Trust Your Intuition

Hello everyone, today's episode is all about intuition and the powerful impact that it can have on our lives. 

For many years, I struggled with my own intuition and doubted its guidance, but over time I've come to appreciate and trust it more and more.

In this episode, I want to share my personal journey with intuition, from the moments when I first became aware of it, to the experiences that helped me strengthen my connection with it. 

I'll also be discussing the various ways in which intuition presents itself, and how to develop and trust your own inner voice.

By the end of it, I hope you'll have a better understanding of intuition, and the confidence to trust it more fully in your own life.

Hope you enjoy!

Transcript

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Hello beautiful soul, I'm Sarah Michaels and welcome to the Elated You podcast, where we dive deep into the world of self discovery, growth and healing to find out who you truly are. My favorite topic to talk about intuition. I love talking about intuition. So I reckon this is going to be easy 10-15 minutes, because I'm going to give you some stories, some examples, and then I'm going to get you to have a think about some times in your life. You know, to go back when you trusted your intuition and when you didn't. And I'm also going to help you to understand the difference between intuition and the brain, right? Because it's sometimes it's really hard to differentiate between what's there to keep us safe, which is the brain and what we're feeling in our gut. And that was something that I struggled with for a while, but now my intuition is, it's so on. It's like so strong that I can no longer ignore it. And I know that even my husband knows that if I said we need to move to Italy tomorrow, he’ll be like, why? And I'd be like, I don't know, I've just got that feeling, I've got a pull there's something pulling me there. Like, it's getting to the point where YES, that's right, I can't explain my intuition. And that is what intuition is. It's a pull, it’s a knowing inside of you that you just feel and you know that you feel that certainty, but you can't explain it. You don't have proof of it. So it's really hard for people to believe their intuition, or to explain to someone their reasoning behind particular decisions. So, this is for me really big because now I understand the science behind it because our intuition isn't just a thing. It's connected to our body sort of biological level. There's a nerve that runs from our brain to our gut called the vagus nerve, and so, when we feel things in our gut, it sends signals to our brain. Now, this can be a little bit confusing, because our brain… there's a part of our brain that there is there to keep us safe, but, it's there to keep us safe from the minute we're born until 7,8,9. Right? And then we don't need that part anymore to keep us safe. We understand that if we put our hand in hot oil, we're going to burn ourselves. So what happens with adults as they grow up, they still think that that is the part that's going to lead them and so they literally lead and live their life by whatever that part of that brain is telling them. And usually it's stopping them because it's fear based. It's there to keep them safe. So I'm not telling you to go jump off a cliff because your intuition said to do that, like I mean guys, you've got to use your own discernment here. I'm talking about that feeling that knowing right and for those of you that understand I want you to now trust it, because the more you start to trust it, the more it is actually going to lead you and it's beautiful. And I'm gonna give you like a few examples. I just recently I had to change my kids school like literally yesterday, my kids started a new school. Now, I was having the feeling that something wasn't right. But I had already moved my son last year. So I kind of felt you know, a little bit guilty having to move them again, but something told me that there was something not right in the school and I don't want to go into too much detail because at the moment there are lawyers and things and, you know, investigations involved with the school so I don't want to go into too much detail about it, but I had… and it's not about my children, but I had a feeling every time I walked into the school the way they were talking the way the principal's response. The things that my kids were saying that they were coming home, it just wasn't right. And then I got the facts. And I'm a little bit upset that I didn't trust my intuition earlier and it was only like weeks earlier. But anyway, the intuition came in and I was like not bang, I'm moving them and I did right and the school I've moved them to is just fantastic. I'm wrapped they're wrapped… I know it's only been a day but you don't you just get that feeling. And this time I really got that feeling. Another really strong one that came through for me and I can't seem to let go of this one is I'd been married before, and with my first husband, I had a lot of people telling me that you know, he's a player bla bla bla he's been married before, don't go there, he’s older, but my brain was like, yeah, but he's older. He's a doctor security, safety, safety. Remember that safety. I started to lead with my brain, but I knew even just having dinner with him on a couple of our dates. My intuition and this is not to bag him like I care for him and have compassion for him. And to be honest, I still talk to him, but, my intuition was so strong. And I remember specifically, like I was sitting down having dinner or having wine, I was having prawns and my intuition was saying, don’t do it… don't do it… don’t go there. He's not for you. He's not for you. This isn't right. You're playing with fire Sarah, you're playing with fire, but I didn't listen to it because that was like 15 years ago, and I didn't listen to it. Right! So that marriage lasted a year and a half. Okay, and my intuition kept getting stronger through that marriage, like, he bought me a ring and I was like things were just not not doing well. You know, we both triggered each other, we were both, you know, our shadow children were showing up really really strongly. And it was just a really big shit lol a show to be honest. And I knew that from the minute we got engaged, but then it was like, Oh, but I got the rain and I can't and then it was like, you can't leave now and then next minute we've booked the brightens, you know, international and it's like, and, we've paid the deposit, and then the invites have gone out and just kept one thing and then I thought no stop. Your intuition is telling you this is no good. You know, this is no good. Like, you need to get out. You're going to be okay, do it now. You don't have kids. And so I did. And they're like that's what I'm talking about. How do I listen to my intuition? I wouldn't have gone through all that. And no regrets, right? But I want you to go back and have a look at times in your life where you didn't. You didn't listen to your intuition and where did that get you? Or when you did listen to your intuition and where did that get you? Like go back and see what was intuition and what wasn't. And then like meeting my husband now my current husband who is a lot younger than me and for someone that always went out with older men, because of security and the daddy wound not being around because he was working. The first thing that came to my mind when my husband when he came into my life we met on the road and he was trying to pull me over and that's another podcast because it's a long story. But at the end of the night, he was like I want to have your number like can I have your number please, I want to take you out. And I was having that argument like you know your brain meets your intuition and then you start to have these like battle man, It's like battle you start battling between the two. You're like, no, yes. No. And I literally was doing that. And he was like, please and I'm like, no, because my brain was going he's too young. You don't want to go out with someone that young you need a man you need an older man you need someone need security, blah, blah, blah, even though I already had that and that didn't work out. My intuition was actually saying he's a lovely guy. He's actually a sweetheart. He's a cutie like, you can see he's got he's got good intentions, but then my brain was trying to keep me safe and comfortable. And going back to what's familiar, which is older men, right? So I got confused. So I literally know she gave him my number. And then two seconds later I went oh, no, no, no, give it give it back. I don't want to do this. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I made a mistake. He's like why am I girlfriend was there and I was like, oh no and I kept going back and forth because I was having a battle between my intuition and my brain. In the end, lucky he was a little bit not forceful, but he was definitely persistent. He's like, please just give me a number. And so he took it off me and I gave it to him and oh my goodness, like see what I mean, guys, if I had tried to make logic of that, and we're nope, you know, he was too young. You know, I could that was my brain. That wasn't my intuition. So I really want you guys to start trusting that feeling. Trusting that knowing because it knows best, and the more you tune into it, the stronger it gets. I hope this was helpful. Love you guys. Thanks for listening. If you found value in this content, please subscribe to my podcast and head over to Instagram at elated_you to see what I'm getting up to. Bye.