Why change can make even capable women doubt themselves

Anxiety often struggles with an unfinished story

Change, parenting and relationships can create enormous uncertainty. When we do not know what happens next, the mind naturally tries to predict. The future has not happened, but your body can begin reacting as though the feared version already has.

The more useful goal is not making life completely predictable. It is trusting yourself to gather the information available, make a decision, tolerate not knowing everything, adjust if circumstances change, and cope with outcomes you did not predict. The goal is not certainty. It is self-trust.