trust your gut, intuition

It's all a judgment call. Every human decision is a gut decision. The decision itself is the messy integration of many disparate pieces of information, experiences, instincts, stories, and unknowns.

Data may inform, but as long as a human is making the decision, it's ultimately a judgment call. If you're just going by the data, then you're

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Sama: "I think I mostly got what I wanted by ignoring advice..."

The actionable claim of Focusing (again, according to me) is that this information expresses itself in “felt senses” in the body — think butterflies in the stomach, or your throat closing up, or the heat of embarrassment in your cheeks, or a heavy sense of doom that makes your arms feel leaden and numb, or whatever physiological sensation happens... See more

As I spend more time practicing with the energy body, I’ve come to primally trust it as the compass of my deepest intuition and discernment, uncovering the path by following resonance . It allows me to be brave . By trusting in my body’s innate capacity for wisdom and well-being, it stretches my courage to intensify my compassion , building my... See more

Intuitive freedom is allowing yourself to move with your emotions rather than against them. And emotional resonance can come from very unexpected places if you allow your internal compass to guide you. Maybe, just maybe, you don’t have to fight the feeling all the time.

The numbness I felt was the result of continuously choosing to ride the gondola in the direction of someone else’s definition of success, moving further and further from my own intuition of a life well lived. When we feel internal turmoil, it’s a signal from our body to rethink our assumptions. While it’s natural to turn to everyone else — anyone... See more