Mobile Menu

  • Home
  • About Liggy
  • Books
    • Printed books
    • Digital books
  • Services
    • Webinars
    • Presentations
    • TV & Media
    • Learning
    • Resilience
  • Blog
    • Blog
    • Newsletters
    • Competition
    • Free resources
  • Contact Liggy
  • Help
    • FAQ – Digital BiteSized books
    • Digital BiteSized books – installation instructions
    • Shipping and delivery
  • Login
  • Search
  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Before Header

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

cart-icon

Liggy Webb

Award-winning presenter and author

  • Home
  • About Liggy
  • Books
    • Printed books
    • Digital books
  • Services
    • Webinars
    • Presentations
    • TV & Media
    • Learning
    • Resilience
  • Blog
    • Blog
    • Newsletters
    • Competition
    • Free resources
  • Contact Liggy
  • Help
    • FAQ – Digital BiteSized books
    • Digital BiteSized books – installation instructions
    • Shipping and delivery
  • Login
  • Search

How to cope well with uncertainty

You are here: Home / General / How to cope well with uncertainty

28-Mar-2020 //  by Liggy

How to cope well with uncertainty

With everything that is happening in the world right now, there is so much uncertainty and your imagination could start to go into overdrive. You may find yourself speculating about the future and filling in all the missing gaps of information with the worst-case scenarios of what may happen. By doing this you will cause yourself to worry and get anxious about things that haven’t even happened yet and that you don’t have any control over.

Is this something you are finding yourself doing with everything that is going on?

If so, it is important to be aware that uncertainty can fuel fear; anxiety and paralysis, which will inhibit your ability to cope well in times of flux. Your brain essentially is hardwired to react to uncertainty with fear. As you face uncertainty, your brain could so easily push you to overreact. The ability to be able to override this reaction and move your thinking into a calmer and more rational direction is fundamental in terms of dealing with uncertainty and the associated anxiety that can be triggered.

There are many ways that you can help yourself to cope with uncertainty and here are five suggestions:

1. Avoid the doom and drama

Uncertainty can create a playground for the doom goblins and drama queens who perversely enjoy stoking up negativity. They will be predicting all sorts of doom and gloom, and if you get absorbed in the gossip, scaremongering, and toxicity, it will drag you down, drain your valuable energy and make you feel anxious. Balance your exposure to negative media and remove yourself from environments wherever possible where this kind of behaviour is rife. You don’t have to listen to it and you certainly don’t have to be part of it. That is entirely your choice.

2. Stay positive

One of the great benefits of positive thinking is that it can quiet the fear and irrational mind chatter by focusing your thoughts on something that is more calming. Thoughts are powerful triggers for emotions and for every negative niggling doubt that you have, on the flip side there will always be a more hopeful alternative. Give your wandering mind a little help by consciously selecting something positive to think about. Create an inspiring sanctuary in your mind by focusing on a happy memory or a dream for the future that will refocus your attention.

3. Avoid crystal ball gazing

Sometimes a fertile imagination can be your own worst enemy and you may find yourself getting lost in your own feelings. If you are not careful you may take out the imaginary crystal ball and start to “catastrophise” about the future. You cannot possibly predict the future; you can however feel less anxious by fostering positive thoughts about the alternative possibilities.

4. Manage your inner control freak

Let’s face it most of us like to be in control; however, in some situations you have to put your trust in others’ hands. Currently we are being asked to live in a way that is highly restrictive and this will challenge your inner control freak! It is important to bear in mind, that if you do this, you run the risk of putting yourself under immense stress if you focus on trying to control things that you can’t. Right now we need to listen to the advice we are being given to keep ourselves and other people safe.

5. Get creative

Having more opportunities to express your creativity will help you to keep enthusiastic and motivated about possibilities. Creative people also tend to be more optimistic and resilient. A recent study in the Journal of Positive Psychology indicated that engaging in a creative activity just once a day can lead to a more positive state of mind. Through this very challenging situation that we are experiencing we also have an opportunity to explore, discover, learn and grow.

Please do email me liggy@liggywebb.com if you have any feedback or any questions

For more information about my bite-sized books please visit www.liggywebb.com/books, where we are currently offering free shipping.

Related Posts

You may be interested in these posts from the same category.

Winter Wellbeing

Celebrating World Mental Health Day

How to embrace lifelong learning

Loneliness – 10 ways to feel less lonely

Stress and self-pressure

How to work well from home – 10 top tips

10 ways to build empathy

How to fuel yourself well

How to build your winter resilience

World Kindness Day

7 ways to deal well with change

Are you experiencing a bit of FOGO?

Previous Post: « 7 steps to coping well right now
Next Post: How to adapt well to rapid change »

Primary Sidebar

Signup to Liggy’s newsletter…

Shop for BiteSized books

Recent Posts

Winter Wellbeing

05-Dec-2022

Celebrating World Mental Health Day

01-Oct-2022

How to embrace lifelong learning

03-Aug-2022

Loneliness – 10 ways to feel less lonely

25-Apr-2022

Categories

  • General
    • Burnout
    • Positive thinking
    • Resilience
    • Self care
  • TV & Media
    • Presentation videos
    • Radio interviews
    • Videos
  • Webinars
  • Wellness

Footer

Colette WadeVice President of Marketing and Business Development EMEA at Cornerstone OnDemand

It’s been an amazing experience working with Liggy, who brings so much energy, positivity and originality to everything we have done in partnership with her.

Lynne MartinezLufthansa - Belgium

Liggy’s presentations are like Liggy herself; invigorating; thought provoking and fun! What better way to learn than from someone who leads by example.

Malcolm EvansSouth Wales Police

Liggy gave an excellent motivational talk to our staff and we are now putting into practice some of her suggestions for improving our health and well being and in turn the benefits this will bring to our organisation.We can thoroughly recommend Liggy to inspire your staff to make changes which will both benefit the individual and the company alike.

Sharon FrostGlobal HR Director, Oxford PharmaGenesis

Liggy Webb’s bite-sized books have been a great addition to our L&D strategy, helping our colleagues to understand first-hand that learning really can happen in the time it takes to drink a cuppa. Whether it’s a golden nugget of new insight or providing the motivation to have that much needed conversation to bring about positive change.

Luke RobertsonHR Officer, World Animal Protection

They are amazing. Bite sized yet so much insight

Rahima IslamCarrer & Development, Bureauveritas

People within the organisation have commented on how helpful they have found the advice in the bite sized books They make some great points with the main take away being the importance of having a positive and optimistic outlook on life.

Jesus GurreroUnited Nations

Work is what you make it. Reading this sentence was like an awakening for me and made me aware of what I can do to help myself to change my attitude towards work. I really enjoy Liggy’s style: clear, direct and inspiring.

Lauren RogersGlobal Training Manager - Deutschebank

I have had the pleasure of listening to Liggy present on a number of occasions. Her communication style has been well-judged for her various audiences and her relaxed yet professional style has helped others to feel able to contribute to the topics in hand.

Fiona JefferyOBE Chairman - World Travel Market

It’s amazing reading Liggy Webb’s book Resilience. It helps you refocus your efforts and shows what it takes at times of strife and acute anxiety to push on through

Mark GriffithsLife Coach

Informative,energetic,inspiring and she was very knowledgeable about her subject. Her personality and enthusiasm captivated the whole audience.

Site Footer

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • About Liggy
  • Contact Liggy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap

Copyright © 2023 · Liggy Webb · Log in