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If you are stuck in a decision, waiting for clarity, or trying to control what comes next, this conversation is for you.
In this episode of JORMAZIN`, I’m joined by Jeffrey Schwab, founder of Uncertain Pathfinders and wonderfully, Chief Possibility Officer.
Together, we explore how uncertainty can become less of an enemy and more of a companion. Not because everything becomes easy. But because we may not need the whole path before taking one small honest step.
Jeffrey uses coaching, facilitation, applied improv, and playful experimentation to help people meet the unknown with more curiosity, courage, and connection. In our conversation, he shares how improv shaped his relationship with uncertainty, why he chose to put the word “uncertain” into his work, and how small everyday experiments can shift the way we relate to not knowing.
This episode is not about fixing uncertainty or forcing clarity.
It is about moving from overthinking toward action.
From control toward curiosity.
From needing the perfect plan toward trusting the next small “bunny hop.”
And from feeling alone in uncertainty toward remembering that not knowing is part of being human.
In this conversation:
How to move when clarity has not arrived yet
Why uncertainty does not always mean you are lost
How improv can help us trust what emerges
What it means to choose curiosity over fear
Why small “bunny hops” can be more useful than perfect long-term plans
How playfulness can create connection, even in serious moments
Why being too attached to outcomes can limit possibility
A simple everyday exercise to shift your relationship with not knowing
&
Why saying “I don’t know” can be honest, human, and connecting

Question for your week:
Where in my life am I waiting for certainty before taking one honest step?
Or more simply:
What becomes possible if I let uncertainty be my friend for a moment?
If this conversation supported you, follow or subscribe - and if someone came to mind while listening, send this episode to them.
You’re amazing! Not because you always know the path. But because something in you can keep listening, choosing, and becoming, even when the path is unclear.

Guest:
Jeffrey Schwab
Founder of Uncertain Pathfinders | Chief Possibility Officer
🌐 www.uncertainpathfinders.com
💼 Jeffrey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-schwab
💼 Uncertain Pathfinders on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncertain-pathfinders/
🎧 Uncertain Pathfinders Podcast: available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and other platforms

Host:
Jorma
Co-Active Coach | 20+ years corporate
🌐 www.jormaschneider.com
📅 Free Chemistry Session: https://calendly.com/jormaschneider/30min
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorma-schneider

Timestamps:
00:00:00 — The Running Bear cold open
00:00:16 — Welcome to JORMAZIN`
00:01:52 — Meet Jeffrey Schwab, Chief Possibility Officer
00:03:55 — How uncertainty became Jeffrey’s topic
00:06:09 — What improv teaches us about not knowing
00:08:39 — Jeffrey’s personal relationship with uncertainty
00:12:29 — Choosing curiosity over fear
00:12:46 — Rainbow thinking, bunny hops and small adventures
00:15:48 — Why structure does not always create certainty
00:17:30 — What happens when people start to play
00:23:34 — A live improv exercise: The Running Bear
00:32:38 — What children teach us about playfulness and uncertainty
00:37:20 — Being too attached to outcomes
00:42:28 — Simple exercises to embrace uncertainty today
00:48:46 — Where to find Jeffrey and Uncertain Pathfinders

You’re amazing. I mean it.
And maybe part of your amazingness is that you know more than you allow yourself to know.
Not in a loud way. Not always in a clear way.
Sometimes it starts as a tiny signal. A feeling in your body. A word that appears. A silence that suddenly feels full. A sense that there is something more here.
Before you know, you sense.
In this Pause, I explore what happens when you stop ignoring that quiet signal and start listening to it more closely.
Because sometimes the thing you sense is not asking you to be certain. Maybe it is asking you to pay attention.
In this Pause:
Why your first signal is often the one you want to dismiss
What happens when you override what you feel because you cannot explain it yet
Why the body often notices before the mind catches up
How one honest sentence can shift a conversation
What it means to trust what you sense without turning it into truth too quickly

Question for your week:
Where in your life do you already sense something but you keep waiting for permission, proof, or perfect words?
If this Pause helped you, subscribe and share it with someone who may need a little more space to listen to what they already sense.
I am Jorma and
You’re Amazing!

Jorma - Coach | 20+ years corporate L&D
🌐 www.jormaschneider.com
📅 Free Chemistry Session: https://calendly.com/jormaschneider/30min
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorma-schneider
🆘 Crisis support in your country: https://findahelpline.com

00:00:00 — Before you know, you sense
00:00:30 — The question behind this episode
00:00:50 — Welcome to You’re Amazing
00:02:00 — One moment that stayed with me
00:04:15 — The body often notices before the mind catches up
00:06:50 — Safety note
00:07:20 — Three moments to notice
00:10:10 — The Pause — a guided reflection
00:12:00 — Your question for the week

What if the person you are looking for is not someone you need to become, but someone you need to remember?
In this Pause, I explore what changes when we stop treating ourselves like a problem to solve and start meeting ourselves with curiosity again.
Because some of the things we call self-knowledge may actually be old stories we have repeated for so long that they started to feel like truth:
“I’m not disciplined.”
“I always overthink.”
“I’m bad at relationships.”
“This is just who I am.”
But what if those stories are not the whole truth?
What if growth does not always mean becoming more?
What if sometimes it means pausing long enough to remember what has always been there?

In this Pause:
Why growth does not always mean becoming more
How old stories can quietly turn into identity
What changes when you ask, “Is this still true?”
Why curiosity can bring you back to yourself
How to remember one thing that is still true in you

Question for your week:
What have you decided about yourself that deserves another look?
If this Pause supported you, follow or subscribe and share it with someone who may need a moment to remember who they are today.
You’re Amazing.
Jorma Schneider — Coach | 20+ years in corporate
🌐 www.jormaschneider.com
📅 Free Chemistry Session: https://calendly.com/jormaschneider/30min
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorma-schneider
If this episode touches something tender or feels too much to hold alone, please reach out to a trusted professional or a crisis support service in your country.
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Timestamps
00:00:00 — You already know. You just forgot.
00:00:30 — The question behind this episode
00:00:55 — Welcome to You’re Amazing
00:01:45 — The story of becoming vs. remembering
00:03:50 — Building on top of yourself vs. building from yourself
00:04:45 — When self-knowledge becomes self-forgetting
00:06:35 — A gentle safety note
00:07:15 — Three invitations: notice, wonder, remember
00:08:45 — The Pause: a guided reflection
00:10:45 — Your question for the week
00:11:20 — You’re Amazing!

Have you ever been physically present somewhere - but mentally completely elsewhere?
In this 10-Minute Pause, I explore one of the most generous things we can offer - to another person, to a moment, and to ourselves: our real attention.
Because presence is not about being perfect. It is about returning.
In this Pause:
Why your body being somewhere does not mean your attention is there too
What a trip through Japan taught me about collecting experiences vs. truly entering them
The three levels of listening — and how they change the quality of every relationship
Why coming back is not a failure — it is the practice
Three simple invitations to bring more presence into your week

Question for your week:
Who or what is asking for you to really be here?
If this Pause helped you, subscribe and share it with someone who may need a moment to come back today.
I am Jorma and
You're Amazing!

Jorma - Coach | 20+ years corporate
🌐 www.jormaschneider.com
📅 Free Chemistry Session: https://calendly.com/jormaschneider/30min
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorma-schneider
🆘 Crisis support in your country: https://findahelpline.com 🆘

Timestamps
00:00:00 — Have you ever been there, but not really there?
00:00:30 — The question behind this episode
00:00:50 — Welcome to You're Amazing
00:02:20 — Japan and the practice of arriving
00:05:00 — Where does your attention live?
00:08:00 — Safety note
00:08:45 — Three invitations: notice, listen, come back
00:11:30 — The Pause — a guided reflection
00:14:00 — Your question for the week

Something broke.
Maybe a relationship. A dream. A version of yourself you thought would last.
And maybe your first instinct was to hide it or move on as fast as possible.
In this 10-Minute Pause, I explore Kintsugi - the centuries-old Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with gold. Not to hide the break. But to honour it.
I’m not a ceramics expert. This is my lens, my understanding, and what this concept activated in me - including a broken mug, a always fully booked workshop, and a coaching moment I have never forgotten.
This episode is for you if you’ve ever tried to get back to who you were before - instead of asking who you are becoming through this.
In this Pause:
A simple glimpse into Kintsugi - to join with gold
Why the break may be part of the story, not the end of it
How what we choose to repair can reveal what we value
Why speed is not always healing
A gentle Pause to sit with what is asking to be honoured

Question for your week:
What in my life am I trying to hide, rush past, or replace - that might actually be worth repairing with gold?
Or more simply:
What break in my story is asking to be honoured - not erased?
If this Pause helped you, follow or subscribe - and if someone came to mind while listening, send this episode to them.
I am Jorma and
You’re amazing! Not because you never break. But because life can move through you - even there.

Jorma - Co-Active Coach | 20+ years corporate
🌐 www.jormaschneider.com
📅 Free Chemistry Session: https://calendly.com/jormaschneider/30min
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorma-schneider
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — What do you do when something breaks?
00:00:22 — The third way and why it changes everything
00:00:38 — Welcome to You’re Amazing
00:01:46 — Kintsugi - to join with gold
00:01:55 — The origin story and what it means
00:03:40 — The broken mug, the Hamburg workshop, and what stopped me
00:06:10 — Three gentle invitations from Kintsugi
00:08:46 — The Pause - a guided reflection
00:10:21 — Your question for the week