Hi All
This last month has been a challenging one and people seem more reactionary than normal. When work or stuff in your life requires more energy to cope this is when you need your inner guidance the most. This is when spirit or your gut instinct steps up and gives you the information you need to cope with difficult people or being financially challenged or what ever it maybe.

I know without my inner connection my daily challenges would be harder, it gives me confidence and I try and support my self through theses times.

I have had a tough month but know through spirit that there are always ups after downs and I am certainly looking forward to them.

So remember when you go through the tough and seeming never ending hard times; there will be some relief to come shortly. Keep your mind chatter under control and continue on.

So often we get mixed up with thoughts and intuition and there is a very real difference. A lot of us have overly busy minds and get conflicting thoughts and I call this mind chatter. But intuitions is different.
example: You go for a job interview and during this interview you fee that the communication was off and you leave with your mind chatter going through all the negatives but you were sure before you went you would get this job and you can't explain why? but you discount this and attack yourself for making a bad job of the interview and tell yourself not to get your hopes up, even though the job was yours before you went, Then you get the job and say to yourself, I knew I would get that and I don't know why I doubted myself.

So often our mind chatter can be negative and lets face it.. it is easier to believe the bad stuff than the good and your fears or low self worth kicks in and you discount everything. It is easier to doubt than believe. Start with the small stuff and ask for confirmation.

1. Ask as question and be clear what you want to know.
2.Ask yourself what you feel the outcome will be, not think, feel.
3. Take note of what your mind is saying so you can keep this in check
4. Write down the outcome

I find jotting down these things really helpful and you will soon see what your self worth is like and patterns will emerge.
When you start using this everyday you will eventually not have to think about it as your instinct will kick in and you wont doubt yourself so much.
I also find when I am sleep deprived my instincts are lower and my mind chatter increases.

Thanks

Hi ladies, I have been reading all your posts and find them very interesting.I need to work on allowing myself to hear what my inner self is saying more.It is something I work on every day. It's so important to give yourself positive affirmations. To all the BraveHeart Women out there we have so much to give and so much power within ....it's truly astonishing! With gratitude Deb

How amazing after many years of being shown the opposite you listened to your inner guides and found rewards from doing so. You are truly amazing!
I know we can develop our instincts at any age because as women they are our birthrite.

I have a strong line of intuitive heritage in my family and know how lucky I have been and that is why I want to write and share as much as I do.
I think you are so brave finding your thread and I am so happy to read about this but I have another question for you.
Do you think by ignoring them earlier in your life you lived through more situations with more intense impact?

Thanks Rosina

In my family 'intutition' was not acceptable...if something wasn't 'concrete' it was to be ignored. I have always been intutitive but was taught not to honor it or let it develop. In the last few years, as I have looked at the negative or harmful messages I received I have come to realize how those childhood messages governed my adult life and limited or colored my perspective. 'Who do you think you are?' 'What's wrong with you?' What will people think?' 'You should know better.' I learned not to value myself, not to trust myself...I learned NOT to learn who I was. I learned not to acknowledge my inner 'signals', good ones as well as those that were warnings. Today, I like to say 'as I learn to know and trust myself I know when to trust others (or situations)'. I'm close to 70 years old, my journey is ongoing, I learn something from almost every experience, therefore I no longer tell myself I've made 'another mistake'. Today, when I experience a red flag going off in my head or heart I seldom feel the need to know why...simply honor it.

Arriana - I would just say not to take your intuitions as warnings of dome and gloom.. Even if it turns out that what you picked up on was someone being ill, or plans changed radically in some situation.
Just acknowledge that all you can do is focus on the best outcome and don't let yourself drift into negative worries or expectations. If this happens, tell yourself you don't want to think this way, and change it right then and there; turn the thoughts around to a positive outcome. It isn't always easy, especially when you're worried about someone, but negative thoughts never helped anyone. So, do your best as a caring human being and teach yourself, by practicing and knowing that the universe is all connected and we do affect things with our thought forms, we affect ourselves; I don't know if you've every heard that saying - Be careful what you say, you might be listening? There's lots of truth in this if you think about all the negative things we feed ourselves everyday. It may seem innocent enough to say something like, I'll just have a heart attack if this doesn't happen, or I'll die, or this or that! So, by changing the way we talk to ourselves and communicate to the world this will do wonders for your consciousness, for your subconscious, and those tight fearful feelings in your stomach will eventually go away.
Here's wishing you progress in your path, Liv

Hi Everyone -Worrying about how something is going to turn out will just make you upset, and all the meditating will seem pointless, even though it isn't.

It takes time to know the difference between instinct and just being worried, if you think you already know the difference, yet you can't get past the depression. Just remember, nothing ever stays the same, life is always in motion and when your attention is focused on what you want, instead of what you don't want, things will start working out better.
It'll be obvious
life works this way, so it seems

Goodnight...

Hello everyone in the discussion.

I can say I am one to agree with how the gift of natural instinct works and that if you let the negativity eat you up then it becomes harder to hear what your inner spirit might be telling you. There are so many times in my life that I felt my intuition and I knew something was wrong or that something was going to change my life in a good way. For example, in a positive way I felt that signing up for this website would be best for me. An so far I have felt nothing but calm and ease since I signed in. Therefore, I know in my heart this is a good thing. Although I sometimes have the ability to listen to my inner self, I must admit that I recently have been struggling to do so. The life I live is not as bad as many people in this world but I do allow little problems in my life to stress me, including my "roommate." Its as though I can do ten meditations in one day and still go to sleep feeling depressed. After all that is done I am left with a confused intuition. Always asking myself, "Well what do I do now that I let my anger control my words," or "How can I make the next move to prosper in my life?" These and more are hard questions for me... One question that I had today though that really stopped me in my tracks was, "What do I need to accept about myself?" I am not sure if I have too many things so they are all equal or if I am so blind that I can not see what the true fault in myself is. I think the intuition of any woman as confused as me requires a lot of thinking and a lot of time alone. Do any of you even think I make sense?

Waiting to hear your great opinions! JONELI


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