Why You Need To Trust Your Intuition

Your inner guide to success

Janice Tovey
3 min readJun 29, 2022

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Intuition is the ability to understand something right away without the intervention of conscious reasoning. It is like the voice of instinct. Intuition whispers from a much deeper level and usually speaks our truth. When we ignore our gut feelings, we ignore ourselves.

Gut Feelings

“Trusting your gut” or trusting these feelings or intuitions is a way to stay true to yourself. This saying comes from that anxious or bad feeling you get in your stomach when you sense something is amiss. Anxiety can create the butterflies you feel in your stomach, or even stomach pain and nausea.

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Why We Should Listen

Listening to your intuition helps you stay clear of dysfunctional relationships and unhealthy situations. Gut instinct is your immediate understanding. You don’t need another opinion or time to think it over. This gut feeling is a deeply personal experience only you can know.

It is good to rely on your intuition because it helps you make your decisions quickly, and intuition lets you adapt to situations that can change rapidly. Use play time and…

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Janice Tovey

My passion is writing. I also love reading, teaching, animals, nature, music, and humor. I am curious about everything and enjoy writing about all things.