Awareness Of Our Intuition

Today we're talking about - Tips on recognizing, connecting, and honoring your intuition by allowing your mind, body, and soul to refresh, recharge, and move forward with grace. In this episode, I'll share several relatable examples, that I hope will help you understand how to recognize, connect and honor your intuition.

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On today's episode,

It's all about tips on recognizing,

Connecting,

And honoring the intuition by allowing your mind,

Body,

And soul to refresh,

Recharge,

And move forward with grace.

Stay tuned.

Greetings and welcome back to Shift Today with Allison.

That's me,

Allison Chuhozzi,

Your host.

So glad you're here.

In case you don't know,

I'm already in episode 40,

41,

I think this might be episode 41.

I'm an intuitive coach and a Reiki master,

So I love energy work.

I do a lot with energy work.

I love coaching people who are just stuck in the clutter and can't get out of their head and are just shielded by should shields.

So that's my expertise to help you move forward and just to pause and help you connect with yourself,

Really recognize the difference between the intuition and the ego.

And you know what?

Today,

That's what we're talking about.

We're talking about tips on recognizing,

Connecting,

And honoring your intuition,

Which will again,

Allow your mind,

Body,

And soul to refresh,

Recharge,

And move forward with grace.

So welcome back.

I'm really glad you're here today.

Now,

We're going to go ahead and begin with the definition of intuition.

And the definition of intuition is it's our inner knowing.

It's that little voice inside of us.

It's that gut feeling,

Right?

It's the aha moments.

It's the voice that also is inside of us.

And it can be a bit uncomfortable at times,

Right?

I don't know if you heard my other one discomfort and fear.

Fear is led and fed by the ego where discomfort and the sense of being uncomfortable is led by your intuition.

If it's leading you down a path of uncertainty and into a direction of unknowing,

It could be because it's exactly where you need to go.

So we're going to talk about the tips on how to recognize,

Connect,

And honor yourself today.

So here we go.

Let's just jump in.

How to recognize when the difference between your intuition and your ego.

So there's really kind of two little voices,

Right?

Have you ever heard of that angel on the one shoulder and the devil on the other?

That's kind of what this is,

Right?

The ego is that thing that's going to fuel you.

Like what is everyone else thinking?

And the intuition is,

You know,

They're telling you that,

You know what,

You know what's best for you already.

You don't need to check in with 12 other people.

You already know.

So that ego says,

What will they think?

They're going to worry about what everyone else thinks.

And the intuition says,

I know what's best for me.

So here's a couple examples,

Right?

Okay.

So the first one,

Example one is,

If I can get to it,

My thing keeps scrolling crazy today.

Example one.

I need advice on this topic.

Okay.

So here's just the example.

I need advice on this topic.

So I'm going to pull as many people as possible,

Such as when someone might hurt me and they hurt my feelings.

I want as many people as possible to feel as angry and to be on my side about that moment.

Right?

That is the ego screaming in your ear,

Expectations,

Fear,

Expectations,

Fear.

Meanwhile,

The intuition knows that you were hurt.

And then it might be time for you to move on from that relationship or take a pause for a moment.

And it might hurt for a while,

But the intuition knows it's the best thing for you to pause or move on from that relationship.

It does know there's a knowing inside of you that's saying it,

But you're worried and with,

And you're listening to all that clutter and the noise around you.

Right?

Okay.

So here's the example.

Everything that is happening in my life is someone else's fault.

I lived that life myself.

I will admit,

I'm not going to point fingers at other people.

I'm only telling stories of things I have experienced and I hear often.

So how often do something might happen and it's someone else's fault,

Right?

I get that.

And people are going to do things to us,

But it's our choice and how we feel about it,

How we think about it and how we react to it and then how we move forward from it.

So we do have choices.

Okay.

So everything happens in my life is someone else's fault,

Ego,

Ego,

Ego.

Meanwhile,

The intuition can feel that I might been dealt a crappy hand,

But I need to make choices to change what is happening.

Okay.

That's what the intuition is giving you choices.

It's reminding you,

You have a choice.

You do not need to stay in that moment.

Okay.

Yeah.

I talk a lot about feelings,

Feelings being a feeling,

Not a place to reside and choosing how we feel,

Think,

Process and act.

We have a choice.

I have a question for you.

Do you continue to hang out with people that exhaust you,

Drain your energy,

And then you continue to complain about them because you keep going back for more?

How many people do this?

You probably do it or you've done it in your life.

And you probably know others who do the same thing.

Well,

It could be because you're in a comfortable habit of fear,

Right?

You're in that comfortable habit,

Fear of being alone,

Fear of what others will think if you walk away from someone else,

Right?

If you walk away from a friendship you've had for 30 years.

If you walk away from a family member,

If you walk away from a marriage,

I mean,

There's so many examples out there.

So really keep in mind.

Now if you sit back and get into a present state of mind and listen to your intuition,

You might find that you have outgrown some of these folks,

Right?

And it's time to move on.

Or maybe someone has left you behind and you're angry about this and upset and just pissed off.

Well,

Perhaps it's time to sit back and figure out why you're continuing to complain about a choice you have by staying in that relationship and staying in that moment of somebody leaving you.

Or maybe instead you can just thank that person for walking out of your life.

Maybe it's someone who you needed to get out of your life,

Right?

Maybe they're not serving you or maybe you don't fit into their life anymore.

And it happens.

It goes both ways.

We always have to remember that we are making choices and guess what?

Other people are making choices.

And when we make the choice that's best for us,

That is a sign of strength.

Doesn't mean it's going to be comfortable for everyone else.

Okay.

Now here's another tricky question.

How often are you turning a blind eye to someone else's behavior?

Maybe you're putting up with abuse,

Disrespect,

Maybe some insane behaviors and you think you can fix the other person or perhaps it's how they have always been.

They've always treated everyone that way.

So you continue to put up with it or maybe you think they'll change.

Well,

You have a choice.

You can't sit back and complain and wish and wish and wish.

Wishing is not going to get you anywhere.

Choices and change and you are the only one who can change.

You cannot wish for someone else to change.

So when being raised in an abusive environment,

It's tough to know when making healthy choices because we're beat down.

We're sad.

We're upset.

We're scared.

There's so many emotions.

And unfortunately,

Most abusers were probably raised by other abusers.

So the biological cords are hard to cut.

So please know that there are many professionals available to help you navigate towards a healthier path and I hope if you need that help,

You are seeking that help.

It's never too late to ask for help.

Now the ego seeks acknowledgement and expects a thank you card when giving right.

So if we are giving and giving and giving,

Have you ever given enough and you're giving and you're giving and you're like,

God,

They're never grateful.

No one is ever grateful.

I didn't get a thank you card for that.

And I've been over backwards from that for them and never get a thank you.

Have you ever been?

I know I've been that way before myself.

No longer because the intuition is grateful to be able to participate in someone's life and give a gift with no strings attached.

I love to give gifts.

I love to do things for other people and I never expect anything in return.

I'm just giving with intentions of hopefully this is going to make their day brighter.

It's going to help them down their path,

Whatever it is.

But I don't ever expect anything in return.

And when I do get something in return,

I'm,

I'm extra grateful.

It's like,

Just fills that pot up even more.

It's amazing.

So recognizing when you're in the flow of intention and connection with your intuition is as simple as a sudden feeling of when you know,

You know what to do in a situation.

You know,

You know what to do with something,

You know,

You want to be with someone.

And it's also the opposite.

When you know,

You don't want to do something when you don't want to be with someone when you need to get out of a situation when you need to remove yourself.

So it's that simple.

It's that knowing it doesn't mean always yes,

It doesn't mean always no,

It's both sides.

Okay.

So now let's shift gears a little bit.

Here's a few steps that might help you understand how to connect with your intuition.

Number one is the simplest and you're probably have heard this a million times,

But slow down and pay attention to what is happening right now.

Where are you?

What are you doing?

What's around you stop this podcast and look around you what is happening right now.

That is how you slow down and get present and connect.

Meditation is a fantastic way to connect and it's simple just as pausing quietly for five minutes.

Now when I began my journey with meditation,

It was impossible for me to quiet my mind.

It's like,

Oh my god,

All this stuff is flowing.

So I literally stepped back and I figured out how it works for me and every day is different.

Sometimes I do like just to sit with somebody doing a guided meditation.

Sometimes I just like to be quiet.

Sometimes I like to listen to music and write.

Sometimes I go for a walk.

There's many ways you can meditate.

It's simply about getting present and connecting with yourself and your surroundings.

Okay,

Number two,

How to connect with your intuition.

How do I connect with myself?

How do you connect with yourself?

Well meditation and slowing down is a great way.

But you're here,

Aren't you?

You're here listening to this podcast because there's something that you want to do to better your life.

And I'm thankful you're here,

Right?

So it's easy.

You can just simply schedule time for yourself.

That's all you have to do.

Just find a few minutes and schedule it and look forward to it.

Look forward to spending a little bit of time by yourself.

My favorite thing to do is journal in the morning.

That is I know I get up five.

No one's up.

No one needs me.

Nothing to do except spend time unloading my brain to my journals and I got lots of them.

Number three,

When you're up against something,

Pause and ask yourself for advice first.

Okay,

We tend to when we need advice,

We're looking around looking around,

We're looking for an answer,

Looking for an answer.

Stop and here's what I do.

If I need advice on something,

Instead of asking 12 people,

Instead of panicking and calling someone,

I stop and I'm like,

Okay,

If somebody came to me with this problem,

If somebody came to me with this question,

What would I say to them?

And there it is.

There's the advice I would give myself.

So I do that.

And remember,

Your intuition might give you uncomfortable advice.

Whereas your ego may lead you down an illusionary path of expectation and fears.

And that's something definitely need to be aware of.

Now,

If you're still struggling,

Then by all means ask for advice from someone,

But do not take a poll of what everyone else thinks you should do,

Then it's just pointless.

That's a waste of time.

Maybe even listen to for examples of what someone else has experienced,

Maybe gone through the same thing.

Just to gather further information.

It's not bad to get advice.

I'm not saying that.

But a lot of times we already have the answer and we are so afraid our ego is saying don't listen to the answer that you already have.

Why not?

I mean,

Give it a try.

All right,

So number four,

We tend to lead with negative with the negative and try to shift into a positive.

So that seems backwards to me,

Right?

So why aren't we leading with the positive and it might end up being not so great,

Or it can end up being even better.

So that is something you might want to think about.

Try.

Would you mind try leading with the positive even just for one day at a time and see how it feels after seven days.

If you can do this,

Please message me and tell me how it went.

Because it just making that simple,

Simple,

Simple shift in your day is the most gratifying change that you can make.

And you'll be surprised you probably will wake up happier.

You physically might start feeling better,

Your mental,

You're just somebody might say something and you'll be like,

I'm good.

Or you you might start giving advice on how to look at it a different way and in a more positive way.

So just give it a try and see see how it goes.

Now finally,

With the connection number five,

When you fall off the wagon,

Because we all do.

We all try to be as consistent as we can.

And I always say that I'm consistently inconsistent.

So when you fall off the wagon,

Be grateful your wagon is parked right where you left it so you can hop back on and keep on going.

Okay,

You can get back into the flow.

It's very easy to do.

Don't beat yourself up.

Just say you know what,

I need to pause here for a minute.

I need to go find that wagon.

I need to sit and I need to reconnect and just keep on trucking.

So just know that okay.

So I've outlined how to recognize and connect with your intuition.

So let's move forward with honoring the intuition,

Honoring the intuition.

I love that.

What you speak and feel inward is what you project outward.

Well,

I know we've heard that before.

And I have felt many negative things inside.

And it has come out,

Right?

I project I've done it before where I've projected on others and it's awful.

And people do it right back to us.

And it doesn't matter how big the smile is that you wear if negativity is greater than your positive outlook,

That will be felt by others because your energy will be off your energy 100% will be off.

Let's see.

Another way to honor your intuition be open to what you feel instead of what you quote unquote should do.

Go ahead,

Go back and listen to my should shields episode and you'll understand when I'm talking about the should shields are real thing and we need to we need to kick them to the curb,

Celebrate everything.

Try to find things to celebrate that you normally wouldn't celebrate.

For instance,

With our kids,

We've got two boys here 10 and 11.

And they make abundant abundance of mistakes.

And you know what I remember one time my son came home from school and I cannot stand these colored clip charts or whatever.

And he had clipped down to whatever the bad color is orange,

Red,

Whatever it was.

He was so upset.

He was so upset to tell me that he had clipped down.

First of all,

I don't care about these clip charts connect with my kid,

The clip charts just shaming people.

And he's like,

Mom,

You know,

But it wasn't me so and so was talking.

And I'm like,

Well,

You know what,

I'm kind of proud of you for clipping down and standing up for your friend.

So you know,

Let's go out for ice cream.

And we did we celebrated the fact that he made a mistake and he lived through it.

And it's not a big deal.

We we learn from it.

If we don't celebrate what we've learned from our mistakes,

What are we doing here?

Right?

So celebrate things.

Also,

When you're done celebrating rest,

We all need a little rest.

If we can just rest,

It's a great way to pause and connect with yourself.

But rest is necessary to nourish our mind,

Our body and our soul.

It's very,

Very necessary.

Now another way to honor yourself is there's so much truth to treat others how you want to be treated.

And you also need to be paying attention if they're not reciprocating that,

Right.

So if you're treating something really well,

And they're not giving it back to you,

Why are you choosing to continue to hang out with this person?

So it might be time for a pause in that relationship.

So just think about that.

Now,

I talked earlier about seeking advice and advice is amazing.

I think advice can be fantastic.

However,

Here's when you're honoring your intuition,

Seek advice,

Not approval.

Okay.

Approval is can be very shaming,

And advice can be so healthy.

So just remember that seek advice,

Not approval.

Now,

Right now I'm honoring my intuition by being here with you today,

Because this fills my soul being able to connect with people and share what I do absolutely fills my soul.

And I'm so grateful I am able to do this.

Gratitude is huge.

And I just want to say thank you for being here and listening and participating in this podcast.

Another way to honor yourself is to learn the art of listening,

Rather than the art of answering.

Oh,

Ouch,

Right?

How often is somebody talking to us and they might need advice.

And they're telling us something.

We're already judging,

We're projecting,

We're coming up with an answer before they even finished telling us what they need to tell us.

Which means we're not listening to what they're saying.

And I think I know for me,

I would rather someone sit and listen to me finish what I'm saying before they're giving me an answer.

And I am terrible about that.

I am the first to admit it.

Like I just with my intuition and my intuitive psychic abilities.

I'm like,

Oh my god,

I just want to tell them something I'm dying to tell you.

And that's this has been a really big lesson for me to learn is to really pause and remember the art of listening rather than the art of answering.

Okay.

So remember,

Someone else's discomfort is the lesson they need to learn,

Not your mess to clean up,

Stop cleaning up other people's messes.

Even if they ask you,

You can give them a broom,

Clean it up themselves.

Stop doing that or they're going to keep doing it.

All right.

Now,

If you continue to resent someone for wanting you to change,

Then you're holding on to your own fears and negativity rather than wishing them well and not wishing them back.

You know,

Sometimes this is where someone might need to walk away from us or we might need to walk away from someone else,

Right?

If we want each other to change,

We're not helping each other at all.

Right?

Sometimes you just might need to pause.

And especially if you're in a marriage situation,

This is when you need to up your communication.

And if you're not getting it in return,

Maybe you just need to take a pause.

You need to take a minute,

Okay,

To figure out what direction you need to go.

Another way to honor yourself is to really be aware of what you're putting in and how you're nourishing your body.

Make sure you are nourishing your body and it's okay to have some fun.

But please,

Please be aware that food,

Alcohol,

Drugs,

Too much of anything is not a good thing,

Right?

I mean,

You just really need to be paying attention to that.

So that's,

That's a tip.

Another tip for honoring yourself and your intuition is not acknowledge when you've messed up so that you can move forward.

If you can't acknowledge what part you've played in something,

You're never going to be able to move forward.

Don't shame yourself,

Forgive yourself,

Acknowledge I did it.

I'm sorry,

I will do my very best for it to not happen again and move forward.

That's what you can do.

Stick to the facts,

Okay?

Now the more discomfort you feel,

The more growth you have to do.

We go through these moments and it's that whole when we're shaming and we're,

We're putting it on someone else and that's when the discomfort comes in and we're like,

Ah,

I'm so exhausted.

I'm so uncomfortable.

And what I've learned,

That's when I'm growing,

That's when I'm stretching,

That's what I'm trying to release things so that I can have more space to add more knowledge and open up more wins wisdom.

And it's just really cool.

And sometimes you just need to slow down.

It doesn't mean you need to take a nap.

It just means you got to slow your role so you can really pay attention and be present.

So there you go.

Life happens,

But we have a choice and how we want to proceed in our life.

So just for today,

Find a moment to pause,

Recognize,

Connect and honor yourself.

And thank you so much for joining me today.

I'm really,

Really glad you did.

Hope to see an insight timer soon.

And as always,

Shift today into a greater tomorrow.

Bye bye.

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Edited,

And written and a hundred percent done by Alison Chuhazi.

That's me.

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