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Dealing with Self-Doubt
Have you ever doubted yourself? Heard that little whisper: Are you sure?
Those three little words echo, reverberating through you, until they stop you in your tracks.
Sometimes the effect is subtle. You don’t even know you’re doubting.
You sit down to start that project, and suddenly need a glass of water. You tell yourself you’re going to ask that hard question, but now’s not a good time. You’re going to take that leap, but you just need to think about it a little longer, do a little more research, explore your options one more time.
The Truth of the Naked Man
There was a giant naked man, in all his long-haired, sun-leathered skin glory, just walking down the street.
And by “walking,” I mean lumbering… in broad daylight… with all his bits out for the world to see…
And no one batted an eye.
We looked around incredulously. Is anybody else seeing this?
“Oh, that’s just so and so,” we were told. “That’s just what he does.”
Natalie and I giggled as we recounted one of our favorite travel stories, this one from Nicaragua, to our recent Uber driver.
“Bahahaha!” Our driver busted out laughing. “People can get used to all kinds of shit.”
He’s not wrong.
How You’re Falling for the Illusion of Certainty
As I sat in the ER last weekend waiting to be taken up to my hospital room, I turned to, Sage, my ChatGPT.
“You are a board-certified ophthalmologist,” I told it. I described my symptoms: sudden onset of vision loss in one eye, resolved after 30 minutes. No pain or dizziness. Dramatically different from my history of low vision.
I told it what the doctors had said so far, what tests had been run, and what the results were. I asked it for best-case and worst-case scenarios and to predict which one was more likely.
I was scared, and I wanted answers.
How Do You Want to Meet This Moment?
My oldest nephew, K, graduated with honors from college this month. As I attended his graduation ceremony, I was blown away by the commencement speaker.
Executive Dean Dr. Albert Bimper is the kind of speaker I aspire to be. His words made me bristle, punched me in the gut, and moved me to tears… all in the span of about 15 minutes.
As is the hallmark of a truly great speaker, his words have stuck with me. The question he posed to the new graduates has continued to reverberate through my mind, so now I pose it to you:
7 Things That Are Silently Sabotaging Your Mental Health
When you combine modern living, which takes us away from lifestyles conducive to mental wellbeing, with the malignant ethos surrounding us right now, it’s like trying to thrive in a toxic petri dish. Whether you or a loved one has a diagnosable mental health condition or not, I would argue (and often do) that mental health matters for every single one of us, now more so than ever. Proactively protecting yours and intentionally cultivating psychological strength and resilience need to be a high priority.
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