Following My Intuition Took Me from Pain to Being Fully Alive

We are all born with a strong intuition. But at around 7 years old, we begin to lose this and start becoming conditioned to the outside world telling us what is right or wrong, good or bad. Today, I discuss the basics of following your intuition as a leader. Launching this podcast brings me right back to being 8 years old and knowing I wanted to be some sort of host. At that time, I wanted to be a gameshow host, but as people around me said to choose something realistic, my dreams faded. I dug into my intuition and I am back, not as a gameshow host, but as a podcast host, to help leaders find their intuition. Listening to your intuition is like growing a muscle, all it takes is practice and determination. This week I ask you to think about a time you had an intuitive feeling and deconstruct what happened. Did you follow it? Why or why not? You already have intuition within you and if you slow things down, you can find the answers and the way to be.

 

Highlights:

• We are all born with strong intuition. Your intuition may have faded as you got older, but we can relearn how to follow our intuition. Think about a time when you had an intuitive feeling. Did you act on it? Why or why not? Deconstruct what happened.
• To intentionally act and follow our intuition, we need to slow down. Life is busy. Begin by taking 1 minute of silence for yourself each day. Begin thinking about the messages you are missing by rushing from A to B.
• Create BE goals for yourself. What are you going to do that is a BE goal this week?
• Find the small ways to listen to your intuition. Try to listen to areas where you know the Truth and follow it. Trust yourself! 
• Fear comes from the head, but intuition comes from the heart.
  
  

 

Resources:

• Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck
  
  

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Welcome to Changemaker ED“U”, a podcast that inspires powerful individual and collective transformation by sharing leadership, personal development, and education changemaking ideas and stories to ignite people like you to create the change deep within your soul, embody your calling, and bring your dreams to life. I am your host David K. Richards, and I share wisdom from my 25+ years as an education innovator, school founder & CEO, mindset teacher, and leadership coach while also interviewing other diverse paradigm shifters. Join me in our grassroots movement to create lasting impact in education one changemaker at a time.