Stop outsourcing your intuition, you already know the answer.
I saw a post recently that said, “Never outsource your intuition” and It stopped me because it’s something I’ve done more times than I’d like to admit.
For so much of my life, especially in entrepreneurship, I looked outside myself for answers. I wanted someone else to tell me what to do, to make sense of all the noise, to give me the magic formula. While I’ve learned a lot from incredible people along the way, I also realized something really important: NO ONE can know what’s right for me better than I can.
There’s a fine line between learning from someone and handing them your power. The difference, I’ve learned, is intuition.
A few years ago, I hired someone I thought would help me figure out my marketing strategy. What I didn’t expect was that she’d end up helping me reconnect with myself instead. She kept pointing me in one direction, but everything in me resisted. I couldn’t explain it. I just knew I wasn’t supposed to go there.
That experience taught me so much about listening to my body and trusting what I felt, even when it didn’t make sense on paper. It also reminded me that just because someone is an “expert” doesn’t mean their way is your way. You get to decide what feels right for you.
I’ve learned to think of guidance and advice like a menu. You can go to a restaurant because you trust the chef, because they’ve curated a menu full of things that might be amazing, but you still get to decide what to order. You choose what you’re hungry for. You decide how you’ll enjoy it. That’s how I see coaching, courses, and mentorship now. They’re full of options, but it’s up to you to know what actually nourishes you.
I had to learn that lesson more than once (ok many more times than once). Before that marketing coach, I worked with another coach from a big organization. They were on stages, had all the accolades, and I thought, well, this must be the next right step. I invested a lot of money, and I let myself believe that because of their credentials, they’d know what I needed. They didn’t. They didn’t know me at all.
What they told me was completely off, but I followed it anyway, and it sent me into a tailspin. I ignored my gut because I thought “they must know better.” They didn’t. That experience humbled me. It was painful, but it was also one of the best lessons I could’ve gotten. In fact, I actually ended my contract early (hey, intuition ;)) knowing I was losing money to stop the cycle because it was that bad.
Here's the truth: you’ll keep being shown the same lesson until you finally get it. Until you’re ready to move past it. I finally did (hopefully, or at least I will be so much more quick to pause and listen to my intuition now).
That experience, and the one after it, both led me to Human Design. That’s when I learned I’m a Splenic Projector, which means my intuition IS my power source. It’s subtle, it’s fast, and it’s always there. Once I started understanding how my intuition speaks, I realized how many times I’d ignored it before—how many times I’d brushed off that quiet nudge, only to realize later it had been right all along.
Now I’m finally following those whispers. What’s wild is how many people have reached out lately saying things like, “I see you,” or “I love what you’re doing.” One friend even sent me a quote that said, “Consistency looks like nothing’s happening until everything changes.” She told me it reminded her of me.
That hit home. Because when you’re quietly following your intuition, it can look like nothing’s happening. But behind the scenes, everything is aligning.
So now I’m curious about your thoughts on intuition…
What does intuition mean to you?
What’s your relationship with your intuition?
What do you wish people understood about it?
What questions do you have about it and how to connect with it?
The more we understand our intuition, the more we can trust it and that trust changes everything.
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