Radio Headspace

The Illusion Of Control

September 21, 2026·6 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Anxiety makes a compelling promise: Get everything under control and then you'll feel better. So we plan more, predict more, and prepare for possibilities that haven't happened. But certainty keeps moving further away. The harder we grip, the more tension we can create around the uncertainty that was already there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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