A comment to the post about imagination and intuition referenced the fact that fiction writers sometimes tap into future events. (Check out this blog post about how Edgar Allan Poe seems to have written about an event before it happened). As a fiction lover who is working steadily to finish my first novel, that thought…
Category: intuition
Fake it ‘Til you Make it
Someone wrote to me about the last blog post, asking the simple question, ‘if I hear a certain song on the radio, how do I know it’s a sign and not just a song?’ My initial answer is that it’s a sign if it ‘feels’ like a sign – much of intuition is about taking…
Waiting for the Signs…
I’ve always been an avid fan of mysteries because I like looking for clues to help me figure things out. Maybe that’s one reason intuition appeals to me since acting intuitively often means looking for signs that you should take a particular course of action. Signs can come from anywhere. Sometimes you’ll be wondering what…
Forget the Early Bird…
Maybe it’s the warm weather or the (finally) sunny days, or maybe it’s because I’d been doing a lot of running lately, but I’ve been instinctively feeling the need to rest. But intuitively speaking, that’s not a bad thing since many people have been known to be the most creative or experience flashes of insight…
Recognizing Your Body’s Cues
While many people think of intuition as an emotional process, it can also be experienced as a physical sensation. Whenever I’m in a place I don’t want to be or around someone I dislike, I feel a tightness in my shoulders and chest, almost as if I can’t catch my breath. On the flip side,…