Dr. Zoe Shaw explains intuition as a blend of personal wisdom and life experience that guides decisions and creates wealth. To rebuild self-trust, distance yourself from people who undermine you, keep tiny promises to yourself, and practice gut-driven choices in low-stakes situations before scaling up to bigger decisions.
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Today I'm talking about your 6th sense. We don't appreciate it and it's so important in our lives. The deal is, is that the strength of your 6th sense— I'm talking about your intuition— is based on how much you trust it. What is your intuition? Your intuition is a combo of your wisdom, your life experiences, energy that is passed between 2 people, and a deep knowing. Intuition has been attributed to saving lives, to creating wealth, inventions in this world, Intuition is so important that sense cannot be ignored, but you have to learn to trust yourself in order to develop and act on your intuition, your sixth sense. Cynthia Wall said that trust is the heartbeat of every significant relationship with yourself and others, and so in order to be able to really walk out your sixth sense, you've got to trust yourself. Now the reality is you don't. Maybe trust yourself because you've had times in your lives where you've made a decision and it was a bad one, where you've had other people in your life reinforce for you that you don't make good decisions or that you're not to be trusted. But all of this can change. I'm going to talk to you about how to learn to trust yourself. The first step in learning to trust yourself is that you need to learn to avoid people who undermine your trust in yourself. So if you have people in your life who are putting you down, who are telling you you're not, you're not worthy, you need to work on avoiding them. The next is think about the people in your life that you trust. Why are they trustworthy? Because they keep their promises, because they are consistent, because they do what they say they're going to do. So if you want to trust yourself, you need to start keeping promises to yourself. It's easier said than done. I know I'm not gonna eat that piece of chocolate, then I get a craving. But if you want to be trustworthy, start keeping your promises to yourself. Start little. Really little. Maybe it's I'm not going to do this tomorrow, or I'm not going to do this in five minutes. Make a promise to yourself. Write it down and keep it, and start making a habit. Don't make a promise to yourself unless you're really willing to keep it. Next, practice making quick decisions. Go with your gut. Start with a menu. Look at the menu when you go to a restaurant, and look at all the things that are there. Make a quick decision and go with it. Don't second guess yourself. Don't wonder if maybe you really won't like it. Don't ask a ton of questions. Look at the menu. Make a decision. And then what you'll find out is that you'll make it work. You'll make it work out. Maybe you have to order something additional, but what you have to start doing is in little small things, make quick decisions and then figure out how to make it work. Because what's happened is in the past you've made decisions, they've turned out badly, and then you say, see, I can't trust myself. Ask yourself, what does my gut say? And go with that. And as you continue to build and make bigger and bigger decisions, obviously you need to use logic. Obviously you need to use all of your senses that you have. But don't ignore that last one. We women are often taught that our intuition is based on emotion, and it's not. Our intuition is a deep wisdom. Trust it, ladies. Go for it.
