Is your response to tough times or unexpected life challenges to double down on fixing, managing others and trying to plan your way out of uncertainty?
This” fixing” response could surface with:
A troubled marriage…
An impossibly demanding career or client…
A child who is failing to launch…
…Or an aging parent who’s struggling with a health crisis.
Yet, do you find that no matter how much you try to fix or plan your way through the challenge…that you still feel emotionally drained or resentful?
Or life hands you yet another hurdle? (When it rains it pours.)
Maybe you’re not actively in a life challenge, but just weathered one…and now find yourself over planning and managing everything possible to insulate yourself from another obstacle…
…And yet, still feel stifled, unsatisfied or stuck.
You’re not alone.
The truth is our natural inclination to challenges – especially unexpected ones- is to do whatever we can to avoid pain.
And the specific pain that emerges when life gets tricky? Uncertainty.
In this episode, I dive deep on why trying to fix, manage and plan your way out of uncertainty, (especially when life has handed you a tough situation) often leads to more dissatisfaction.
I also uncover what DOES work for effectively moving through the discomfort of uncertainty and reinventing your life.
Or watch the full episode on my YouTube channel!
What We Discuss & Highlights From Episode 198:
- Why happiness isn’t found in the perfect plan and why reinvention doesn’t happen through fixing.
- Discomfort doesn’t mean something’s wrong, it’s a sign that something’s changing.
- How being a “seeker” or accumulator of information can actually keep you stuck.
- How true transformation occurs through implementation of new skills in tough moments.
- Why the discomfort of not having a “perfect plan” is often where our biggest breakthroughs happen.
