When the mind narrows everything down to a single worst case scenario, it begins rehearsing that future until the body responds as if the event were already real. Fear grows around an outcome that has not happened, and attention becomes increasingly focused on evidence that seems to confirm the same prediction. Widening the frame changes the way uncertainty is experienced. There are always multiple possible outcomes, including possibilities that cannot be seen from the current moment. Remembering this allows the mind to release its attachment to one imagined future and return to what is actually happening now. This does not…
Monday, August 3
