How to Accept Uncertainty

We are living every single day with uncertainty. I feel it. I know clients I 'see' are feeling it big time. I found this information on this website:
​ 7summitpathways.com/blog/how-to-accept-uncertainty/

While learning how to deal with uncertainty may be easier said than done, here are a few tips that may help you learn to accept instead of resist the uncertainties you feel:

• "Let go: The first step to accepting uncertainty is realizing that you can’t control everything. Instead of running from that reality, realize that you are stronger with each new challenge put before you. So, don’t panic about or avoid uncertainties, even those concerning your Recovery.
• Choose to feel: When you resist your emotions, they hold more power over you than they should. Instead, choose to feel all the emotions surrounding your uncertainty — anxiety, fear, self-doubt, restlessness. By allowing yourself to feel even difficult emotions, you can gradually move through them.
• Focus on what you can control: While you can’t control everything, there are a few things you do have control over. Your attitude is an example of this. Instead of obsessing over what may or may not happen in the future and becoming paralyzed with fear, keep a good attitude about what’s taking place in the present.
• Be open to surprises: Not all uncertainty is bad. When you’re prepared and open to surprises, you’ll learn and experience things you’ve never even dreamed of.
• Take risks: Uncertainty can leave you incapacitated and unable to move forward. For those in Recovery, you must accept that moving forward to becoming a healthier individual comes with risks — but it’s worth it because you’re worth it.
• Be brave: Fear and uncertainty go hand in hand. Yet, as Amelia Earhart said, “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.”

If you are really feeling stuck with no success with any of these steps...or others, I can help. Call/text 360-432-1236 and we can talk. I offer free 30 minute consultations and I would love to talk with you!