How to Tell the Difference Between Intuition and Anxiety

This is one of the questions I get asked the most, and I totally understand why. Intuition and anxiety use the same channels in your body, they both live in your gut, and they can feel incredibly similar. So how do you actually tell the difference?

In this episode, I break down the key differences between intuition and anxiety, from how they feel in your body to how they sound when you say them out loud. I share the tools I use to discern between the two, including why starting with small decisions is everything when it comes to building trust with your intuition. I also talk about what it really feels like to follow your intuition, why it can feel so vulnerable, and why that space in between the leap and the landing is actually where the magic happens.

If you have ever wondered whether that voice inside you is wisdom or worry, this one is for you.

Topics Covered:

• Why intuition and anxiety are so hard to tell apart
• The physical differences between intuition and anxiety in your body
• How intuition stays in the present moment while anxiety spirals to the past and future
• What happens when you say your intuitive hits out loud
• Why intuition is specific and anxiety is vague
• How to build trust with your intuition through small decisions
• Keeping an intuition journal to track your hits
• The vulnerable space between following your intuition and seeing the results
• Why self care practices matter when you take intuitive leaps
• Different types of intuition: heart, gut, creative, and visionary

Resources:

• Spirit Daughter Instagram: @spiritdaughter
• Spirit Daughter Website: spiritdaughter.com
• My New Book “Spirit Daughter”: https://a.co/d/0efly1FR
• Get Your Free Natal Chart: spiritdaughter.com
• Try the Moment App for Free: spiritdaughter.com
• Get the Aries Season Workbook: spiritdaughter.com

Timestamps:

• [00:00] Why intuition vs. anxiety is my most asked question
• [01:29] Why this is so hard for everyone
• [03:24] How intuition and anxiety feel different in your body
• [04:35] The timeline difference: present moment vs. spiraling
• [05:57] What intuition and anxiety sound like when you say them out loud
• [07:28] Watch what happens after you act on each one
• [08:32] Intuition is specific, anxiety is vague
• [09:28] The repeat loop test
• [10:53] Intuition as a full body yes
• [12:42] How to start building trust with your intuition
• [14:47] Keeping an intuition journal
• [17:14] Getting comfortable with the vulnerable space in between

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