Posts Tagged ‘uncertainty’
Shame Circuit: Confusion, Uncertainty, and Groundedness II By Chardin Bersto, MA
At the turn of the last century (2000) we passed over a powerful threshold in the field of Neuroscience. The technological advances developed in the studies of MRIs and CAT Scans gave us a new picture of the human brain in action. The 1990s became “The Decade of the Brain” and we stepped into the…
Read MoreThe Power of Uncertainty || by Catherine Dockery, MA, Conscious Aging Facilitator
“We are frequently in error but rarely in doubt.” – Ellen Langer, PhD Certainty and Its Limits First, let’s talk about certainty. We love certainty. It feels good. Certainty is the feeling of confidence when we’ve figured things out. “I’ve got it!” We smile. It feels like life is good and everything fits into place.…
Read MoreBeing Lost is Becoming a Lost Art ll By Stephanie Boulton
We are scared of the unknown… Of not knowing what to do. Our society avoids the bad feelings, and in turn we spend a whole lot of time and energy trying to escape what it is to be human. I am so tired of seeing directives wherever I go. “Be kind”, “Live, Laugh, Love”, “Seize…
Read MoreWhen it’s Okay to Not Be Okay: Grieving and Loss in Uncertain Times ll By Megan Christine Anderson
This has been a strange summer, to say the least. Isolation, “social distancing,” lack of work, the threat of serious illness, the pressing need for social justice and equality, all swirling together in a cauldron that still contains all the other challenges we face on a daily basis, merely compounded by a new and ever-changing…
Read MoreThis World is Packed with things that are Bigger than Me ll By Stephanie Boulton, MA, LPCC
One of my favorite things about climbing mountains and backpacking is being humbled in a way where I still feel like I belong. I stand on the mountain and feel my smallness. I see the routes that are possible and the routes that are not. I have to read the weather. There are times to…
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