Word of the Week

Intuition

Definition: the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning; a thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning

Intuition

Consider this...

Life can pretty much be summed up as a continuous and ever-changing series of decisions we have to make. For just about every choice I make in my life, I follow my gut. It doesn’t matter if I’m picking out a new pair of jeans or deciding where I will go to college, I follow my gut. My intuition.

It’s never been wrong.

(Well… almost never. There was that horrible knock-off handbag I impulsively purchased in New York City, and then there was that haircut that looked so much cuter in the magazine than it did on my head. C’est la vie.)

Intuition is a wonderful tool to have if you know how to use it properly. There is a big difference between doing absolutely everything that pops into your head because you think that’s what you really want to do (“But Mom, my intuition told me to color on your newly painted walls!”), and allowing your intuition to guide you when making a decision. (Hey Mom, I really wanted to color on your newly painted walls, but my intuition told me you’d be very mad, so I didn’t do it.”)

Sure, you might not always like what your intuition tells you. It happens.

But, following your intuition can steer you towards wonderful things, things that ultimately help you take care of yourself - your health, your happiness, your relationships.

If following your intuition doesn’t feel natural, try using it when making relatively small decisions and then, once that feels comfortable, work your way up to the big ones.

Or don’t. Just go with your intuition.