Susan Britton explains why our brains hate uncertainty: it signals threat. When facing unclear situations, your prefrontal cortex goes into overdrive trying to resolve them, whether it's politics, health, or starting a business. Making the uncertain certain is how your brain restores a sense of safety.
So we have this aversion to uncertainty because it could spell threat in some form or fashion. And at the same time, we're trying to figure out what to do with it. So we've got the aversion, and now this PFC is working overtime to try to navigate and figure out, how am I going to get through this process? What am I going to do about the political uncertainty, about the parent's health, about my, my health diagnosis, about launching my new business? All those things that were listed in the chat. We're in this, like, overdrive mode trying to figure out how we're going to navigate and make the uncertain certain. If we can make the uncertain certain, we're going to feel better. We're going to feel a little more calm. We're going to feel like I'm safe.
Susan’s ICF Educator Award | The Heart Behind the Impact Katy Montgomery, PCC
