2024-08-19
1 小时 8 分钟The way I think of confidence is just like an actual willingness to be in the forces of life and trust.
Not necessarily that I'm going to get what I want, because we also fail quite a lot.
I think trust is interesting.
It's just sort of a feeling of, this is going to be okay, I can work with this.
It's that quality of like, here I am.
This may be hard, but I'm grounded.
And maybe that means grounded in groundlessness.
But at the end of the day, I have to trust myself.
So have you ever felt a deep lack of confidence that just seeps into your relationships, your work, and even how you see yourself?
Maybe you find yourself constantly seeking validation from others, or afraid to fully trust your own inner wisdom.
Or perhaps you bounce between heights of self assurance and depths of self doubt, never really feeling truly grounded, so easily knocked off your seat and into the spin of uncertainty.
Well, if so, you're not alone.
We are living through a unique moment in time where many are just questioning their core identity, their purpose, and grappling with pervasive groundlessness in nearly every domain of life.
The shaky foundations that we once relied on, really, they seem to be crumbling all around us.
In work and love and family, community.
We're being called to find a deeper wellspring of confidence from within.
On my guest today, Ethan Nichtern has spent years exploring the ancient wisdom that can help us cultivate unshakable confidence amidst life's uncertainties.
Ethan is a renowned buddhist teacher who leads meditation classes and hosts the Road Home podcast.
In his book confidence, holding your seat through life's eight worldly wins, he weaves a powerful tapestry of insights to really guide us home in our innate sense of self trust.
In our conversation, Ethan unwraps these things he calls the eight worldly winds.