What Me Worry - The Wonder of Wonder

Podcast: Being there for your kids · Jonathan C. Robinson, PhD

Opublikowano: 2026-11-14

We spend a lot of time going around with "what if" questions about ourselves. What if always brings on anxiety. How about trading in your "what if" statements for "I wonder" questions. I wonder always ushers in curiosity. Anxiety is tensing. Curiosity is relaxing. Now, add a presuppositional phrase that predicts a positive outcome and you've found a pathway for anxiety relief. So, What if I fail the test tomorrow. That gets you tensed up. I wonder how well I will do on the test tomorrow. That gets you relaxed and maybe in more of mood to study more...