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Uncertainty is Possibility
by Jasmine Teo
What if the thing you've been trying to avoid — uncertainty — is actually where all the good stuff lives?Uncertainty is Possibility is a podcast about what happens when you step off the 'straight path'.Sometimes intentionally.Sometimes because life pushed you.It's a podcast that helps you stop feeling like you need to have it all figured out. It's about what becomes possible when you develop the presence to hold necessary discomfort and gain the self-trust to step into possibilities.I'm Jasmine, your host, and I'm a psychotherapist, coach, an ex-lover of certainty. This is the season of life that I'm currently in a romantic relationship with uncertainty.I believe that:Certainty is the possibility of one path.Uncertainty is the possibility of many paths that haven't been closed off yet.Uncertainty is not the absence of something
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ep 04 / Life as a Filter
We spend so much energy trying to decide whether something will work - in our own heads, alone, before anything has been tested.Whether to apply for a job.Whether to ask someone out. Whether to create and share something.And in doing all that thinking and not doing anything, many of us just stay stuck.In this episode I want to offer a reframe that has genuinely changed how I move through life.Life is actually a really good filter, but only if you are putting things through it.This isn’t about being reckless or thoughtless.It’s about understanding that uncertainty is not the enemy here. Uncertainty is the mechanism.Uncertainty is what allows life to give you real information; information you cannot get by staying inside your own head.IN THIS EPISODEWhat actually keeps us stuckHow I stopped seeing every step as high-stakes, and what changed from thenThe food analogy: why you sometimes don’t know what you want until life shows youOn applying for jobs, putting out work, and letting life respond instead of “pre-deciding”My Secondary school teacher’s quote that changed how I think about controlWhat it means when you genuinely can’t put things out or get started on something, and what’s actually worth looking at thereWhy being stuck is not your personality. It’s just a part of you. And there’s a huge difference in naming that differently."Uncertainty isn't the obstacle. It's actually the mechanism. It's what allows life to give you real information — information you can't get by staying inside your own head."✨ TRY THIS ✨This week, pick one thing you’ve been sitting on. Something small is fine. An application, a message, an idea you’ve been meaning to share. Put it out in the smallest way possible. Don’t pre-decide the outcome. Let life do the filtering. Notice what comes back, and notice what you feel when it does.🌸 CONNECT WITH ME 🌸Instagram: @jasmineteo.jiamin (I always reply to DMs!)Coaching: Presence, a 4-month 1:1 coaching programme. For people who want to build a life of impact and love their lives while doing the work. May and June intakes are sold out. Waitlist open for July. Apply here.• 1:1 Therapy - limited spots left for May and June. Free 15-min consultation to start.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
What if the thing you've been trying to avoid — uncertainty — is actually where all the good stuff lives?Uncertainty is Possibility is a podcast about what happens when you step off the 'straight path'.Sometimes intentionally.Sometimes because life pushed you.It's a podcast that helps you stop feeling like you need to have it all figured out. It's about what becomes possible when you develop the presence to hold necessary discomfort and gain the self-trust to step into possibilities.I'm Jasmine, your host, and I'm a psychotherapist, coach, an ex-lover of certainty. This is the season of life that I'm currently in a romantic relationship with uncertainty.I believe that:Certainty is the possibility of one path.Uncertainty is the possibility of many paths that haven't been closed off yet.Uncertainty is not the absence of something
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