In times of crisis, everything can seem to shake at once: the company, financial security, health, relationships. What once felt stable becomes uncertain, and what once reassured no longer does.
In those moments, a common reflex appears: act quickly, fix things, regain control, search for solutions outside ourselves. Yet what truly makes the difference is not always what we do, but the place from which we act.
What We Can Always Rely On
To feel secure, we often rely on our health, our finances, or our relationships. But when one of these pillars becomes fragile, an essential question emerges:
What can we truly rely on?
Whatever the circumstances, there is something that does not depend on what we own, our status, or our results.
That foundation is who we are.
It rests on our inner resources:
- our perseverance
- our creativity
- our ability to love, to reflect, to understand
- our freedom to think
Everything that lives within us—
and that nothing and no one can take away.
Even if, one day, nothing remained outside, these inner resources would still be intact.
Taking a Step Further on the Path of Trust
The trust I am referring to here goes beyond self-confidence.
It is a deeper form of trust.
In this sense, trusting means recognizing that what we are experiencing is exactly what we are meant to experience.
That the situations we encounter are precisely those that allow us to evolve internally.
Not only to acquire new skills or strengthen expertise, but to develop something far more essential:
wisdom.
Wisdom: A Space of Lasting Peace
Wisdom is the ability to gain perspective, to avoid being carried away by events, and to respond thoughtfully rather than reacting emotionally.
It is our capacity to face situations over which we have no control with humility, clarity, and without unnecessary resistance to reality.
Wisdom is the only place where peace becomes stable and reliable, if what we truly seek is to feel well.
Our emotional pain and discomfort are not mistakes. They are signals. They reveal what is asking to evolve within us.
Fear, anger, and guilt point to the places where we struggle against reality, where our interpretations are distorted.
The experiences we go through are therefore the ones we need in order to grow. Evolution and growth are part of our path.
Maintaining Trust in Times of Crisis
Another question naturally arises:
How can we maintain trust when a crisis unfolds?
Maintaining trust during a crisis is not a matter of optimism.
It is a conscious choice.
Resisting what is happening, telling ourselves that things should not be this way or should have been different, only increases stress, doubt, and worry.
Discernment weakens. Energy disperses. And the situation often becomes more difficult.
Choosing trust, on the other hand, calms the mind and restores a space of clarity and composure.
From this place, it becomes possible to respond far more accurately to situations—even when circumstances are no longer supportive.
Sometimes difficult situations are also redirections.
A goal we pursue may not truly be the right one—or not yet the right one.
In those moments, trusting means accepting that one door closes so another can appear.
There are no opportunities that we are “meant not to miss.”
What is truly right for us cannot escape us.
Reclaiming Your Power
Maintaining trust does not mean giving up action.
It means acting from a different place.
It means accepting that we cannot control everything while remaining fully engaged.
It means reclaiming our power by developing the ability to welcome what is, so that we can decide and act with discernment—even in times of crisis.
From this posture, the most accurate responses emerge.
And often, new possibilities appear.
Stephanie Romeo
Executive Coach
Creator of the KAL™ Method
Host of the podcast 3 Minutes pour tout changer”
Listen to the episodes of my podcast “3 Minutes to Change Everything.”
🎧 Capsule 59 – Situation de crise : ce sur quoi compter
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