Using our instincts to get CLEAR

This first talk below, by Jannine Barron, is a lovely reminder about the role our instincts play in decision making - every day. From those magical, synchronous moments of ‘hunch’, to digging deep and trusting what we know to be true.

An angle I hadn’t considered before was the assumption that our instincts - our own internal guidance system - was an inherently feminine quality. And that this tool was dismissed as inferior to the more rationale minds offered by the great Greek philosophers of the times.

But as women in the world, we can (and should) trust our instincts - and know that there is real wisdom in what we feel in our gut. As mothers too, our instincts guide how we connect with our children, support our families, and know what feels right (or wrong) about various situations and choices you are faced with. We are good at using our instincts to guide us.

I am making our ability to be instinctive on a par with clarity - that sure knowledge that ‘yes, this is right’. Knowing how, and when, to use our instincts for decision making is explored in lots of places online - some talks I have discovered are much better than others…

The second talk here is a bit of a commitment, but Anja Kanters offers a real pearl of wisdom (within quite a long description of her career…!) She concurs that intuition is constantly available to us - always offering us a wisdom. But she also agrees that too often we don’t make the time and space to really allow our intuitive thinking to come to the fore. We need to start listening to it more carefully, and give it the space to be heard.

So following these talks, I wonder…

How (and when) will you begin to listen more carefully and hear your intuitive thinking?

What is it you need clarity on, and what do you instinctively feel about it?

What are the voices or noises that often get in the way of our intuition?

What does trusting your instincts feel like - and what kind of clarity does it offer?

And a bonus question…

How often has your gut got it wrong? What has happened as a result?