How to trust yourself more

Dear Rethinker,

What's your relationship with uncertainty and control? This week's newsletter is all about these two ideas, which we'll explore through the lens of trusting yourself. You can read the full in-depth newsletter by heading over to Substack and becoming a subscriber. Follow this link .

Here's an exercise from the full newsletter that I thought you might like to try:

·???Think about situations in your life where you can cope with and might even enjoy uncertainty. What do they have in common?

Now try the opposite.

·???Think of situations and relationships where you can’t tolerate uncertainty. Maybe you feel anxious, confused, indecisive or even paralyzed. Why?

It will have something to do with control.

The greater the uncertainty, the more trust you need in yourself. To trust yourself in uncertainty, you need to comfortable with not known or being in control of the outcome.?

There's lots more exploration into trusting yourself over on Substack (...including a story about me jumping into the ocean from a bridge!). Read the full newsletter here .