The Hidden Reason You Can’t Make a Clear Decision
By Silvana La Pegna
Ever felt like your mind is a shaken snow globe, thoughts spinning, clarity gone, and every decision feeling harder than it should?
Research shows that the part of your brain responsible for insight, reflection, and good decision-making starts to shut down when you’re under pressure.
In its place, a more reactive part of the mind kicks in, the part that’s wired to keep you safe, not to help you think clearly.
Every time you overthink, replay conversations, mentally rehearse your to-do list, worry about the future, or focus on self-criticism inward it’s like shaking that snow globe. And the more attention you give those thoughts, the more you cause that snow to swirl.
What you’re left with is a blizzard of thoughts and emotions that makes it difficult to see clearly.
How To Settle The Mental Snow
This is where meditation becomes more than just a wellness practice, it becomes a powerful tool for restoring decision-making clarity.
Meditation doesn’t just quiet your mind. It soothes the nervous system, slows your breathing, recalibrates your internal rhythm, and helps shift your brain from reactivity to reflection.
Over time, this kind of regulation strengthens the pathways that support insight, discernment, and trust in your own inner knowing.
Why Some People Give Up On Meditation
Maybe your body doesn’t feel safe sitting still.
Maybe silence feels more like pressure than peace.
In those moments, you don’t need more willpower. You need support.
So What Makes Meditation Work?
Meditation isn’t about emptying the mind of thoughts. That’s impossible to do and there is no need for it. It’s about creating the conditions where your inner snow can fall to the ground, slowly and gently.
The effectiveness of meditation can depend on how safe your system feels. If you choose live guidance for your journey, often the person’s voice, tone, rhythm, and lived experience can shape your ability to settle.
When the nervous system detects that steady presence, it begins to soften, sometimes before a single word is spoken.
If meditation hasn’t worked for you before, this might be why.
Your Invitation
If you’re longing for a steadier way to meet the week, consider joining me online for Monday Meditation.
We begin with guidance to help the snow settle, followed by a short, practical talk that changes every week that brings insight into focus and you’ll leave with practical tips for work and life that you can apply right away.
There’s no pressure to be perfect. No expectation to “clear your mind.”
Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience necessary.
If you’d like to experience Monday Meditation for yourself, I’d love to offer you a guest pass.
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I’m Silvana La Pegna, and I’m delighted to be part of the practitioner team here at Vive Clinic.
I work with people who feel mentally cluttered, pulled in too many directions, or caught in the fog of inner conflict. Some are navigating big life decisions. Others are quietly questioning the path they’re on. Many describe a lingering sense that something’s off even if they can’t name exactly what.
Through a blend of weekly online events like Monday Meditation, programs that support direction and decision-making, and individual sessions, I help people reconnect with their natural clarity and inner wisdom.
People who work with me often describe they have reconnect with a new sense of inner steadiness, sharper self-awareness, and the ability to trust their own clarity more deeply and consistently. They make decisions with certainty, feel more energised mentally and physically and experience increased confidence in their work, and more in sync with the life they’re here to live.
