Key points

Self-trust is the new foundation of resilience.

Outsourcing your power, even to algorithms, breeds anxiety and doubt.

Sovereignty calms the nervous system and sharpens choices.

Trusting yourself strengthens both freedom and connection.

Learning to trust yourself Source: Urilux / iStock

There’s a moment in every storm when you realize that no one is coming to steer the boat but you. It might be a diagnosis you didn’t see coming. A job loss you thought you were safe from. Or just the slow, disorienting drip of news that makes the world feel less certain each day.

In those moments, we reach instinctively for stability—often outside ourselves. We look for the expert who has the answer, the leader who seems sure, the friend who will tell us what to do.

Sometimes, the most r

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