8. Words That Make Us: Doubt

In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Doubt”. Listen to them as they discuss the useful and not-so-useful manifestations of doubt. They discuss Impostor Syndrome and why it might be more prevalent in females than in males and talk about ways to alleviate self-doubt and its negative impacts. They have some powerful poetry for you too.

 

How to overcome self-doubt:

https://eugenetherapy.com/article/overcome-self-doubt/#:~:text=However%2C%20when%20it%20becomes%20debilitating,self%2Ddoubt%20later%20in%20life.

Descartes on doubt:

https://philife.nd.edu/descartes-meditations-doubt-everything/

Doubt in Islam:

https://islamqa.org/hanafi/daruliftaa/8377/having-doubts-about-allah/#:~:text=Having%20doubts%20in%20Allah%20Almighty,a%20sign%20of%20one's%20faith.&text=The%20above%20two%20narrations%20cleary,or%20evil%20due%20to%20them.

 

Freethinker by Robert William Service

https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/freethinker_11000

 

If by Rudyard Kipling

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if—

My Doubt by Jane Hirshfield

https://poets.org/poem/my-doubt

Still I rise – Maya Angelou

https://groundedafrican.com/2023/01/25/still-i-rise-maya-angelou/

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