Hello, welcome to Radio Headspace, it's Dora here.
So here's the thing about uncertainty, it can feel awful.
It's not romantic, it's not poetic, it's not a peaceful pause.
It's sweaty palms, shallow breathing.
A nervous system that keeps scanning for safety.
Because we're wired to want to know.
To make a plan.
To predict what's next.
And when we can't, we feel lost.
There was a time in my life where I kept trying to meditate my way out of that discomfort.
To get calm so I could solve it.
But then I came across a meditation that did something completely different.
It didn't ask me to fix the feeling.
It asked me to turn towards it.
And that changed everything.
We're taught that the way to feel better is to get away from what hurts.
But sometimes healing begins when we turn toward the very thing we've been avoiding.
Because what if that feeling isn't the problem?
What if it's the doorway?
Early on in the pandemic, I did a virtual meditation retreat.