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Happy Monday and the end of another month!

This will be a short one but it crossed my mind and I figured I’d share. First of all, how are you doing?

Ok, that’s enough with the pleasantries.

Let’s talk about intuition for a quick second.

Say you have a hunch about something, someone, or something isn’t adding up. It’s just a feeling and maybe there’s not even physical proof to validate the hunch. It is vital, CRUCIAL, ESSENTIAL to take a moment to yourself before you make a concrete decision.

The worst thing any of us can do is have a hunch and then bring it to the attention of someone else, especially if said person is involved with the conundrum.

They Will Contaminate What Your Intuition Is Trying To Tell You!

That’s step one of how we can use our intuition more effectively and efficiently. Whatever our internal feelings are trying to allude to us, we MUST keep it close to the vest FIRST. Intuition is a two-party conversation. DASSIT! That’s all.

The moment we tell someone of the hunch we’re feeling before we process it, we allow someone else to eavesdrop on a very private conversation. And what if your intuition exposes them? They’ll mitigate what it’s telling you and will make you feel either crazy or guilty.

Orrrr, they’ll deflect and distract. A common strategy of a manipulator. Manipulators want to know what conversations you’re having with your intuition so that you can second guess it. Isn’t THAT crazy?

Here’s what we should do when our Spidey Senses are tingling:

1. Isolate

There’s not much more that needs to be said about this. It’s no different than pulling someone to the side who has sensitive information that you need to know. Those are closed-door conversations. The conversation can be spoken out loud when trying to pick up what our intuition is putting down but it should be in privacy. The most important language is feeling. Once we isolate with our intuition, what’s the general feeling about the topic? Words can be misinterpreted, feelings cannot.

2. Meditate

Basically the same thing. It doesn’t have to be long either. In order to get a clearer understanding of the message that’s trying to reach us, we should suspend our five senses as they can segue into distraction. When we meditate, we delve into the world of the subconscious mind. It’s vast. Think of what we upload to the cloud as an artificial version of it. What we consciously search for via search engines will yield results. The same applies when we gently search while in meditation through pondering. The subconscious mind will speak with more clarity and provide search results through imagery and again, feeling. The imagery will help justify the feeling.

3. Shower

If meditation is an unadulterated conversation with our subconscious mind, showering is an unadulterated conversation with our conscious mind. Showering is unique because we are actively doing something that doesn’t interfere with conscious thinking and connecting the dots. I don’t know, maybe it’s the water that’s flowing but there’s a flow of clear thinking and problem solving that takes place.

You know when they say ‘Before you make a big decision or purchase you should sleep on it’? Yes, sleep on it. If you wake up and your mind is made up, great. If you’re still on the fence, take the thought with you into the shower and piece together your decision. It will all make sense.

What is the peril of these three steps? The possibility of overthinking things. Don’t worry, I got you:

Say you isolate, then meditate, and then shower, you don’t even have to do all three. One is fine.

What is the glaring, obvious, and dominant feeling?

What is the feeling that keeps popping up? Now, take that feeling and act on it because inactivity leads to the mind getting in the way. If it involves a person, you’ll know exactly what to say and how to say it. THEY will fill in any blanks and more than likely justify what your intuition has been telling you.

PRO TIP

Be calculated and be mindful of your emotions when speaking to others about things like this. The person who gets extremely emotional first loses. It shows the hand you’re playing and the emotions you express will be the topic of discussion.

Remain in control and if that person gets overly emotional, we already know the deal because people ALWAYS tell us who they are and how they feel about us. They just can’t help it.

Be on the lookout for February’s Newsletter. I have something cooking in the kitchen for you.

And if you need anything or someone to talk to, I’m just an email away!

Your Honest Friend,

O’Neil Smile