If you are feeling stuck or bound by fear, you may be in the uncertainty gap. That's what I call the place between who you were and who you are becoming. Restructures live there. Career pivots live there. New leadership, new industries, new technology, all of it lands people in that gap, and most are told to just "adjust." I don't do adjust. I do redirect: taking the fear that uncertainty triggers and turning it straight into courage to communicate. It's a way through so you may realise the new version of you, that you are becoming...and with confidence along the way.
The Opportunity Hiding Behind Your Fear.
Insight.Fear of speaking up doesn’t just make you feel nervous, it may make you blind. Sounds drastic I know but most of the time we do not notice we have blind spots because of the fears we carry. When you’re afraid or nervous about having a conversation, an interview, or to lead a presentation, your mind spends so much energy managing the fear that it has minimal energy left over for noticing what’s actually in front of you. Your opportunity is usually still there, you’ve just quietly stopped being able to see it. So What?That means “there’s nothing for me now” and “I’m too overwhelmed to look properly” are two completely different situations, and need two different ways through. One needs your opportunities to appear. The other needs you to be clear enough to notice the ones already there. It is worth knowing which one you’re dealing with. Over the last four years of coaching in this space, and my own experience, we mostly lean more into the bucket of I’m too overwhelmed to notice my opportunities waiting in front of me. Next Step.Next time you feel stuck, ask yourself honestly: is there nothing here for me, or, have I just stopped letting myself look? I invite you to get curious now and explore the opportunities around you now. Are there any you are dismissing? If yes, why? Not noticing it may be what’s keeping you stuck. All the best, Susan. A new Blossoming Speaker Podcast episode is now out, listen via your favourite podcast app. |
Minute Insight for Courage into Communicate.
If you are feeling stuck or bound by fear, you may be in the uncertainty gap. That's what I call the place between who you were and who you are becoming. Restructures live there. Career pivots live there. New leadership, new industries, new technology, all of it lands people in that gap, and most are told to just "adjust." I don't do adjust. I do redirect: taking the fear that uncertainty triggers and turning it straight into courage to communicate. It's a way through so you may realise the new version of you, that you are becoming...and with confidence along the way.
Insight. A blank mind isn’t broken, it is actually asking you a question. “Can we pause for a moment?” Most of the time our mind feels tired, overloaded, anxious, or knocked off course by something unexpected. It is rarely out of ideas about what to say or how to respond. So What? Trying to think harder is actually making it worse because you are trying to solve the wrong question. The way through isn’t more effort. It is noticing what’s actually going on underneath first. I take this...
Insight. It’s the moments that catch you off guard, an unexpected reply, a joke that lands strangely, someone putting us on the spot in front of a group, that feels like our self-worth is being tested. But it is not. It tests our recovery, not our worth. So What? No one expects you to have the perfect line loaded and ready. What people actually remember isn’t the moment that caught you off guard, it's how you found your footing again straight after. Finding your footing is not about an...
Insight. I have gone silent during those big changes that rattles all, and I have also used my voice to shape the change I was going through regardless of the uncertainty I felt. Both gave different results, yet each reinforced for me the power of our voice. So what? Your voice is the change. It shapes the change you are going through and using it is what helps you discover the answers you need which fills the gaps that uncertainty once created. Next Step. You have the power to decide. Do you...