Most people expect intuition to arrive like an announcement, but it isn’t loud.
A flashing sign.
A big vision.
A sudden, unmistakable sense of certainty.
Something dramatic enough that it can’t be ignored.
But for most people, intuition doesn’t work that way at all.
It’s much quieter than we expect – so quiet, in fact, that it’s easy to mistake it for hesitation, doubt, or imagination.
Intuition often shows up as:
– a subtle resistance
– a gentle pull
– a calm yes without reasons
– or a persistent sense of “not this”
There’s nothing theatrical about it.
No flashing lights.
No song and dance.
And because we live in a world that rewards decisiveness, logic and proof, we’re taught to trust what can be explained in that language. What can be justified. What makes sense to other people.
So when intuition doesn’t arrive with evidence, we hesitate.
We tell ourselves:
∞ It’s probably just fear.
∞ I don’t have enough information yet.
∞ I should wait until I’m more certain.
We often don’t notice the subtle tap on the shoulder or whisper in our ear of our soul signal because we’re so conditioned to listening outward instead of going inward.
Why we trust fear more easily than intuition
Fear is loud.
It comes with arguments, images, consequences, and urgency.
It tells stories and asks:
What if this goes wrong?
What if you regret it?
What if you look foolish?
Intuition doesn’t speak that language.
It doesn’t argue.
It doesn’t catastrophise.
It doesn’t try to convince you.
It simply presents a direction…and waits.
Because fear has volume and intuition has subtlety, we often mistake fear for wisdom and intuition for risk.
We give fear more airtime, we let it build a case.
And then we wonder why we feel disconnected from ourselves.
This doesn’t mean intuition is unreliable, it means we’ve trained ourselves to listen to the wrong kind of signal.
Intuition is not mystical – it’s intimate
There’s a common idea that intuition is something special, a gift, a talent, a psychic ability reserved for certain people.
But intuition is much more simple than that.
It’s the part of you that registers truth before it’s organised into language.
It’s the way your body responds before your mind explains. It’s how something feels right or wrong before you can say why.
This isn’t magic.
It’s relationship.
A relationship with your own inner experience.
And like any relationship, it strengthens with attention and care.
If you’ve spent most of your life being rewarded for:
– logic
– productivity
– compliance
– or emotional restraint
then intuition will feel unfamiliar at first.
Not because you don’t have it but because you haven’t been asked to use it, it hasn’t been one of the tools you’ve been given kudos for using so you may not have learned the value of it yet.
Why intuition often appears when life is changing
Many people don’t start paying attention to their intuition until something in their life begins to shift.
∞ An identity no longer fits.
∞ A relationship feels wrong.
∞ A career loses meaning.
∞ A familiar way of being or living stops working.
This is often when intuition becomes noticeable, not because it suddenly appears, but because the old structures can no longer drown it out.
And this can feel disorienting.
You may notice:
– you’re more sensitive than before
– you feel unsure in ways you didn’t used to
– you’re less motivated by things that once drove you
– you want depth instead of distraction
This isn’t instability.
It’s reorientation.
It’s what happens when external direction loses authority and inner direction begins to matter.
But without guidance or support many people interpret this stage as failure instead of transition.
They try to force clarity.
They rush into decisions.
They override what feels true in order for things to feel familiar and safe again.
Which only delays the very thing that’s trying to emerge.
Learning to listen without demanding certainty
One of the hardest parts of trusting intuition is that it doesn’t give you a whole plan.
It gives you the next honest step.
Not the five-year vision.
Not the final outcome.
Just the direction that feels most aligned right now.
This can feel frustrating in a culture obsessed with logic and plans.
But this is how inner knowing works:
It reveals itself through movement, not prediction.
You listen.
You respond.
You notice what happens.
You refine.
Over time, this builds trust in yourself not because you were right every time, but because you stayed in relationship with yourself.
What most people are actually longing for isn’t absolutely certainty or perfect decisions, but a sense of inner steadiness.A feeling that they can be with themselves even when things are unclear.
Intuition doesn’t compete with noise
Intuition doesn’t shout over the world.
It waits for space.
It becomes clearer when:
– you slow down
– you stop performing or masking
– you stop seeking permission
– you stop numbing or distracting
It speaks when you’re willing to be honest rather than impressive, and this is why so many people miss it.
Not because they lack intuition but because they’re not quiet enough to feel it, to hear their soul signal, it needs receptivity.
Listening doesn’t require withdrawal from life, it just requires a shift in orientation.
From:
“What should I do?”
to:
“What feels true?”
That shift alone can change everything.
Intuition feels less like magic and more like home
When intuition is trusted, it doesn’t feel extraordinary, it feels… familiar.
Like recognising yourself in a mirror you didn’t know existed.
There’s no rush.
No fireworks.
Just a calm sense of “yes” or “not this.”
It’s a quiet gentle knowing.
And over time, that knowing builds trust and becomes a refuge. Not because life becomes simple, but because you stop outsourcing your direction.
You’re living from something internal, responding to your inner knowing instead of reacting to the external, to what’s outside yourself.
Intuition isn’t a mystical power, it’s the mastery of understanding your soul signal.
It’s a quiet, honest way of being in your own life.
If this resonates, this is the kind of inner work I guide people through inside my work – for those who feel ready for it. Get in touch here.