What happens when your entire sense of safety is rooted in certainty — and that certainty disappears?
In this thought-provoking conversation, author, speaker, and business consultant Allison Carmen shares how her deep attachment to knowing what’s next became its own form of addiction — and how everything began to shift when she discovered the quiet, liberating power of maybe.
Together, we explore the illusion of control, the anxiety of the unknown, and how embracing uncertainty can actually open the door to possibility, peace, and hope.
This is an episode for anyone who has ever gripped too tightly, feared letting go, or longed for a softer way forward. Allison’s message is simple but profound: when we make space for maybe, we make space for hope.
Allison Carmen is a business consultant, life strategist, and TEDx speaker — and the author of The Gift of Maybe: Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times. What began as a personal journey away from her own addiction to certainty led her to reframe uncertainty as a space for hope — a message she shares globally through coaching, public speaking, and her top-rated podcast, 10 Minutes to Less Suffering.
Find her here: allisoncarmen.com, on her Podcast: 10 Minutes to Less Suffering (available on all major platforms)
Books: The Gift of Maybe and A Year Without Men (2021) and Maybe Everything is OK: A Paren't Guide to Less Stress and Worry (currently audio only, hardcover available Fall 2025)
@allisoncarmen on Instagram and @giftofmaybe on Twitter (X)
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For more stories, reflections, and ways to connect, visit www.DanielleElliottSmith.com or follow along on Instagram @daniellesmithtv and @HopeComestoVisit
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