Trust Your Gut Feelings

I am sure you've walked into a room and the vibrations in the room said leave now? Or you met a person for the first time and you instantly connected because it felt right. The energy between the two of you was positive. Then there is the job that you wanted so be badly but your inner person said this is not the job for you. You took the job anyway and regretted not listening to yourself? All of these examples are about instinct which is often received as "gut feelings."

Everyone is born with instinct. There are certain things babies do automatically . They do not have to be trained to do them. Their actions are more in the area of survival skills. A baby knows to cry when something is wrong or its needs are not fully met.

We automatically avoid danger because we know we could lose our life if we proceeded on our way. Children and babies operate pretty much on instinct. Adults have learned over time to suppress their gut feelings most of the time. Maybe it was due to politically correct influences. And maybe it was due to a fear of doing what they knew was the best for their person.

The basis for gut feelings come from within. Humans have a chemical in them called adrenaline and it gives us a burst of energy that is used to fight or flee from a threatening situation. That adrenaline is heavily influenced by emotion. Emotions are based on our natural instinct or gut feelings.

Gut feelings are accurate decisions made without a lot of processing in the mind. Yet we access the situation and from there we act appropriately. Few people ever regretted trusting their gut feelings. Studies show at least 90 percent of our critical decisions are made through intuition or instinct. Trusting gut feelings to continue or redirect our actions requires us to listen to our inner person. And to know we are making the best decision for the situation. That decision is based on an awareness of our feelings and not resistance to the information that is transmitting to our brain and senses. It is a willingness to be open to the information received.

  Receive Internal Information About Ourselves

Most people were born equipped to receive internal processing of information. Information that directly affected our safety and well being is important. Some how, people became numb to those feelings. There is hope, a individual can reconnect with their gut feelings or natural instinct. At first it takes an active consciousness to become sensitive to gut feelings but with practice those feelings will become obvious to the external person. Your internal person communicates with your conscious person.

Until it becomes a natural part of you, practice your awareness to the internal person talking to you. Your goal is to trust the information you are receiving and act on it appropriately. When you have a few minutes of quiet time, ask yourself, how am I feeling? Identify those feelings. You could have feelings of sadness, anxiousness, shyness, embarrassment, joy, confusion, elation and the list is endless. Ask yourself why do I feel this way.? What in my surroundings is affecting me in such a way that I am feeling these emotions? Respond to these emotions and decide to accept them or make adjustments that will take your emotions in the direction you wish to go. At this point you are learning not to ignore your instincts.

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