Trusting You Gut
Dear Lovely Reader
There is so much noise around us right now.
So many opinions. So many experts. So many voices telling us what we should think, do, buy, believe, become.
And somewhere in all of that, we stop listening to ourselves.
We override the quiet nudge in our belly. We second-guess the subtle tightening or softening inside. We talk ourselves out of what we know.
It’s time to reclaim that power.
Because your gut feeling, that deep inner knowing, is not dramatic. It’s not loud. It doesn’t usually come with a ten-point presentation and a spreadsheet of evidence. It’s often the first, simple response before the mind jumps in and begins debating.
And the mind is very convincing.
It will tell you what’s logical.
It will tell you what you’ve been taught.
It will tell you what looks good from the outside.
It will tell you what worked for someone else.
But your gut? Your gut tells you what’s true for you.
So many people say to me, “I don’t know when my gut is speaking. I’m confused. What’s intuition and what’s fear? What’s conditioning and what’s guidance?”
Here’s how I experience it.
A true gut feeling feels deeper than thought. It lands in the body. It’s often the answer that arrives before the explanation. And sometimes it’s the one we quickly override because it doesn’t make logical sense.
It might not fit your programming.
It might challenge your conditioning.
It might stir guilt.
It might feel inconvenient.
But it feels clean.
Now this doesn’t mean we shut out the world and refuse to learn from others. We absolutely can, and should, receive wisdom, advice, and support. Sometimes someone says something and it hits you straight in the gut. You read a sentence and think, Oh. That’s it. That’s what I needed to hear.
That’s your intuition recognising alignment.
Your gut doesn’t only speak in isolation. Sometimes it activates when something external resonates deeply. The discernment is in how it feels inside you, not in where the information came from.
And discernment is a practice.
When we’re stuck in rumination, spinning in our heads, there’s often a heaviness. Circular thinking. Tightness. But when something feels right, even if it’s scary, there’s usually a different quality. A steadiness. A grounded yes. Or a grounded no.
Learning to tell the difference takes time.
It requires us to pause.
To pull back.
To actually listen.
Like any muscle, intuition strengthens with use.
And here’s the part people don’t like to hear: sometimes you’ll follow a gut feeling and it won’t unfold how you expected. You might feel like you made a mistake. You might think, “See? I can’t trust myself.”
But life is movement. Redirection isn’t failure.
Often what feels “wrong” at first is simply guidance taking you somewhere you couldn’t have planned. Many of the things we label as mistakes later reveal themselves as necessary turns in the path.
This is where people stop trusting. They try once or twice, it feels messy, and they retreat back into overthinking.
But intuition isn’t about being right all the time.
It’s about being aligned.
It’s about moving in relationship with your inner compass rather than outsourcing it completely.
And right now, this matters more than ever.
We are living in an age of information overload. Within seconds of opening social media we are flooded with strategies, opinions, success stories, fear narratives, health advice, spiritual teachings, financial blueprints. It’s relentless.
You can read something that doesn’t feel right in your body, but then think, Well, they’re successful. It must be right. Maybe I’m wrong.
If it feels off, trust that.
If it feels misaligned, trust that.
If it feels expansive and grounding at the same time, trust that too.
This is not about perfection. It’s about practice.
So this week, experiment.
Notice something you’re purely in your head about, where you’re analysing and looping. Then notice something you have a feeling about, even if you can’t explain it.
Start small.
Say yes or no to something minor based on your body’s response.
Observe what contraction feels like.
Observe what expansion feels like.
Make mistakes. Learn. Adjust.
Over time you will notice the difference more clearly. The signal becomes easier to recognise amongst the noise. And you’ll find yourself living in a more intuitive, gut-centred way, not disconnected from the world, but deeply anchored within yourself.
Your gut is not irrational.
It is ancient.
It is intelligent.
It is yours.
And it’s waiting for you to listen.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this, share with me here or on Instagram @thehannhwallace.
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This week’s card is from Shereen Oberg “The Law Of Positivism Healing Oracle” deck.
This week’s card feels so aligned with the collective energy:
“When I flow with my energy, I flow with the energy of life.”
It’s such a simple statement, and yet right now, it feels profound.
There is so much swirling in the air. Astrologically, energetically, emotionally, it’s a lot. And in times like this, it’s easy to get swept up in what’s happening “out there” rather than anchoring into what’s happening within.
Last week I spoke about boundaries. About learning to recognise your own no. About understanding your energy.
This week builds on that.
Because once you begin to recognise your energy, the next step is learning how to move with it.
Flowing with your energy can be deeply transformative. And this week, it feels like light is being shone on that theme, almost as preparation. As if we are being gently guided to tune into our bodies now, so that as we move toward the next full moon, we are already rooted in ourselves.
Flow doesn’t always look the way we think it will.
Sometimes flowing with your energy will mean slowing down.
Sometimes it will mean resting.
Sometimes it will mean cancelling something.
Sometimes it will mean moving your body.
Sometimes it will mean creating, launching, speaking, going all in.
Flow isn’t passive. It isn’t lazy. It isn’t always soft.
It’s responsive.
The challenge is that we live in a world of structure, expectation and constant output. There are responsibilities. Deadlines. Roles we play. So flowing with your energy doesn’t mean abandoning your life, it means finding the windows where you can honour it.
It might be five minutes of quiet before answering an email.
It might be choosing an early night instead of pushing through.
It might be using a burst of energy to complete something that’s been lingering.
It might be allowing yourself to pause before reacting.
When we stop listening to our energy, that’s when we feel stuck. That’s when everything feels jarring and disjointed. That’s when we feel depleted or resentful or overwhelmed.
And let’s be honest, things feel a little discombobulated right now.
Which is why it’s never been more important to come back to your own rhythm.
Everyone’s energy is different. It will depend on your stage of life, what you’re navigating, what you’re healing, what you’re holding. Your capacity today might not be what it was a year ago, and that’s okay.
The key is meeting yourself where you are.
Not where you think you should be.
Not where someone else is.
Not where you were before.
But here.
When you begin to understand what your energy actually feels like, when you’re tired, when you’re inspired, when you’re stretched, when you’re aligned, you learn how to work with it rather than against it.
And that’s where co-creation begins.
Instead of jarring against the energy of life, you begin to move with it. Instead of forcing, you respond. Instead of depleting yourself, you regulate yourself.
Sometimes that will mean stopping completely.
Sometimes that will mean taking a bold step forward.
It won’t always be perfect. It won’t always be possible in every moment. But even small acts of listening change everything.
This week, practice tuning in.
Before you act, ask:
What does my energy need right now?
Is this expansion or contraction?
Is this aligned or am I pushing?
The more you learn your own rhythm, the easier it becomes to trust it.
And when you flow with your energy, you naturally begin to flow with life itself.
Not because everything becomes easy.
But because you are no longer fighting your own current.
And from there, clarity deepens.
Connection strengthens.
And you meet yourself, and the world, from a much more grounded place.
I hope everyone has a good week ahead, do share this with anyone who may enjoy this it’s greatly appreciated.
All my love
Hannah X