I love this, I have been delving into Jung recently and he too is a firm believer in intuition. To me, it seems the idea of the Collective Unconscious ties in very neatly with intuition. The openness we have to memories, dreams and reflections also are intuition. Mysterious recognitions we stop to consider and act upon.
I’ve been reading your ruminations since the beginning Kelly. It will take more than a little break to stop me. My intuition told me in May to stop blogging and I did. I don’t know when I’ll start up again but for now I’m at peace.
A timely post, as my husband and I just submitted our resignations at our workplaces and are relocating to another state in June! We're feeling some big feelings now and it's hard to explain to others why we are choosing this upheaval, when we have satisfying work and lives right where we are. For me, it is part of a journey to release myself from ambition and driving myself to perform.
When I read the title of the post, I thought oh, no ARE we being foolish? But no, I think we are experiencing the discomfort that always comes with transition and our desire for the adventure of a new place is intuition we are right to follow. Here we go!
Brenda, your first paragraph reads word for word like the paragraph we'd have written in June 2015, when we quit our jobs and moved out of the Chicago suburbs to rural Illinois. It actually took years for my second-guessing to fully subside, but that experience is a big part of why I trust my intuition so much now. Blessings upon your big transition!
Kelly this was beautiful. This, " I’ve come to believe that it’s the voice of my soul, and that my soul is the dwelling place of God," and this, "It seems unconcerned with conclusions." and this, "It’s felt as peace in the body, even when it terrifies the mind." You won't be forgotten! I love how you show us following Intuition in action, by following yours despite the wound and the fears. Lots of support and love to you! 🙏
Thank you, Jocelyn. And though I won't be writing here on Substack for a couple months, I will still be reading and look forward to what Hello Beautifuls has in store!
Michele, I love that you are already seeing the fruit of following your intuition. I also appreciate that you shared a link to your writing here. I hope others who read Humaning will also share their work with us, so we can support each other. Thanks for letting me know you'll be here when I return!
Thanks for being here, my friend. Looking forward to seeing you later today. For those father's reading this, Bret and I are members of Front Row Dads and have a monthly meeting. Come join our brotherhood! https://frontrowdads.com/
Sharing your journey always prompts me to remove another layer of doubt and/or fear and look inward at my own true self. I must admit, this message about following your intuition feels like a big challenge. I will have to sit with this awhile. Honestly, I am not sure I know what my intuition is saying. I have been following you since you began your blog. I actively participated in your creation of "Loveable" and "True Companions". I am able to participate in Human Hours through the replays. I plan to be here when you come back!
Karen. I loved the vulnerability in this reply. In my own journey developing an ear for my intuition was hard at first. My soul would send me messages and they would go right on by because I was too busy “thinking” or quite frankly I didn’t want to hear what it had to say. But my soul doesn’t/didn’t stop. Exhausted, I chose to be intentional and start listening, and then I even chose to ask it questions and listen for the reply - which would come at random times and would generally take the form of a millisecond occurrence (not thought) in my mind at a random time - like on a run. I know, it sounds strange.
(This is not meant to be self-serving but I wrote about it on my Substack in a post titled My Only Quota: Quintessential Questions, Masterful Listening and Gratitude).
Karen, I wish you success on your journey to deepen the connection with the intuitive part of yourself.
And Kelly - thank you again for such a meaningful essay.
James, thank you for this thoughtful, caring response. My intuition told me not to give Karen a lot of specific advice about following her intuition, and it was immediately rewarded by seeing that I didn't need to because you'd already done so. 😊
Please feel free to leave the URL to that post of yours so others can quickly find it and read it!
Karen, I'm so grateful for your presence through everything. If nothing else, your intuition has encouraged you to stay close to my personal and creative journey, and I couldn't be more grateful for that. For you, I like the goal of starting to map the fingerprint of intuition in your body, thoughts, and feelings. What is the experience like when you sense and surrender to its subtle guidance?
Thanks, Kelly. My intuition has had me valuing the reparenting of the fragmented parts of me more highly than financial security. An unexpected outcome is that I have acquired increased social connection and emotional intimacy with a growing collection of newly chosen family members.
I'm intrigued by the intuitive concept. I haven't thought of it as something separate but more as a yearning to be discerned. A kind of inner wisdom, perhaps an energy flow where God speaks. Talking time to listen is key. Sounds like you are doing exactly that, Kelly. Your soul is nourished in the listening. I love this encouragement to my own listening. Life can be so overwhelming that we forget to stop and listen to our inner wisdom. I also love how you invited the community into your listening. Inner wisdom that is felt and shared. Perhaps sharing is one way to discern intuition's message. Just some early morning musings.
Cynthia, your morning musings are always treasured! I think you add an important dimension to the conversation here. That morning I woke up and heard clearly I was going to Penn State came at the end of a long, long discernment process. I'd been listening for two months. Space. Stillness. Listening. Contemplating. These are the ways we participate with our intuition.
Kelly, this was so worth the wait, as it will be until March, or even later if that’s what it is. Your intuition might take issue with stake in the ground defined by time 😁.
And this was SO profound: “If you can’t hear your intuition, it’s probably drowning in your sorrow. Cry a lot. Then your intuition will be heard again.”
I’ve reset myself many times in life by crying, yet until you wrote this I had never connected the crying to intuition. Which as you also illustrate is reconnecting yourself with your soul. With God. With the Divine.
I’m grateful for you Kelly and your contribution to all those you touch, including me. 🙏
James, thank you for your affirmation of your presence here and that part of the post in particular. It reminds me of a quote I recently shared in Human Hour and will reshare belo. Grateful for your presence here, and the reminder to not ignore my intuition about when I actually return. 😊
"The ‘weeping mode’ is a different way of being in the world. It’s different than the fixing, explaining, or controlling mode. We’re finally free to feel the tragedy of things, the sadness of things. Tears cleanse our eyes both physically and spiritually so we can begin to see more clearly…The way we can tell our tears have cleansed us is that afterwards we don’t need to blame anybody, even ourselves. It’s an utter transformation and cleansing of the soul.”
My intuition tells me just to cry and give up being brave for a minute.
I honestly don't know what I'm doing, sitting in my current job, kind of stagnating but kind of on the verge of accomplishing a good thing on a large scale too.
I'm also on the last 4 months of allotted time in a self-study program for a test that is associated with a training industry credential. It's been paid for since last year and it's part if my constructive ideas about career progress but also I've been putting it off and scared of trying it for the high potential of failure, and the likely needed effort to get a passing score.
I'm still reeling from wonderful Christmas feelings and a new year that brings financial, physical, and spiritual concerns about the future and mixes with current long standing concerns.
I just gave my oldest son advice the other night that was completely advice for myself, not "hearing my Dad's voice" but hearing fatherly suggestions that I should follow. It makes me feel like an imposter. I "know " better but don't "feel" better.
Dumping this mental baggage is what my intuition tells me today. Letting it go. I'm just not sure what will come of it. I'm not sure m brave enough to act. Tears are gone now. Back to my work day.
"My intuition tells me just to cry and give up being brave for a minute." That is exactly the sort of thing that intuition says to me, too. Don't be so quick to dump the mental baggage. Feel it. Feel the sorrow of it. Mental baggage is usually just another dimension of soul baggage. That stuff needs to come up and come out. Blessings upon you as you feel it all, my friend.
Thank you for a clearer explanation of what is going on within ourselves. I truly want to be in tune with the symphony of heaven. This helps me understand, The Divine Push. It is beyond, just a “women’s intuition.” May ALL of us experience, listen and follow His Leading.
Thank you for some really great thoughts to ponder and circle back around to, until March, or next time you share! Peace.
"The symphony of heaven." I love that. It captures to some extent why we ignore our intuition. The symphony of heaven says, "I want you to play oboe today," and we're like, "But I want to play percussion." When we surrender and play oboe, especially with others who are already surrendered to the symphony, the beauty of the music we make is way more rewarding than having beaten a drum alone all day.
You'll be missed but not forgotten. Thanks for having the courage to buck the crowd and do what you need to do. We don't feel abandoned by you; on the contrary, we are inspired. Go get 'em!
I love this, I have been delving into Jung recently and he too is a firm believer in intuition. To me, it seems the idea of the Collective Unconscious ties in very neatly with intuition. The openness we have to memories, dreams and reflections also are intuition. Mysterious recognitions we stop to consider and act upon.
"Mysterious recognitions." I love that phrase, Marilyn, it's a beautiful paradox!
I’ve been reading your ruminations since the beginning Kelly. It will take more than a little break to stop me. My intuition told me in May to stop blogging and I did. I don’t know when I’ll start up again but for now I’m at peace.
It means so much to me that you've been here all along, Deb. I pray you will experience many unexpected blessings during your blogging sabbatical!
A timely post, as my husband and I just submitted our resignations at our workplaces and are relocating to another state in June! We're feeling some big feelings now and it's hard to explain to others why we are choosing this upheaval, when we have satisfying work and lives right where we are. For me, it is part of a journey to release myself from ambition and driving myself to perform.
When I read the title of the post, I thought oh, no ARE we being foolish? But no, I think we are experiencing the discomfort that always comes with transition and our desire for the adventure of a new place is intuition we are right to follow. Here we go!
Brenda, your first paragraph reads word for word like the paragraph we'd have written in June 2015, when we quit our jobs and moved out of the Chicago suburbs to rural Illinois. It actually took years for my second-guessing to fully subside, but that experience is a big part of why I trust my intuition so much now. Blessings upon your big transition!
Kelly this was beautiful. This, " I’ve come to believe that it’s the voice of my soul, and that my soul is the dwelling place of God," and this, "It seems unconcerned with conclusions." and this, "It’s felt as peace in the body, even when it terrifies the mind." You won't be forgotten! I love how you show us following Intuition in action, by following yours despite the wound and the fears. Lots of support and love to you! 🙏
“I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul
Where I’ll end up well I think only god really knows…” —the great Cat Stevens
I remember the night I first heard Cat Stevens. That lyric pretty much sums up the experience. 😊
Thank you, Jocelyn. And though I won't be writing here on Substack for a couple months, I will still be reading and look forward to what Hello Beautifuls has in store!
I will be here when you get back! Your Substack is one of the few I read consistently, and it has been a helpful guide in my own soul journey.
As to my intuition, a few weeks ago, it told me to re-open my very personal Substack and post the most vulnerable post I’ve ever written (https://open.substack.com/pub/themeadow/p/the-way-of-holy-terror-an-invitation-d24?r=1vquj&utm_medium=ios).
That post led to a conversation that has opened up some new pathways in my life.
Michele, I love that you are already seeing the fruit of following your intuition. I also appreciate that you shared a link to your writing here. I hope others who read Humaning will also share their work with us, so we can support each other. Thanks for letting me know you'll be here when I return!
Kelly, I love so much about this message. I have been away for a minute… and am so glad my intuition led me here today. Thank you.
Thanks for being here, my friend. Looking forward to seeing you later today. For those father's reading this, Bret and I are members of Front Row Dads and have a monthly meeting. Come join our brotherhood! https://frontrowdads.com/
Sharing your journey always prompts me to remove another layer of doubt and/or fear and look inward at my own true self. I must admit, this message about following your intuition feels like a big challenge. I will have to sit with this awhile. Honestly, I am not sure I know what my intuition is saying. I have been following you since you began your blog. I actively participated in your creation of "Loveable" and "True Companions". I am able to participate in Human Hours through the replays. I plan to be here when you come back!
Karen. I loved the vulnerability in this reply. In my own journey developing an ear for my intuition was hard at first. My soul would send me messages and they would go right on by because I was too busy “thinking” or quite frankly I didn’t want to hear what it had to say. But my soul doesn’t/didn’t stop. Exhausted, I chose to be intentional and start listening, and then I even chose to ask it questions and listen for the reply - which would come at random times and would generally take the form of a millisecond occurrence (not thought) in my mind at a random time - like on a run. I know, it sounds strange.
(This is not meant to be self-serving but I wrote about it on my Substack in a post titled My Only Quota: Quintessential Questions, Masterful Listening and Gratitude).
Karen, I wish you success on your journey to deepen the connection with the intuitive part of yourself.
And Kelly - thank you again for such a meaningful essay.
James, thank you for this thoughtful, caring response. My intuition told me not to give Karen a lot of specific advice about following her intuition, and it was immediately rewarded by seeing that I didn't need to because you'd already done so. 😊
Please feel free to leave the URL to that post of yours so others can quickly find it and read it!
Here you go - thank you Kelly. My journey with listening to my soul is in the middle of the piece.
https://open.substack.com/pub/onmoneyandmeaning/p/my-only-quota?r=3bqj2&utm_medium=ios
Looking forward to reading it!
Karen, I'm so grateful for your presence through everything. If nothing else, your intuition has encouraged you to stay close to my personal and creative journey, and I couldn't be more grateful for that. For you, I like the goal of starting to map the fingerprint of intuition in your body, thoughts, and feelings. What is the experience like when you sense and surrender to its subtle guidance?
Thanks, Kelly. My intuition has had me valuing the reparenting of the fragmented parts of me more highly than financial security. An unexpected outcome is that I have acquired increased social connection and emotional intimacy with a growing collection of newly chosen family members.
Absolutely beautiful, Fawnn. I hope everyone reads this.
I'm intrigued by the intuitive concept. I haven't thought of it as something separate but more as a yearning to be discerned. A kind of inner wisdom, perhaps an energy flow where God speaks. Talking time to listen is key. Sounds like you are doing exactly that, Kelly. Your soul is nourished in the listening. I love this encouragement to my own listening. Life can be so overwhelming that we forget to stop and listen to our inner wisdom. I also love how you invited the community into your listening. Inner wisdom that is felt and shared. Perhaps sharing is one way to discern intuition's message. Just some early morning musings.
Cynthia, your morning musings are always treasured! I think you add an important dimension to the conversation here. That morning I woke up and heard clearly I was going to Penn State came at the end of a long, long discernment process. I'd been listening for two months. Space. Stillness. Listening. Contemplating. These are the ways we participate with our intuition.
Kelly, this was so worth the wait, as it will be until March, or even later if that’s what it is. Your intuition might take issue with stake in the ground defined by time 😁.
And this was SO profound: “If you can’t hear your intuition, it’s probably drowning in your sorrow. Cry a lot. Then your intuition will be heard again.”
I’ve reset myself many times in life by crying, yet until you wrote this I had never connected the crying to intuition. Which as you also illustrate is reconnecting yourself with your soul. With God. With the Divine.
I’m grateful for you Kelly and your contribution to all those you touch, including me. 🙏
James, thank you for your affirmation of your presence here and that part of the post in particular. It reminds me of a quote I recently shared in Human Hour and will reshare belo. Grateful for your presence here, and the reminder to not ignore my intuition about when I actually return. 😊
"The ‘weeping mode’ is a different way of being in the world. It’s different than the fixing, explaining, or controlling mode. We’re finally free to feel the tragedy of things, the sadness of things. Tears cleanse our eyes both physically and spiritually so we can begin to see more clearly…The way we can tell our tears have cleansed us is that afterwards we don’t need to blame anybody, even ourselves. It’s an utter transformation and cleansing of the soul.”
Caregivers all over Sarasota County need that book! Go ... go .... we look forward to the book!
Ha! Thanks, Pat. I'm on it!
My intuition tells me just to cry and give up being brave for a minute.
I honestly don't know what I'm doing, sitting in my current job, kind of stagnating but kind of on the verge of accomplishing a good thing on a large scale too.
I'm also on the last 4 months of allotted time in a self-study program for a test that is associated with a training industry credential. It's been paid for since last year and it's part if my constructive ideas about career progress but also I've been putting it off and scared of trying it for the high potential of failure, and the likely needed effort to get a passing score.
I'm still reeling from wonderful Christmas feelings and a new year that brings financial, physical, and spiritual concerns about the future and mixes with current long standing concerns.
I just gave my oldest son advice the other night that was completely advice for myself, not "hearing my Dad's voice" but hearing fatherly suggestions that I should follow. It makes me feel like an imposter. I "know " better but don't "feel" better.
Dumping this mental baggage is what my intuition tells me today. Letting it go. I'm just not sure what will come of it. I'm not sure m brave enough to act. Tears are gone now. Back to my work day.
"My intuition tells me just to cry and give up being brave for a minute." That is exactly the sort of thing that intuition says to me, too. Don't be so quick to dump the mental baggage. Feel it. Feel the sorrow of it. Mental baggage is usually just another dimension of soul baggage. That stuff needs to come up and come out. Blessings upon you as you feel it all, my friend.
Forgot to mention, I won't forget you Kelly!
Me too, and I won't forget you either. I'll be here.
Aw, thank you, Brenda!
Thank you, JC! 😊
Love how my intuition told me to open this email today. You always inspire and ignite a passion to move from my soul.
Patti, thank you for having been here through so much and for continuing to read. I'm glad to know the words can still inspire you!
Thank you for a clearer explanation of what is going on within ourselves. I truly want to be in tune with the symphony of heaven. This helps me understand, The Divine Push. It is beyond, just a “women’s intuition.” May ALL of us experience, listen and follow His Leading.
Thank you for some really great thoughts to ponder and circle back around to, until March, or next time you share! Peace.
"The symphony of heaven." I love that. It captures to some extent why we ignore our intuition. The symphony of heaven says, "I want you to play oboe today," and we're like, "But I want to play percussion." When we surrender and play oboe, especially with others who are already surrendered to the symphony, the beauty of the music we make is way more rewarding than having beaten a drum alone all day.
You'll be missed but not forgotten. Thanks for having the courage to buck the crowd and do what you need to do. We don't feel abandoned by you; on the contrary, we are inspired. Go get 'em!
Powerful encouragement, Ramona, thank you so much!