Why Decisions Made from Fear or Lack Rarely Lead Us Right

Have you ever made a decision in a moment of panic—when your mind was racing, your chest was tight, and you just needed relief from the discomfort? Maybe it was saying yes to a job that didn’t feel right, staying in a relationship that drained you, or impulsively spending money to feel better, even if just for a moment. If you're nodding, you're not alone. We’ve all made choices from a place of fear or lack. And often, those choices don’t age well.

When fear is driving the car, intuition gets shoved in the back seat. We’re no longer choosing from clarity or alignment—we’re reacting. Grasping. Trying to “fix” something fast. But fear narrows our vision. It pushes us into survival mode, where the goal isn’t truth or fulfillment—it’s just to make the feeling stop.

And that’s the trap: when we make decisions simply to escape discomfort, we usually end up creating more of it.

It’s why how you make a decision matters just as much as what you decide.

When you trust yourself—when you pause, breathe, and wait for your inner wisdom to rise—you give yourself space to choose from truth instead of tension. You create a different energy around the decision. One rooted in self-respect, abundance, and possibility.

It doesn’t mean every choice will be perfect. But it does mean that even when things don’t go as planned, you’ll stand by yourself with no regrets—because you chose from your center, not your wounds.

So next time you feel urgency creeping in, ask:
Is this fear talking? Or is it truth?
Am I acting from lack? Or from love?

You are allowed to take your time. You are allowed to wait until you feel grounded. You are allowed to trust yourself.

Always.

With love,
Marine Sélénée