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Listen to Your Gut! A Traveler’s Guide to Intuition- AFAR
Author and intuition expert Belleruth Naparstek on how to hone your “sixth sense.”
We’ve all been there. You get a bad vibe—or a great one!—from someone you’ve just met on the road. Or a situation just “feels” wrong, though you can’t quite put your finger on why. Some people lean into these gut instincts. Others are skeptical, maybe brushing them off in favor of a more analytical approach.
Ohio-based intuition expert and psychotherapist Belleruth Naparstek, author of Your Sixth Sense: Unlocking the Power of Your Intuition (HarperOne, 2009), says the so-called sixth sense—our intuition—isn’t anything woo-woo or mysterious. It’s really just a collection of information that our bodies and minds have absorbed without realizing it. Intuition can manifest as our bodies and minds alerting us to danger, or as a flash of sudden inspiration—the solution to a problem you’ve been mulling over for a long time. It’s important to trust and, yes, possible to hone.
The best place to explore and develop our intuition, according to Dr. Naparstek? While traveling. It’s “so conducive to these intuitive pops, and perceptions, and insights—and even synthesizing very linear information in a fresh way,” she says. We talked with her about the nature of intuition and her tips for how to develop—or improve—yours on the road.
Author and intuition expert Belleruth Naparstek on how to hone your “sixth sense.”
We’ve all been there. You get a bad vibe—or a great one!—from someone you’ve just met on the road. Or a situation just “feels” wrong, though you can’t quite put your finger on why. Some people lean into these gut instincts. Others are skeptical, maybe brushing them off in favor of a more analytical approach.
Ohio-based intuition expert and psychotherapist Belleruth Naparstek, author of Your Sixth Sense: Unlocking the Power of Your Intuition (HarperOne, 2009), says the so-called sixth sense—our intuition—isn’t anything woo-woo or mysterious. It’s really just a collection of information that our bodies and minds have absorbed without realizing it. Intuition can manifest as our bodies and minds alerting us to danger, or as a flash of sudden inspiration—the solution to a problem you’ve been mulling over for a long time. It’s important to trust and, yes, possible to hone.
The best place to explore and develop our intuition, according to Dr. Naparstek? While traveling. It’s “so conducive to these intuitive pops, and perceptions, and insights—and even synthesizing very linear information in a fresh way,” she says. We talked with her about the nature of intuition and her tips for how to develop—or improve—yours on the road.