My guest today is Dr Toni Lindsay. Toni is a clinical psychologist who works primarily with people who are at the end of their life or have a severe illness (usually young people!).In her own words: “My work has shaped how I think about all this FIRE stuff!”.Toni is also the author of multiple books but the one which probably has the most application with FIRE would be “The Certainty Myth: How to be resilient when the world keeps changing”.Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:What does Toni actually do in the field of clinical psychology?

What motivated Toni to write “The Certainty Myth”?

How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help with the journey to FI

The relationship between uncertainty and anxiety and how we can better manage this

Cognitive flexibility - how flexibility can be an antidote to uncertainty

How FIRE plays a role in resiliency

How Toni’s experience with mortality has shaped her FIRE journey