Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Jul 29, 2026 · 32 min · 16 segments
What if uncertainty isn't something to fear, but something to embrace? In this episode, I share how learning to let go of the need for certainty has helped me navigate unexpected challenges, make…
I had this trip planned for, you know, six weeks, eight weeks, and I had an event with Inner Fifth, and I was also going to be supporting my attorney, who's one of my best friends, at a big event she had in LA as well, and my event was earlier in the day, hers was in the evening.
And so it was super important to me, not only from a business standpoint, you know, to be somebody that shows up when I say I'm gonna be somewhere.
Of course, there are things out of your control, but you just, you want to be that person.
But then, two, also there was the personal side of it that, gosh, I really did not want to let my friend down.
It can be just stressful when you have all these things going on and you don't know if you're leaving, you don't know if you're going.
Well, anyhow, I have become, and I swear this is all goes back to getting fired and learning to live in uncertainty.
Like, let's start because it just makes life better, right? You kind of get excited like, "Okay, I wonder what's gonna happen.
I have no idea if suddenly I have two days of completely cleared schedule with nothing to do because I'm supposed to be in another state.
I have no idea what's happening with my child," right? Like, just embracing these moments and kind of making it more of a game.
Like, "Oh, I wonder what's gonna- what are the odds of this happening or that happening?" I try to, you know, just be as grateful as I can be and live in the unexpected, not knowing what's gonna happen.
I had this trip planned for, you know, six weeks, eight weeks, and I had an event with Inner Fifth, and I was also going to be supporting my attorney, who's one of my best friends, at a big event she had in LA as well, and my event was earlier in the day, hers was in the evening.
And so it was super important to me, not only from a business standpoint, you know, to be somebody that shows up when I say I'm gonna be somewhere.
Of course, there are things out of your control, but you just, you want to be that person.
But then, two, also there was the personal side of it that, gosh, I really did not want to let my friend down.
It can be just stressful when you have all these things going on and you don't know if you're leaving, you don't know if you're going.
Well, anyhow, I have become, and I swear this is all goes back to getting fired and learning to live in uncertainty.
Like, let's start because it just makes life better, right? You kind of get excited like, "Okay, I wonder what's gonna happen.
I have no idea if suddenly I have two days of completely cleared schedule with nothing to do because I'm supposed to be in another state.
I have no idea what's happening with my child," right? Like, just embracing these moments and kind of making it more of a game.
Like, "Oh, I wonder what's gonna- what are the odds of this happening or that happening?" I try to, you know, just be as grateful as I can be and live in the unexpected, not knowing what's gonna happen.
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