Your intuition already knows. Trust her.

Your Monday Morning Happiness Prompt🧡

There’s something I’ve been noticing in the clinic lately. A shared thread running through stories of burnout, overwhelm, stuckness, and regret. It’s not just the symptom. It’s not even always the situation.

It’s the moment we knew something wasn’t right, and overrode it.

That relationship that felt slightly off. The job that looked good on paper but drained us to our bones. That social plan, partnership, collaboration, supplement, holiday, purchase… that sparked something uncertain deep in the gut.

We felt it. But we second-guessed it because we’ve been taught to second-guess it.

We’ve been taught to prioritise politeness over discomfort. To choose logic over inner knowing. To gather evidence, seek approval, and soldier on - even when our bodies are waving red flags.

But it doesn’t have to be that way because your body doesn’t wait for receipts. She already knows.

That tightness in your chest when someone enters the room. That nausea after a “harmless” comment. That heaviness in your limbs when you agree to something your heart isn’t behind.

She whispers.
She tightens.
She tries to tell you.

And often, by the time we can make sense of it, we’re already deep into something we knew, somewhere in our bones, wasn’t right.

So let this week be a re-commitment:
Not to proving.
Not to pleasing.
But to pausing.
To listening.
To trusting.

Three early body signals to start listening to:

1. Jaw tension or teeth clenching
   A subtle sign of internal resistance, often when we’re smiling on the outside but biting back a truth on the inside.

2. Sudden fatigue or energy drain around certain people or tasks
   When your system is trying to protect you by conserving energy, because it knows this isn’t a safe or aligned place to give it (and it feels, in its ancient knowing, as if it may need to use it to ‘fight or flight’ later on).

3. A sinking feeling in the gut
   Not drama. Not panic. But a quiet knowing: “this isn’t for me”. This is the soul trying to speak before the mind talks you out of it. Or into it.

We’re so often told to “push through”, to “face the fear and do it anyway”, that “the magic happens when we step out of our comfort zone.” So those reactions become like fuel. We begin to see them as something to fight, to embrace as we carry on that path regardless.

But what if we listened? What if we said “hold up, this doesn’t feel right.”

And if something isn’t feeling right?

Here are 3 gentle steps to begin honouring that nudge:

1. Come back to your body.
Find stillness. Breathe. Journal. Move. Do whatever reconnects you to your centre. This isn’t the time for frantic action, it’s a time for deep listening. Calm those feelings, thank your body, and sit with the stillness for a while.

2. Speak the truth, even if only to yourself.
Write it down. Whisper it in the bath. Say it aloud in your car.
“I don’t want this.”
“This doesn’t feel good.”
“I’m afraid to let it go, but I know I need to.”
Naming it takes the power back.

It could even be something as simple as questioning “why am I feeling this?” Are there patterns that you need to let go of? Truths you need to tell yourself. Past experiences you need to heal from?

3. Make one gentle step toward alignment.
That might be delaying a reply.
Cancelling a meeting.
Asking for support.
Turning your phone off and sitting with yourself.

Tiny aligned actions are how we rebuild trust in ourselves.
They tell your nervous system: “I’ve got you. I’m listening now.” And take one small action to show your body that those signals, those messages she whispered to you ARE being heard and, together, you’ll make aligned choices that meet your needs.

A personal note...

I’ve overridden my intuition more times than I can count. I’ve stayed too long. Agreed too quickly. Said “yes” when I meant “hell no”. And every single time, my body had told me first - before the fallout, before the fatigue, before the symptoms flared or the energy dropped or the anxiety took over.

And still, sometimes I slip.
But the practice now is in getting quieter sooner.
Not waiting until things are burning down before I let myself sey my boundaries, speak my truth, or walk away.

You’re allowed to choose what feels good.
You’re allowed to change your mind.
You’re allowed to protect your energy, your heart, your whole damn life.

And you’re allowed to trust her.
The voice that lives beneath the noise.
She’s been waiting.