Welcome to Radio Headspace and to this new moment, its Dora here.
So a few months ago,
I was sitting in my car outside the grocery store with a full to-do list and no motivation to do any of it.
I had just finished recording.
and was waiting to hear back about an apartment that felt like a dream.
One of those, if I get this, everything will click into place moments.
But the email never came, and instead of feeling decisive or ready to pivot, I felt scrambled.
I walked into the store and stood in the produce aisle for what felt like forever,
staring at avocados as if they had the answer to my life.
And I thought, how is it possible to feel so unclear about everything?
That moment left me thinking about how we treat confusion like a personal failure.
But really, it's just a part of the process.
Confusion is what happens when life redraws the map without telling you.
It's not a mistake, it's a transition.
It's a natural response to change, signaling that our minds are processing new realities.
In many ways, confusion is your mind's way of saying, I need to catch up with all that just changed.
It can feel uncomfortable and slow, especially when the world expects you to keep moving forward.
But if we meet it with patience,
confusion can open us up to new insight, creativity, and deeper clarity.
A few years ago,