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Issue 50
By Master Coach Ginger Cockerham

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You Can Trust Your Intuition
Life Upgrade Distinction
~o^o~ Resources

“The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept."
D.H. Lawrence, British Author

You Can Trust Your Intuition

What if things are exactly as they appear unless there is a good reason to believe otherwise?

A good friend (with a Ph. D. in psychology) walked into a McDonalds early one morning for a cup of coffee. When she pushed against the door, she was flooded internally with the message to turn and leave --- even run. Her logical mind interfered and sent a different message: “Don’t be ridiculous, you came for a cup of coffee --- just go in and get it.”

Within minutes after she stepped inside, my friend was in the middle of a robbery. Fortunately, the store manager had summoned the police, and they arrived promptly and the scary incident ended with no one being hurt.

I know that I can trust my intuition! It only happens occasionally that my resident skeptic interferes and practices a self-deception that takes me straight to doubt and casts a shadow over what I know in my heart is true. All the while I am declaring that I am being LOGICAL.

I have a new standard in my life today to rely on my intuition and trust my heart’s knowing.

Life Upgrade Distinction

Initial Congruity vs. Initial Skepticism

Initial skepticism- entering every experience from a position of doubt. Things are NOT as the appear to be unless I am convinced to believe otherwise.

Initial congruity—entering every experience from a position of trust. Things are exactly as they appear to be unless there is a good reason to believe otherwise.

What if coming from a skeptical position actually may prevent us from seeing things the way they really are?

~o^o~ Resources
‘What’s Your Intuition’-Great article by Dr. Gary Klein writes : Forget analysis paralysis. Trust your instincts. On the Fast Company magazine site: http://www.fastcompany.com/online/38/klein.html

A Question of Trust by Onora O'Neill
This year's Reith Lectures present a philosopher's view of trust and deception and ask whether and how trust can be restored in modern democracy.

Ginger Cockerham, Master Certified Coach

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