Navigating Intuition: A Seven-Step Guide to Trusting Your Inner Voice

In a world that moves fast, demands answers instantly, and rewards overthinking, intuition often gets pushed to the back seat. We’re taught to analyze, justify, explain, and prove—while the most accurate guidance we have lives quietly inside our bodies.

In a recent podcast episode, I shared my personal relationship with intuition and a simple, practical seven-step process I use when making decisions—especially the big, uncomfortable, life-altering ones. This isn’t about being “woo” or bypassing reality. This is about coming back into relationship with yourself.

If you’ve ever asked:

• How do I know it’s intuition and not fear?

• How do I trust myself more?

• Why do I feel disconnected from my inner knowing?

  
  

This guide is for you.

Understanding Intuition

Intuition isn’t something reserved for a few “gifted” people. It’s not a talent you either have or don’t have. Intuition is a biological, emotional, energetic intelligence that every human is born with.

Your intuition speaks through:

• sensations in your body

• subtle feelings of expansion or contraction

• sudden clarity

• quiet knowing without logical explanation

  
  

The problem isn’t that intuition isn’t speaking. The problem is that we’re not listening. Over the years, many people have asked me how I differentiate intuition from fear, mental noise, or emotional overwhelm. This seven-step process is the exact framework I return to again and again—especially when my mind wants certainty, but my soul wants truth.

Step 1: Pause and Breathe

Before you decide anything, pause. Not to think. Not to analyze. But to regulate.

Take a slow, deep breath in through your nose.

Exhale fully through your mouth.

This isn’t spiritual fluff—this shifts your nervous system out of survival mode. When you’re anxious or activated, your intuition goes offline. Pausing tells your body: I am safe enough to listen.

Clarity doesn’t come from urgency. It comes from presence.

Step 2: Tune Into Your Body

Your body is your first oracle.

When you think about a choice, notice:

• tightness in your chest?

• heaviness in your belly?

• constriction in your throat?

• or a sense of openness, relief, expansion?

  
  

Don’t judge the sensation. Just notice it. Then name it out loud:

“I feel tension.”

“I feel ease.”

“I feel resistance.”

Naming what’s present often softens it instantly. Energy moves when it’s acknowledged.

Step 3: Ask Your Body Questions

Instead of interrogating your mind, ask your body.

Try:

• What are you trying to tell me?

• What do you need right now?

• Is this a yes, a no, or a not yet?

  
  

Then stop trying to “figure it out.” The answer may come as a sensation, an image, a word, or a feeling. Trust whatever arises first. Intuition speaks softly—but clearly—when you give it space.

Step 4: Test the Options

Lay your options out in front of you. Write them down if needed. Then, one by one, feel into each option in your body.

Don’t ask, “What makes sense?”

Ask, “What feels aligned?”

Your body doesn’t lie. It may not choose the safest option. But it will choose the truest one.

Step 5: Seek Confirmation

Intuition doesn’t mean isolation.

Sometimes confirmation comes through:

• a trusted friend

• a conversation that lands at the perfect time

• a sign you didn’t ask for but can’t ignore

  
  

I shared in the podcast how consulting a friend about canceling a trip to Australia opened the door to an entirely new opportunity. Confirmation doesn’t override your intuition—it mirrors it back to you.

Choose wisely who you ask. Not everyone gets access to your inner world.

Step 6: Check Logistics

Intuition and practicality are not enemies.

After you feel the “yes” (or the “no”), check:

• timing

• finances

• energy capacity

• real-world feasibility

  
  

True intuition doesn’t demand self-abandonment. It works with reality, not against it.

Step 7: Sleep on It

Some decisions don’t need to be rushed. Sleep is a powerful integration tool. Your subconscious continues processing while you rest. Many times, the answer becomes obvious the next morning—clean, calm, and unquestionable. If clarity comes with peace rather than urgency, you’re on the right path.

Learning to trust your intuition is not a one-time event. It’s a relationship you build through consistency, self-honesty, and courage. Fear and doubt will still show up—especially when intuition asks you to step into the unknown. That doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong. It means you’re doing something real.

You don’t need permission to trust yourself. You don’t need external validation to know what’s right for you. You are the authority of your life. You are the master of your decisions.

And your intuition? It’s been waiting patiently for you to listen.

With intuitive whispers from my soul to yours

Mia ✨