At the core of a lot of our difficulties is a lack of trust—especially trust in ourselves.
Think about these common difficulties that most of us face:
- What to focus on: We don’t trust our hearts to choose what we would like to work on right now.
- Indecision: We get stuck on indecision because we don’t trust ourselves to choose what we really want, and we don’t trust ourselves to land on our feet if things turn out differently than we had hoped.
- Procrastination or resistance: We feel resistance to a difficult (scary) task and then avoid it, resulting in procrastination because we don’t trust ourselves to be with the discomfort or trust ourselves to handle whatever comes after doing the task (handle criticism, judgment, or any other potential consequences).
- Fear or stress amid uncertainty or chaos: When things are uncertain, we’ll often feel stress or fear. This is from (and understandably so) a lack of trust in ourselves to navigate that uncertainty and deal with whatever comes up.
- Finding focus: Often when we try to focus on something, we feel pulled in a thousand directions by things we need to take care of because we don’t trust ourselves to take care of those things later.
