Instinct Cues
The cues and clues of your instinct
Pay attention to the cues that your gut instinct gives you.
Have you experienced your instincts as:
Body sensations
Temperature change
A certain thought process
A sense of clarity
Feeling anxious/shaken up
Receiving messages in your dreams
A strong emotion out of nowhere
An energy that you can't identify, but are aware of
Reflect on:
How you perceive your gut instinct and how it shows up for you.
Blueprints 1 & 2
Gut Instinct Blueprint 1: First Memory
Why do I keep making decisions that aren’t in alignment with how I want to live my life?
When was the first time you were aware of your gut instinct? It's completely okay whenever this took place, it could've happened in childhood or last week.
What did you notice about your instinct? (A knowing, a body sensation, an immediate like or dislike, a strange dream etc.) Write down your experience of the earliest memory of your gut instinct.
How did you respond to your gut instinct in that moment?
Did you mention this experience to anyone at that the time?
In yourself, was it an acceptance or dismissal of what you were feeling? ("I'm making this up!" or "I better pay attention.")
Gut Instinct Blueprint 2: Connect the Dots
List an instance when you not only heard your gut instinct, but also acted on it. First event was listed. List the milestones in your life. School, career, job, relationship, different spiritual/religious path, choosing a therapist, etc.
What are YOUR milestones? YOU deem your own milestones. How did you get from your present self to your last milestone? Did you listen to your instincts?
Create these milestones up to the present day. Connect the dots on listing how you got from one instance/milestone to the next in your life.
List at least 10 milestones to start. (A sample of my blueprint is listed below)
If life was harder, did you run from it or move with the uncertainty?
Did you actively or passively try to change something?
Did any divine intervention or random occurrences happen?
Did anything unforeseen steer your path?
Which milestone were you surprised that you did/didn't include on your blueprint?
Being very honest with yourself, what's a milestone that you wouldn't share with someone, but need to include?
Which milestones felt more instinctive than others?
Kara's Blueprint
See how no journey is linear?! You can add more milestones as you remember them. Some significant moments that you would've overlooked might pop up when you start to reflect.
AFFIRMATIONS:
"My life is uniquely designed."
"My milestones are proof of my ability to change."
"Even when life doesn't make sense in the moment, I'm committed to trusting myself."
"I trust that my next unknown milestone will be for my highest good."
EFT: Emotional Freedom Technique
Emotional Freedom Technique
The tapping points for the sequence are:
Top of head
Above Eyebrow
Side of the Eye
Under the Eye
Under the nose
Chin
Collar bone
Under the arm
Light pressure for the tapping. State how you’re feeling and replace it with an affirmation. You can tap 5-7 times at each point or whatever rhythm feels best once you get started. Yet another chance to listen and trust your instinct to guide you. Repeat along with me aloud.
“Even though…blank blank blankety blank...I deeply and completely love and accept myself.”
EFT Exercises: Doubt & Hesitation
EFT: doubts of connecting to your instincts
“Even though I didn’t listen to you in the past and I feel insecure about that…”
“Even though I think I don’t have a gut instinct or I’m not worthy of having one because I’m too far from myself…”
“Even though I can’t tell the difference between making something up and hearing my gut talk…”
“Even though I’m making up my relationship with my gut instinct…”
"...and I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
EFT: hesitation around hearing your instincts
“Even though I didn’t listen to you in the past and I feel insecure about that…”
“Even though I think I don’t have a gut instinct or I’m not worthy of having one because I’m too far from myself…”
“Even though I can’t tell the difference between making something up and hearing my gut talk…”
“Even though I’m making up my relationship with my gut instinct…”
"...and I deeply and completely love and accept myself."