I am a huge intuition girl. Trusting your gut, I believe, is one of the best ways to honor yourself. It’s this natural—but also seemingly supernatural—power that feels both linked to our evolutionary instinct to stay safe and to a deeper spiritual wisdom nudging us in the right direction.
When I was younger, I doubted my intuition more times than I’d like to admit. And that’s easy to do—because intuition often whispers truths we don’t want to hear.
A condescending remark from a boyfriend may spark a splash of fear, but you brush it off because the relationship is just blooming and you think you’re overreacting. A college roommate who makes you anxious? You write it off because she means well, and you convince yourself you’re being awkward. You quiet your intuition because you want to see the best in others, though you end up in situations that don’t serve you.
“Those who have endured the most often have the sharpest intuition of all.”
Beyond just dismissing your intuition’s brutal honesty, it’s especially challenging to trust your gut when others have constantly questioned your reality or insisted your feelings are “too much.” Whether that doubt originated from childhood or from having the wrong people in your circle, many of us have to relearn how to hear—and believe in—the power of our inner voice again.
The good news? Those who have endured the most often have the sharpest intuition of all. Your past has shaped your hypersensitivity to those and the world around you. You pick up an all the subtle clues that carry a deeper meaning and you decode the truth long before it’s revealed. Your intuition isn’t broken. It’s your strongest superpower.
You just have to begin listening to it…
Julia Burke 