39- The Gift of Doubt

Doubt has a bad reputation. We’re taught to resolve it quickly. To replace it with certainty. To override it with belief, obedience, or confidence. But doubt is not the enemy of creativity. It is the beginning of it.

In this episode, we explore why doubt is not a weakness—but a generative psychological state that makes creativity, intuition, and personal authority possible.

Drawing on philosophy, psychology, and personal experience, I argue that the ability to sustain doubt—rather than rush to eliminate it—is one of the most important skills you can develop, especially if you were raised in a high-demand religious or ideological system. Because creativity does not emerge from certainty. It emerges from uncertainty. From the willingness to sit in the space where you don’t yet know.

In This Episode, We Explore

Why doubt is a generative state—not a dangerous one

Doubt opens cognitive flexibility.

It interrupts automatic patterns and creates space for new perception, new meaning, and new possibility.

Why high-demand systems discourage doubt

Many religious and authoritarian systems frame doubt as a moral failure rather than a natural cognitive process.

This conditions people to distrust their own perception and outsource authority to external sources.

The difference between resolving doubt and sustaining it

“If we can acquire an attitude of suspended conclusion and sustain states of doubt, we open ourselves to more creative and generative possibilities.” — John Dewey,

A Next Step: Learning to Listen to Your Intuition If this episode resonated with you, I created a free workshop called: You’re Not Disconnected — You Were Conditioned: How Women Lose (and Regain) Their Intuition In this workshop, you’ll learn: Why your intuition isn’t gone—it’s buried How conditioning disconnects you from your inner authority

A simple therapeutic art exercise to help you reconnect with your intuitive voice

This is not about becoming someone new. It’s about returning to who you were before you were taught not to trust yourself.

You can register for free HERE

Do your best to make it live! I'll be giving away one of my therapeutic art kits to one person on the call.