21/06/2022
Interoception & Discernment
Without an intimate connection to our inner states; an ability to connect and listen to what’s going on within (physiologically, emotionally, mentally), intuition and the wiring of previous trauma/survival adaptations, can feel awfully similar to one another!
Our wiring is created, for better or (more often) worse, to protect and guide us away from situations that have hurt in the past. However, abiding inner guidance from this place can only keep us in a state of repeating variations of what has always been.
A healthy level of interoception allows us to discern the subtle differences in feeling between a lightbulb of intuition trying to take us somewhere new - and the familiar, comfortable hum of our wiring closing that door, so nothing changes, as this keeps us ‘safe’.
Most of us were not taught how to do this, or how to discern between the two. But we can most definitely learn now! It’s powerful and fascinating to develop!
This deeply personal knowledge sets us on the path to greater connection to ourselves, others, and the lives we really want to create.
Turning within is where the HEALing begins. I’ll meet you there 🌱
📸: Learning to tell the difference between your intuition guiding you, and your trauma misleading you is one of the most powerful skills worth cultivating!
