Comments on: How our intuition warns in self defense

By: Intuition will save your life – can you access it?

Intuition will save your life – can you access it? — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:34:12 +0000

[...] How our intuition warns of danger [...]

By: Self defense is seeing danger patterns early

Self defense is seeing danger patterns early — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:21:20 +0000

[...] you honor your intuition and you keep your awareness skills primed by staying in code yellow, then sensing danger patterns [...]

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:16:45 +0000

Hi TrinaMb,
Welcome and thank you for commenting.

“Listening,” “seeing,” or “reading” a situation or person gets better with practice.

Hi Davina,
I believe intuition — the real deal — is infallible and is always looking our for us. At the same time, we also let fear, projection, wishful thinking, worry, anxiety, fatigue, and denial get in the way.

You write, “many times I have not followed my intuition and everything turned out okay.” Perhaps it was something else or perhaps your heightened senses — caused by the awareness of something different in the mix — created a change without your knowing it. For example, on two occasions I felt fear for my husband at work. I called and all was well. Nothing happened. Perhaps the call made him more aware and some action was avoided.

Hi Chris,
Thank you for stopping by and commenting.

I see intuition as simply a survival skill we all have, but it is often neglected as such since we don’t think about our survival much. See my next post for more on this!

Hi Vincent,
Thank you for commenting. Intuition can be powerful in self defense, choice making, or in health issues. Sounds like you have some interesting stories about intuition.

By: Getting to know your intuition

Getting to know your intuition — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:26:10 +0000

[...] I wrote in my last post, intuition has many ways to communicate, but rarely in words. Here’s a more complete list of [...]

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:24:45 +0000

I liked the way your wrote this post. But I’m a bit stuck responding to your invitation to mention examples of how intuition has guided me. Perhaps my whole blog does that. But that sounds like a crude plug for people to read it. Not meant that way.

I think the biggest thing was when I got cured of a chronic illness miraculously, but I haven’t written it up yet. (Not true, I have, but it needs writing up again.)

By: Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching

Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:58:26 +0000

Thanks for this. It does seem like, in our culture, we tend to repress our intuition because it supposedly “isn’t rational,” and then when it comes to making choices — sometimes as significant as the career we choose — we often wish we’d listened to our instincts.

By: Davina

Davina — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:07:54 +0000

Hi Lori. I’m enjoying this series. I struggle regularly with listening to intuition (whether it is fear or intuition, or whatever impression I’m getting). The reason for this is that many times I have not followed my intuition and everything turned out okay. I like your description of the “sinking feeling in my gut” in relation to not listening to intuition. Could be that in my case I was moving beyond fear and not ignoring intuition at all.

By: TrinaMb

TrinaMb — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:48:16 +0000

Nice outlay on the importance of listening to self. I am learning this, especially after’seeing’ in some small ways that I should have listened better to my intuition. Nothing dangerous yet, but as I tune in more, ya nver know what i may save myself from.

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:29:45 +0000

Hi Sherry,
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

Stories on TV can rile us up emotionally, but there is a big difference between fear and worry. You can find a great explanation between fear and worry in Gavin De Becker’s book The Gift of Fear. I love this quote from the book, “Worry is the fear we manufacture …” I highly recommend the book to everyone.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:15:37 +0000

I totally believe in the power of intuition, but there are times where my mind will wonder due to stories I’ve heard on TV so I second guess myself on the action that I should take. There are so many things that can happen to a person at any time. I just hope I can tell the difference between just plain worry & my intuition. Great post!