Let your inner voice be your guide
1 OVERCOME YOUR BLOCKS
One common listening to your intuition is a preoccupation with the opinions and judgments of others, believes psychotherapist Lizandra Leigertwood. ‘Fear of letting people down by not living up to societal, cultural or parental expectations is a common block.’
“In the West, the history of the patriarchy has historically sought to outlaw our connection with intuition”
This can be particularly true if you come from a background where there were rigid expectations about what success should look like. ‘In those cases, people don’t allow themselves to dream because they’re fulfilling the dreams of their parents instead of their own. A person come see me , although things might look great on paper – maybe they have an amazing career and family – they feel unhappy and burned out because they’ve been on a journey of people pleasing for so long. They’ve shrunk their authentic self because they’ve been so busy
