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If you don’t trust your gut you won’t listen to your gut!!



If you don’t trust and listen to your intuitive knowing (aka “gut feelings”) you can’t help but feel a little anxious. You KNOW when you are ignoring that small still voice within. You FEEL it. People often overeat as a way to distract themselves from the truth they are trying to ignore. Thus they disconnect from their body’s (i.e. gut’s) hunger and fullness signals.

Think about it: If you have a choice between eating 2 donuts or an egg white veggie omelet for Breakfast which will your intuitive knowing tell you to eat??? I bet it will tell you to eat the veggie omelet. However if you decide to eat the donuts instead, there will be a little sense of uneasiness in your body, a low level energy coursing through your veins. Even though you might try to justify your decision, the uneasiness is still there. This applies to every choice you make: Do I stay in this relationship or leave? Do I set a boundary here or not? Do I stay late and finish my work or leave early? Do I spend this money or not? etc., etc. Whenever you choose to not listen to your gut, you will feel uncomfortable on some level and overeating is a very effective way to soothe and ignore that discomfort.

Practice listening to and acting on your intuitive hunches. If this is a new concept for you, start out with small things like trusting your gut when it comes to getting in the fastest moving line at the bank, or finding a great parking spot. In these instances your intuitive hunch is the very first feeling/thought/inclination that comes up when you pose a question. For instance your intuitive hunch might be to get in a longer line at the bank, something your rational mind would argue. But I challenge you to go with your gut. More times than not I bet you find that your intuitive hunch was right. Another easy way to better trust your instincts is to call or email a friend when the thought of them pops up in you mind. Whenever I do this I usually find that my friend was just thinking about me or that he or she needed my support at the exact time I reached out to him/her.

This is great practice for learning to live your life in connection with your Higher Power, your Intuitive Knowing, which will always guide you to act in ways that are loving and respectful to yourself and others; that support your Highest Good.

Know this: You have all the wisdom and knowledge you will ever need inside you. Practice accessing, listening to, and acting on its promptings. When you do this you might be surprised to notice that you experience a feeling of lightness and increased energy, a greater sense of well being, and a sense of things flowing easily and effortlessly!

It is soooo cool to follow your instincts and see that they were right on even when they made no logical sense!

Kinda makes your heart giggle!!

AFFIRMATIONS

I trust my gut!

My intuition guides my every action!

The more I listen to my intuition

the louder it speaks!

My gut rocks!

Live in Love, Louisa

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I would second this and learning to do it more. Unfortunately I ignored one particular one the last few weeks to call my friend, you can imagine how I felt to be told she just died. After that one I am going to make it my mission in life to really listen for that uneasiness and act upon it. Whether it is not to do something or to do it, whether it is to contact that person, or not, whether I say or write something or not.

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