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Before Breakfast

How to be OK with uncertainty, with Simone Stolzoff

13 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast A Slight Change of Plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans.

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61.747 - 66.032 Laura Vanderkam

I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change.

66.012 - 71.698 Simone Stolzoff

We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.

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You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program.

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91.298 - 113.14 Laura Vanderkam

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's episode is going to be a slightly longer one, part of the series where I interview fascinating people about how they take their days from great to awesome and any advice they have for the rest of us.

Chapter 2: How does Simone Stolzhoff define uncertainty in our lives?

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I'm Dr. Maya Shankar, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. We share stories and scientific insights to help us all better navigate these periods of turbulence and transformation.

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There is one finding that is consistent, and that is that our resilience rests on our relationships. I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change.

707.988 - 713.517 Simone Stolzoff

We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.

Chapter 3: Why is it important to increase our tolerance for uncertainty?

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You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program.

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1355.572 - 1373.035 SPEAKER_00

I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. We share stories and scientific insights to help us all better navigate these periods of turbulence and transformation.

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There is one finding that is consistent, and that is that our resilience rests on our relationships. I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change.

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1385.369 - 1390.895 Simone Stolzoff

We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.

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Listen to A Slight Change of Plans on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1404.588 - 1417.163 Laura Vanderkam

Well, I am back talking with Simone Stolzhoff, who is the author of the brand new book, How Not to Know. We've also been talking about The Good Enough Job. So I want to pivot to talk a little bit about your schedule now. What does your schedule look like these days?

1417.649 - 1434.317 Simone Stolzoff

Well, as I mentioned earlier, I'm a new parent, so my schedule is a little bit more in flux than it used to be. I'm grateful to say that I work for myself. So for the last five years or so, I've been an independent author, trying to make it as a full-time author living in San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities in the world.

1434.858 - 1456.937 Simone Stolzoff

But there are some choices that we've made structurally to make that more possible. One is I live with my wife, my son, my mom, and my stepdad. So we have this intergenerational home, and I live in my childhood home, the same house that I grew up in. And having that level of support provides some buffer, both from a childcare perspective and from a work perspective.

1456.917 - 1473.526 Simone Stolzoff

And so there's this distinction that I make in my first book between what are called integrators and segmenters. Integrators are people whose jobs integrate throughout their day. They might do a little work in the morning, go on a run, go to the grocery store, come back, do a little work, hang out with their kids, have some dinner, do work after dinner.

Chapter 4: What are the three traps we fall into regarding uncertainty?

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Those people are starving for banter. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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1887.737 - 1898.13 SPEAKER_00

Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans.

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1898.591 - 1902.876 Laura Vanderkam

I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change.

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1902.957 - 1908.545 Simone Stolzoff

We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes.

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You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program.

1918.658 - 1925.067 SPEAKER_00

Listen to A Slight Change of Plans on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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