move on and focus on her healing. Right, and also letting go of control, because you can't control the outcome of everything. Right, she didn't know what was going to happen in a few years with the cancer and all these different things, right? So, again, there's that component as well of letting go of control, and I think for a lot of control, right, and I think for a lot of us right, this illusion of control, our desire to control everything, can lead to a lot more stress. The fear of the unknown and the fear that we can't control something or can't control the outcome, I think, personally leads to a lot of fear and anxiety. Right, because if we really think about it, I think this is what stops us from doing a lot of things. Right, I can speak personally here.
Speaker 2:Even when I started this podcast, right, I was a bit hesitant at first, because there was so much I didn't know, right, so much I didn't know. I was like, oh my goodness, like how is this going to do? Is this going to fail? All these different things? Right, I was launching myself into something brand new. I was completely uncertain, right, and guess what that did. I was thinking about all the what-ifs and the what ifs and all these different things, right, which caused me to be very fearful and anxious, right, because I was afraid to fail, and all these different things. But I think a part of that is just stepping into that unknown right Now.
Speaker 2:When I say this, obviously you can step into the unknown with some part of control, and what I mean by that is, let's say, you're opening up a business right, let's go back to the business analogy for a second here. If you're opening up a business, there's a lot that you won't be able to control in terms of outcome, but you can definitely control how you're preparing to open that business. As an example, right, so there are still things that you can control to help you kind of minimize the things that you have no control over. As an example, right, or you know you can minimize that uncertainty, if you will, by really diving into what you can't control. So, as an example, let's say you have a big exam that you need to study for, right, obviously, you don't know what's going to happen, right, you don't know if you're going to pass. You don't know all these different things, right, you have to jump into that uncertainty. But at the same time, though, what can you do to prepare? Obviously, you can study, right, you can ask for more help from a teacher, or like a tutor, or something, if you need to.
Speaker 2:Right, there are things you can do to prepare so that, again, the outcome is a little bit more controlled, or you feel like you have a bit more control over the outcome, right? So this is what I'm trying to say. Right, it's so important for us to learn how to embrace that uncertainty, because uncertainty is part of every day of our lives. Okay, the moment you step outside of your door in the mornings, the moment you step outside of your door, there's so much uncertainty happening. Right, like, we live with uncertainty every day. Right, every day of our lives. Every time we step behind the wheel of a car, we don't know what's going to happen. Right, there's so much uncertainty, and I'm generally not trying to sound pessimistic here, but, like, how many people have been their last days because they got into a car accident? Every day, we are walking with uncertainty, right? So I think that this is no different as well.
Speaker 2:Right, like, and sometimes we feel like, you know, there's so much fear when we're trying to do something, but that's okay. Right, like our body is designed to keep us safe, like I'm saying. But are we really going to let the fear hold us back from pursuing our dream right and really pursuing the life that our soul knows that it's meant to lead? Right, that's what I'm trying to get at here, and a beautiful quote from Alan Watts, who's one of my favorite philosophers. He says the only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance. And to me I think that's very powerful. I do believe that's extremely powerful and I think that, in my personal opinion, I think that's the best way to embrace uncertainty.
Speaker 2:Right, you don't know what's going to happen. You can't control the outcome, you can't control everything that's going to happen when you move away or when you jump into that new job or start that new career or start that business. Right, but what if you could jump into it prepared, obviously, like we talked about? Right, as prepared as you can be, but also being accepting of you know? Hey, this is where I'm at right now and I'm just going to kind of let the universe play out and see what happens. Right, if you Do everything that you can to minimize the uncertainty, right? I think that's going to be obviously a big shift in your ability to just surrender and let things happen as an example. Right, because that's the other thing. Right, you'll never know if something is right for you unless you actually give it a real chance.
Speaker 2:And in my personal opinion, it's like do you really want to spend the rest of your life in fear? Right, for me personally, no, and I know, like I've mentioned this before, but it was the same thing when I started my coaching business. Right, there was so much uncertainty, so much, oh my goodness, so much uncertainty, so much fear. Right, like what if this would happen? What if that would happen? What if I fail? What if I can't help people? All these different things, right, and it stopped me for a while until I was like you know what? Obviously, there's an underlying feeling of fear here, but I truly believe that the best way to work through fear is to step into it. Right, you're never going to be confident if you never try, and I believe that confidence is a skill that you build up right? Maybe you're uncertain about something now, but the more you do it, the more you get confident in it as well.
Speaker 2:But I think this leads me to my next point, saying that uncertainty is really good for personal growth. Right, because kind of like we just talked about here is you're pushing yourself outside of your boundaries, right, or like your comfort zone, I should say right, boundaries are very important, but you're pushing yourself beyond what's comfortable for you, you're pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and this, to me, is always a good indication that I'm doing something right. If, as an example, I'm starting something right, like the podcast or whatever, and I feel a tremendous amount of like fear and anxiety and like imposter syndrome, that means to me personally I am doing something right because I'm getting outside of being comfortable. Right, and to me that's like okay, this is an opportunity for me to grow right. So I think uncertainty, especially uncertainty, is a good opportunity for growth.
Speaker 2:Right, so you discover more about yourself, you discover new ways to solve problems. Right, because, again, you don't know everything, so maybe it allows you to think about different scenarios and such obviously, as long as you don't let it, you know, cause you so much rumination and overthinking. But you can switch that to kind of like a problem solving mode where you're like, okay, how can I approach this right? Or like, how can I minimize uncertainty, how can I do my best to gain control of the situation? And, like I said, not gain actual control of it, but make sure that you're doing everything in your power, right, everything that you can in your control and whatever that you cannot control. There are so many things we can't control that you let the universe kind of flow and you just surrendered to that, right.
Speaker 2:But I think a good question also is like, what kind of relationship do you have with uncertainty, right? For a long time I didn't have a good relationship with uncertainty, right, and I think a lot of people as well don't have a good relationship with uncertainty. So that could be like a journaling question where you sit down and you ask yourself, like what kind of relationship do you have with uncertainty, right? And then you can really dive into that and see like, hmm, like okay, every time I'm I'm uncertain about something, you know, I feel very stressed.
Speaker 2:I feel very, you know, or you know, I don't like having no control over an outcome. As an example, right, I don't have. I don't like having no control, and obviously that's what I'm, that's what I'm saying right. I think a lot of anxiety and fear is over the fact that we have no control about a specific situation or we have little control over it. So then we kind of project into the future, we create all these scenarios right, all these what-if situations. But I'm a firm believer that if you can think about all the what-ifs in a negative way, you can also do the opposite and weigh the what-ifs in a positive way as well. So what I mean by that is, if you can think about all the negatives, you can also take a moment to consider all the positive things that can come out of that.
Speaker 2:But again, that's another opportunity for growth, right? I think that's a true kind of like that growth mindset, if you will, right? And another example right, like, if someone loses their job, they might use uncertainty as a way to start a business or lead to a more fulfilling career. And I'm saying that because of COVID, like, I think COVID backed a lot of people up into a wall where it really, you know, they had so much uncertainty. But they also use that uncertainty. They're like, hmm, I don't really know what I'm going to do here. Like, or maybe someone lost their job, they're uncertain about their future, and then they're, you know, they're like, you know what, maybe this is the time for me to start my business or start that thing, right? Or you know, maybe they're locked at home for a while and you know, it's making you, it's giving you so much time. Right During COVID, we had so much time and I think for a lot of people, what happened is it gave them so much time to really think about their lives, right, like, think about them, think about their lives, think about where they want to be in five, 10 years from now, and reassess and reevaluate their entire lives, right I, 10 years from now and reassess and reevaluate their entire lives. Right? I know people who've changed careers. I know people who've started online businesses. I know, right, so many different things. So I think uncertainty sometimes can be a really good thing, right. Like, as I say in every episode, we can approach uncertainty with a sense of curiosity. Right, and be like, hmm, okay, well, what if this turns out better than I ever imagined, right? So, again, that's just a perspective that I really like to share, because I think uncertainty, if we can start to look at it from a lens of growth and not as a lens of it holding us back, I think there's a tremendous amount of wisdom that we can gain from that. So, now that we've talked about uncertainty, I really want to dive into tips and tricks on how to deal with uncertainty right and how to embrace uncertainty things that I personally, or that have personally helped me a lot right.
Speaker 2:So tip number one is to acknowledge how you're feeling right and accept the feelings as they are right, accept the reality of the situation. So, if you're feeling anxious or like, extremely worried, or you're starting to overthink about something, right, like, let's say, you're making a big life decision, you're moving away somewhere. Right, you're moving countries. You've never done that before.
Speaker 2:So much uncertainty, so much not knowing, right, you don't know everything, you don't know all the possible outcomes. That will lead you naturally to feel worried, to feel anxious, and that is completely okay, right, there's no sense in beating ourselves up over that. So just acknowledge your feelings, right, just honestly own up to that. Right, if you're feeling sad, if you're feeling anxious, especially if you're moving somewhere, there's going to be so many different feelings and emotions stirring up. Right, you could be sad because now you're leaving family, as an example. Or you could be anxious because you don't know what's going to happen in six months from now. Right, you could be like there are so many what ifs? That can happen, right.
Speaker 2:But again, if you can own up to that and start to just embrace that uncertainty and look at these emotions, the fear and the anxiousness, is like, hey, I'm doing something I've never done before. This is why I'm feeling this way. My body, my brain, right, is trying to keep me safe. I'm stepping outside of my comfort zone. This, right now, is an opportunity for growth. It's an opportunity for me to grow. Okay, if you can start looking at it with that lens and, like we talked about earlier, like what if it turns out better than you ever imagined? I think that's a significant part of truly feeling that freedom, right, and letting go of what you can't control, right. And I think if you honestly learn to let go of all the things that you can't control and all the outcomes that you can't control, that is so liberating and brings so much feeling right. So tip number one really just to acknowledge what you're feeling and own up to that.
Speaker 2:Tip number two is to create space around uncertainty, right, like, if you're having a lot of troubles with uncertainty, right, like you're overthinking about something, maybe like again, let's just stick with the analogy of that you're moving somewhere, right, and there again, you know what you want to move, but then there's still so many things that you're uncertain about, right, there could be so many different things that you're uncertain about if you're moving to a new country okay, obviously, I've never done that personally, but again, I know people who have and you know lots of different things that you need to think about when you are moving somewhere else, right, especially a new country, entirely right. So a question you can ask yourself is like, can you allow this uncertainty to just be there. Right, just sit in that uncertainty for a little bit. Can you sit with that not knowing for a little bit? Right, just again, because you can't know everything. And if you learn to sit with that, you're going to feel that anxiousness and that fear. Right, like, if you you can do this from a meditative state. You can do this in different ways, right, maybe you sit with that uncertainty and you journal it out, right, like, maybe you're super anxious, you're super fearful about something, but you start putting pen to paper, right, because journaling is another great way to do that, right? So, when I say, sit with that uncertainty and allow that uncertainty to be there, maybe it's you allow yourself to feel that uncertainty. Right, like, what does the uncertainty feel like? Maybe it feels like fear and anxiety, right, and like, where does that feel in your body? Right, like, just learn to identify and deal with that uncertainty. Right, like, as it's coming up. And again, you can do this many different ways, right, like, that's a way to do it. But, honestly, if you're someone that you know likes to journal, you can obviously just journal, right, journal about what's going on, journal about you know. What are you uncertain about, what are you afraid of? Right, like, what do you? You know what are you afraid is going to happen? What can you do? Or what can I do to prepare for this move? Right, there are so many different things that you can do to deal with that uncertainty. Right, you can also ask yourself questions, again, like I said, what are you afraid of? What are you afraid of? And it's like we talked about earlier.
Speaker 2:We accept so much uncertainty in our everyday lives. Like I said, the minute we get behind the wheel of a vehicle, as an example, there's so much uncertainty. We don't know if there's going to be an accident somewhere. We don't know if we'll get in an accident, right, and again, I'm not at all saying that to sound pessimistic by any means. I'm saying that because that All the little different things that can happen in our lives right. So create space around your uncertainty and allow yourself to feel that and sit with that and acknowledge your feelings, like we talked about in the step number one.
Speaker 2:Tip number three is to take action over things that you can control. Okay, so focus on what you can control and not what you cannot control, right, I think this is one of the most liberating things that we can do in life. Right Is that we cannot control everything, and the moment we truly understand that we cannot control the outcome of so many things, it's so liberating. There's this sense of freedom. It's like okay, I can't control what's going to happen when I move, as an example, right. What I can control, though, is my ability to plan for how I'm going to move. Right.
Speaker 2:So, obviously, if you're moving somewhere, okay, there's going to be a lot of uncertainty, but if you're not planning your move at all, then now you're going to start overthinking, and now you're going to actually start being excessively worried and fearful, right Within right reason, because now, you've actually made no plan to do anything to help you minimize that uncertainty, right. So obviously, you need to plan things out right. Like, are you going to have a job there? Like, where are you moving specifically? Right, are there friends that you can live with? Like, you know all these different questions that you can ask? Right, and it's the same thing with anything that goes in life.
Speaker 2:Right, maybe you are wanting to start that new business that you've been thinking about for years. Maybe you want to open up an ice cream shop? Okay, and then you decide, okay, I'm opening up my ice cream shop in two months. Well, there's a lot of things that you can't control about opening up an ice cream shop, right, but there are many things you can control. What type of flavors will I have? Right, like, where do I want my location to be? Or around where do I want my location to be? How many employees do I think I should have, or that I would benefit from right? Do I get a partner? Do I not get a business partner? Like, there are so many different questions.
Speaker 2:But if you can make a plan right, you can at least take actions over what you can control. And then the things that you can control, they don't have as much weight on you, right? Because you're like, hey, I did my best here, I've done everything that I can. Now I'm going to surrender and let the universe, god, whatever, do its plan, do its thing and we're going to trust the process and trust that this works right. So, again, tip number three is to take actions over things you can control.
Speaker 2:Tip number four is that you do not need to have everything figured out. Okay, so no one has everything figured out, and I don't believe anyone that tells me that they do. Even the highest successful people in the world will tell you that they don't have everything figured out. Right, and I think that is again a very liberating feeling. Right, it's like, okay, I don't need to have everything figured out. And a lot of people don't start anything because they don't have everything figured out.
Speaker 2:I used to be that way. I would, you know, consume all this knowledge, all this information, all this, whatever, and then it's just a way of procrastinating, to be quite honest, right, because there's fear underneath that, because you don't know what to do, or you know you're afraid of failing, or whatever. There's an underlying emotion typically behind that, and I know, for me that was the case anyway. But you don't need to have everything figured out. Obviously, like I said, you can take action, right, like when I started the podcast, obviously I needed some level of knowledge to understand what I was doing.
Speaker 2:So I, you know, I gathered my things. I, you know, I did a lot of research. I spent time looking at different like hosting platforms, all these different things, but then I told myself I was like okay, right now I'm not going to do what I did with the coaching here is not start. Okay, I do not need to have this whole thing figured out right now. I will figure out as I go. I will figure it out as I go, and I've made changes along the way, but I didn't let that fear hold me back.
Speaker 2:Even though there was fear, there was anxiety. Trust me, right? I'm putting myself out there, I'm putting myself for the world to see as a, as an example, right? All these questions like what if people don't like it? What if I don't help anyone? All these different things, all these scenarios played through my head, and then I asked myself the question what if it goes better than you ever imagined? Right? And so far it's been going great. So, you know, I love doing this right, and it's like I said earlier if you have time to think about all the negatives outcomes, you can definitely take some time to think about all the positive outcomes that are possible as well through these scenarios, right? So please remember that you do not need to have everything figured out to start. Just start. As long as you take the first step and you start, the rest of the path will appear as you go, right?
Speaker 2:As Rumi said, tip number five is to trust yourself. Okay, I think this one is so, so, so important. You have faced uncertainty before and you will do so again in your life, right, and just because you're facing uncertainty now, it doesn't mean you can't get through it. Okay, and I want you to. If you're in a position right now where you're dealing with a lot of uncertainty, I want you to think about another time in your life where you were very uncertain, where you got through it, right. There are other times in your life where you felt exactly like you do right now, but you got through it and it wasn't as bad as you thought, or it turned out, as you know, as better than you imagined. And sometimes, of course, life happens and maybe it didn't go your way or didn't go how, how you wanted it to, but maybe you learned a lesson out of that, maybe you learned something right. But what I'm trying to say here is to trust yourself, right. Trust yourself in the process, and also trust your intuition as well, right? I think this is so, so, so important, and I think intuition is not something that is talked about enough, and I think that intuition is one of our leading guiding principles, as an example, right, and I truly believe that intuition is what feels right and aligns with your core values and just your authentic self as an example, like your true self, that inner child within, if you will.
Speaker 2:And a great question you can ask yourself is like what is it that I truly want? Right, because a lot of times, when we're doing a big thing like this right, starting a new business, moving somewhere, as an example we're going to ask a lot of different people. Right, we're going to go around, we're going to ask a lot of different people what are your opinions? Right? Should I do this? Should I not do that? And a lot of the times, we're asking people who are not qualified to answer a question. Right, and you know, and I'm not saying that disrespectfully but if you're talking to your parents about moving out of country and they've never done that well, they're probably not going to have the same insights and experiences. Someone who has done that before, right?
Speaker 2:So, in my personal opinions, like, if you do want some opinions, I think getting the opinions from the right people I think is the first and foremost thing, but also, regardless of all the other opinions, what feels right to you? And I think if you truly sit down with yourself and ask yourself the question like what is it that I truly want you know what is that you want. Like your soul knows what it is that it wants, and I think intuition is a whisper of the soul. It's like that guiding light, kind of like that northern star, if you will. That's pointing you in the right direction and that's how, typically, I know how to differentiate between fear and intuition. Fear, I can feel it holding me back, but intuition is what I know feels right. It's like I can't explain it To me. That's what intuition is. It's like I can't explain it right To me. That's what intuition is like. I feel something I can't explain why. It's just it's calling out to me, right, and I've had this so many different times in my life and sometimes, literally, it's just about a podcast episode, right, it's like I don't know what I want to talk about this week as an example, right, like I'm like should I talk about this or should I talk about that?
Speaker 2:And sometimes I'm just writing things down and then I hit on a subject and it's literally what happened with this episode as I'm recording. Right, I had a few topics I want to talk about this week. I was like I'm not sure and then I just I typed this in like uncertainty, and then, oh, this kind of like this gut feeling, I didn't question it at all, I just went for it and this is exactly what I did, right? So I use this in my life a lot when I'm not sure about something, right? Even in these little things where, again, I wasn't sure about what podcast episode I wanted to do, I was uncertain and I was like, well, what if I do this? And then whatever, right, and it's like, okay, no, no, just tune into your intuition. Just, you know, see what's going on here, right, I listened to my intuition and then I ended up making this episode and I feel like the more you listen to yourself and the more you just take ownership and action with your own decisions, I think the more you learn to trust yourself as well, right?
Speaker 2:So tip number five is to trust your intuition and, most importantly, trust yourself. So, that being said, that's all I've got for you guys on today's episode. If you did like the episode, please feel free to leave a comment or review, share it. It really helps bring awareness to what I'm trying to do, which is really kind of, you know, spread this podcast on a broader scale to really help people just navigate everyday life challenges. So, again, with that being said, I hope you have a good week and I will catch you guys next week. You
