Facing uncertainty - get out of your own way (with guest Katherine Templar Lewis)

Dahlia is joined by human scientist and science communicator Katherine Templar Lewis for a conversation about uncertainty. Together they explore why uncertainty feels so destabilising, how the brain interprets it as a threat, and the physical consequences that follow: cortisol spikes, restless thinking, disrupted sleep and that familiar sense of being “on alert” even when nothing is actually happening.They also unpack how we try to seek out certainty and why some of those habits help us while others keep us stuck. Dahlia and Katherine discuss what we can be certain about and how we can get comfortable with the levels of uncertainty we face everyday.Katherine Templar Lewis is a human scientist and sciencecommunicator. She specialises in neuroscience and neuroaesthtics as a driver of human first design, fostering connection and societal change. Her work translates scientific insight into applicable creative intelligence, accelerating it out of labs and into the real world with brands, agencies and creatives.Co-founder and director of Kinda Studios, an all women neuroaesthetics studio and lab and Chief Scientist at The Uncertainty Experts, a research project with UCL to explore how to turn uncertainty into opportunity. She is  dedicatedto interdisciplinary research, bringing science art and technology to solve the complex challenges we face today. Author of the best-selling book The Uncertainty Toolkit she is an experienced keynote speaker, presenter and contributor across a range of media, including BBC Radio 4, 5Live, Sky News, NBC Sport and NBC's The TODAY Show and VICE. Sheis also co host the award nominated Audible Originals Series Beyond Five Senses.Enjoyed this episode of Stressed But Well Dressed? Don't forget t follow the show and check out behind the scenes on instagram @stressedbutwelldressed_podcast