The Intuitive Nature of Death
on Nov 18, 2009Death is probably the toughest thing to process. Witnessing the dying process of someone you care about takes up so much energy, there’s not much left for anything more than what’s absolutely necessary. A good friend lost her fight with cancer la...

Listening for the Little Things
on Oct 2, 2009 in intuition little things jigsaw puzzle Often we think of intuition as this sense that helps us to predict the big things: warn us of danger, tell us which job to pick, clue us in on the true motives of that person.Last week, I couldn’t get the idea of a jigsaw puzzle out of my mind. Whe...

Your Biggest Healthcare Advocate...
on Sep 22, 2009 in intuition healthcare medical Nowhere is the power of intuition so evident as when you hear stories of people somehow ‘knowing’ they have some medical illness and getting treatment in time. Particularly when the marvels of medicine say everything’s ok.Last week, my 92-year-...

Titanic Premonitions of Doom
on Sep 17, 2009 in intuition Titanic premonitions One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of stories of intuition seem to revolve around tragedies. I’m not sure if that’s because people’s intuition sometimes gets stronger in an attempt to warn them of impending danger or if people are just more...

What? No Burning Bush?
on Sep 11, 2009 in intuition medium burning bush the sixth sense simple Since I’ve been writing this blog several people have felt compelled to tell me about their intuitive moments. (I enjoy hearing about them so keep them coming).I’ve heard several stories of people thinking of someone the moment before that person...

Honoring the Instinct to Rest
on Sep 8, 2009 in Jaycee Dugard rest intuition instincts It’s been a few days since I’ve written because I felt the overwhelming need to rest. I don’t know if it was the holiday weekend or the winding down of the summer, but my body felt tired and I could sense that burnout was on the horizon.A coupl...

How Intuition Saved Jaycee Dugard
on Sep 1, 2009 in Jaycee Dugard intuition Philip Garrido Intuition played a role in another major news story. Last week Jaycee Dugard, who had been abducted 18 years ago when she was 11, was found and her captor, Philip Garrido, was arrested.Just as intriguing as the story itself was one of the factors tha...

Lessons About Fear From an Acrobat
on Aug 27, 2009 in aerialist intuition risk I'll worry about that tomorrow Scarlett O'Hara fear acrobat Gone With the Wind A friend mentioned today that the blog post he most related to was the one about fear. That wasn’t surprising to me. Having worked for years in a newsroom where I listened all day to CNN, I noticed that one of the things many media organizations do...

Unleashing Intuition on the Job Hunt
on Aug 24, 2009 in Job hunt intuition recession new job career Despite the constant news reports about how bad the job market and economy are, I know four people who’ve received job offers in the last week alone. A couple of them were actively job-searching and a couple were not. Conventional wisdom says now...

When Intuition Throws You a Lifeline…
on Aug 20, 2009 in bad feeling procrastination intuition jitters tourist helicopter crash How many times have you heard someone say, “I knew I should have done this,” or “I had a bad feeling all along; I wish I had listened to it”?Every so often you hear a story about how someone’s bad feeling got them out of a precarious situat...