Do you hear your intuition? We all have it ~ that gut instinct that tells us what to do and what not to do. Too often, we ignore our gut or we are too busy to even hear it. Why do you want to listen to it and how do you empower your intuition?
Intuition is your soul’s way of whispering your truth to you. Your soul always knows the truth and when you listen to it ~ and follow it ~ life unfolds beautifully before your eyes. By following this innate instinct you have (for everyone does), you are able to make choices that are aligned with YOU and that lead you to more Joy & Abundance in life. It’s a life skill that can be learned. You can Empower your own intuition!
The Best Way to Start to Empower your Intuition is to follow this 7 step approach:
Know what your dreams and desires are~ uncover these secrets by using Vision Boards. They show you hidden messages from your soul. Check this out if you need support ~ it’s a great opportunity
Slow down the inner chatter ~ in essence, stop thinking and over thinking. Try meditation or yoga. Disconnect from tethered electronic chatter. Take a deep breath of air. All of these will help slow down the negative self talk so you can hear your inner truth.
Stop the emotional rat race ~ allow yourself to feel emotions but know that’s what they are ~ just emotions. They are not the truth of WHO you are.
Stop asking the Why Questions ~ I love this one. Why questions typically have victim or negative emotional content to them. “Why me? Why is it this way?” when you stop asking why and focus on the who, what and how questions, you move into action solving!
Use Intuition Awakening Tools ~ Create Vision Boards, Use Oracle Cards, Try a pendulum for divine answers, Take time to Use a Sacred Journal. All of these will give be your compass to your inner truth.
Retreat ~ Take time for yourself a few times a year. A retreat can be as simple as a day you create for yourself to go on a quest to your inner soul or it can be a Retreat that serves as a guide for new understanding. Soul Wise offers them for Intuition Awakening at least two times a year!.
Look for Signs ~ Be Curious! When you see something ask yourself “I wonder if that’s a sign and if it is, what does it mean?” It’s a great way to begin to understand what steps to take in your life and get validation for them or correct a mis-step already taken.
It’s a great time of year to begin to empower your intuition. We will have a Mercury in Retrograde in our path as we step toward this summer. It’s a great time to use go inward, to discover the compass to your soul’s truth and to step forward brilliantly as summer’s sun and fun appear at the end of next month. Do you have anything planned in the next month or two to help you slow down and discover your soul’s truth?
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“[Emotions] are not the truth of WHO you are.” Wow – how powerful!
Thanks for the reminder about yoga and meditation, Laura. I’m making progress in developing both these practices, so I take your words as a nudge from the Universe that I’m moving in the right direction. 🙂
Oh no, Mercury is going into retrograde again? Thank you for the warning, but I did plan on starting some introspective projects, so I guess, as much as it could be, the timing is ideal!
Your soul always knows the truth and when you listen to it ~ and follow it ~ life unfolds beautifully before your eyes. – and stop asking WHY are the best pieces of advice for me!
The personal pity party is just that a really bad party ~ you can leave whenever you want and leave the “WHY” behind too………..Often the first step to action is that little shift from “Why” To “How” indeed you are correct!!!!! KEEP SMILING
Lori ~ one of the tricks I used in recovering from depression and asking myself the ‘Why Me’ all the time was to take the word and draw the big red circle with the slash through it (Ghostbuster like) as a visual reminder!! A simple shift is all it takes!
Love this. I have heard my intuition scream, and I have let my ego self ignore it, as I stomped right on into disasters! Now, because our your teachings Laura, I listen and let lead….so much more peace, and room for creative abundance. vroooommm!
Don’t you love our egos leading the way and stomping forward? Not. I think vrrrroooooooooooooming forward creatively is much more your style Kerri!!!! KEEP SMILING
Great list! Thank you! Meditation has been a big one for me and I had huge shifts when I started to rephrase the limiting questions to powerful solution questions! I would love to more about the “Sacred Journal” – what specifically is that? Thanks, Laura!
Ahhhh Tricia ~ a sacred journal is a special type of journalling that allows you to really discover YOU and how to allow YOU to shine……..I’ll be doing a workshop on it at the end of July! Stay Tuned 🙂
I love all of your seven step plan! One step I do not use as often is taking time for a retreat. I intend to schedule one day for a retreat in June and love that you are offering two Intuition Retreats each year! Thank you!
That is the One, Kelley!!! So many of us are so engaged in our lives that we do not plan to retreat……I know once I started putting it on my calendar, it became this big Gift full of surprises for me and so now do it monthly too ~ as well as once a year a big one!!! Glad you are recognizing it.
Shhhhh. don’t tell anyone 😉 but the Intuition Retreat will now be more than 2x/year~ because well, so many of us are engaged in our lives that we do not plan
So many great hits of info! I started reading a book recently about connecting with intuition! I am learning to listen to it more… But I would like to I prove my speed in which I implement what “Intuition” tells me. This is a crazy question… But how often does one typically “hear” this guidance? Sometimes I feel like I get it multiple times a day but then question if that is valid or not…
Ahhh the proverbial question of I want to be faster and stealthier with this. Intuition development is a skill, Kelly, and, like any other, needs to be cultivated and practiced. Do you have a daily spiritual awakening practice? Are you using a variety of spiritual awakening tools to support you in those moments of “I’m curious about the answer to xyz” This will help. (My Retreat teaches this!)
Basically, people hear guidance through their own senses, hear, touch, taste, feel. Some just know…For me, if I’m relaxed and in a state of asking, I can get guidance at any given moment and it becomes an on/off switch and it’s taken time to cultivate. So,yes, you can get it all the time. Hearing, Understanding and Acting Upon your intuition is a state of trust ~ keep working at it ~ it will come.
Thanks for clearing it up and providing more feedback Laura! That retreat sounds amazing!! Especially for those who are “awakening” to intuition and the quiet whispers.
Laura, This truth is so valuable “Intuition is your soul’s way of whispering your truth to you.” Thanks!
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 20th, 2014 at 7:36 am
You are always most welcome, Cindy. I appreciate you!!!!!
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Comment by Cindy — May 20, 2014 @ 6:30 am
“[Emotions] are not the truth of WHO you are.” Wow – how powerful!
Thanks for the reminder about yoga and meditation, Laura. I’m making progress in developing both these practices, so I take your words as a nudge from the Universe that I’m moving in the right direction. 🙂
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 20th, 2014 at 2:51 pm
So glad your journey IS, indeed, in the right direction!!! Keep me posted on your progress 🙂
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Comment by Kathleen Watson — May 20, 2014 @ 1:14 pm
Oh no, Mercury is going into retrograde again? Thank you for the warning, but I did plan on starting some introspective projects, so I guess, as much as it could be, the timing is ideal!
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Comment by Dorothy Pang, Fertility Coach & Acupuncturist — May 22, 2014 @ 8:03 pm
I love your stop asking “Why”, Laura. The pity party doesn’t get anyone anywhere. Action is where it’s at!
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Cena from SaneSpaces.com Reply:
May 23rd, 2014 at 12:42 pm
Your soul always knows the truth and when you listen to it ~ and follow it ~ life unfolds beautifully before your eyes. – and stop asking WHY are the best pieces of advice for me!
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 24th, 2014 at 6:58 am
Glad to support Cena !!!!
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 24th, 2014 at 6:58 am
The personal pity party is just that a really bad party ~ you can leave whenever you want and leave the “WHY” behind too………..Often the first step to action is that little shift from “Why” To “How” indeed you are correct!!!!! KEEP SMILING
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Comment by Carolyn Herfurth — May 23, 2014 @ 8:11 am
I agree with Carolyn and Cena – the tip to stop asking “why” questions is brilliantly simple. Best of all, it’s something I can remember to do!
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 24th, 2014 at 7:01 am
Lori ~ one of the tricks I used in recovering from depression and asking myself the ‘Why Me’ all the time was to take the word and draw the big red circle with the slash through it (Ghostbuster like) as a visual reminder!! A simple shift is all it takes!
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Comment by Lori Nash Byron — May 23, 2014 @ 8:56 pm
Love this. I have heard my intuition scream, and I have let my ego self ignore it, as I stomped right on into disasters! Now, because our your teachings Laura, I listen and let lead….so much more peace, and room for creative abundance. vroooommm!
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 25th, 2014 at 11:47 am
Don’t you love our egos leading the way and stomping forward? Not. I think vrrrroooooooooooooming forward creatively is much more your style Kerri!!!! KEEP SMILING
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Comment by Kerri Konik — May 24, 2014 @ 8:10 am
Thanks, Laura, for posting these tips. I need to expand my awareness of what my soul is trying to tell me. These will help.
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 25th, 2014 at 11:48 am
Try them Lilia and let me know how they work and what other support I can offer!!!! HUGS!
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Comment by Lilia Lee — May 24, 2014 @ 9:21 am
Great list! Thank you! Meditation has been a big one for me and I had huge shifts when I started to rephrase the limiting questions to powerful solution questions! I would love to more about the “Sacred Journal” – what specifically is that? Thanks, Laura!
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 26th, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Ahhhh Tricia ~ a sacred journal is a special type of journalling that allows you to really discover YOU and how to allow YOU to shine……..I’ll be doing a workshop on it at the end of July! Stay Tuned 🙂
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Comment by Tricia Pine — May 26, 2014 @ 11:23 am
I love all of your seven step plan! One step I do not use as often is taking time for a retreat. I intend to schedule one day for a retreat in June and love that you are offering two Intuition Retreats each year! Thank you!
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 27th, 2014 at 7:20 am
That is the One, Kelley!!! So many of us are so engaged in our lives that we do not plan to retreat……I know once I started putting it on my calendar, it became this big Gift full of surprises for me and so now do it monthly too ~ as well as once a year a big one!!! Glad you are recognizing it.
Shhhhh. don’t tell anyone 😉 but the Intuition Retreat will now be more than 2x/year~ because well, so many of us are engaged in our lives that we do not plan
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Comment by Kelley Grimes — May 26, 2014 @ 4:17 pm
So many great hits of info! I started reading a book recently about connecting with intuition! I am learning to listen to it more… But I would like to I prove my speed in which I implement what “Intuition” tells me. This is a crazy question… But how often does one typically “hear” this guidance? Sometimes I feel like I get it multiple times a day but then question if that is valid or not…
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Laura Clark Reply:
May 29th, 2014 at 7:30 am
Ahhh the proverbial question of I want to be faster and stealthier with this. Intuition development is a skill, Kelly, and, like any other, needs to be cultivated and practiced. Do you have a daily spiritual awakening practice? Are you using a variety of spiritual awakening tools to support you in those moments of “I’m curious about the answer to xyz” This will help. (My Retreat teaches this!)
Basically, people hear guidance through their own senses, hear, touch, taste, feel. Some just know…For me, if I’m relaxed and in a state of asking, I can get guidance at any given moment and it becomes an on/off switch and it’s taken time to cultivate. So,yes, you can get it all the time. Hearing, Understanding and Acting Upon your intuition is a state of trust ~ keep working at it ~ it will come.
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Kelly Reply:
May 29th, 2014 at 9:05 am
Thanks for clearing it up and providing more feedback Laura! That retreat sounds amazing!! Especially for those who are “awakening” to intuition and the quiet whispers.
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Comment by Kelly — May 27, 2014 @ 9:08 pm