Written by: Alaina Schwartz, Executive Contributor
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I’ve always been a highly intuitive person. There was a period of time in my life where I would ask a question just prior to meditating and the answer would come during my meditation. It felt like a beacon that really helped guide me through life.
And then I went through a few hard years. The harder on myself I was, the less I was able to tap into my intuition or receive intuitive guidance in my life. I knew there was a way to cultivate it, but I wasn’t quite sure how ‒ even though I was still a regular meditator. We all have the ability to tap into our intuition, but unfortunately our self-belief gets negatively impacted along the way. We lose trust in ourselves, then our connection to our intuition fades. We then wonder what we’re supposed to be doing. We go through life completely off track, which unfortunately causes so much more pain and struggle than we ever need to experience! After having reconnected with my intuition, I live a life by design. I know which direction I’m meant to go at all times. I’m able to clear anything that's gotten in the way of my next steps. And my life just keeps getting better and better and easier and easier. I feel like I’m truly unstoppable. Wake up everyday excited to meet the new day. No longer worry about where my next opportunity will come from. No longer feeling that tinge of anxiety that would be present when I’d really quiet myself. Trusting in myself and my inner guidance. We ALL have the power within us to change our lives if we only go within to find the answers. These are the 3 biggest myths I see that prevent people from trusting in their intuition or developing it further. MYTH No.1 ‒ Intuition Comes From The Mind Intuition is beyond the mind, it comes from that effortless space inside, your essence ‒ we often call it your all-knowing space. Have you ever noticed how intelligent the human body is? You don’t tell your body how to digest food, pump blood, run 12 different systems in the body. Your body knows how to grow itself from just 2 cells, how to repair cell tissue, make and pump blood and nutrients to all the cells in your body, how to walk, run, jump, see, smell, digest, hear, learn, create and reproduce. The body has been studied for centuries and STILL we don’t fully comprehend how it all works.
And this level of intelligence, or knowing, is everywhere in nature ‒ in the animal kingdom, the ecosystems, the planet…everywhere. And as we are born of nature we
too have the very same intelligence within us. And that’s what Intuition REALLY is... the intelligence of nature, accessible to you inside your body.
MYTH No.2 ‒ People ARE their mind / their thoughts / their conscious mind. Your subconscious mind is just a recorder filled with memories of the past. It’s filled with limiting beliefs about who you are and life that were largely created prior to the age of 7. It has very little truth contained in it. What you REALLY are, is the essence of nature, of the Universe itself, wanting to bring a knowing through you, in this body, to the world.
MYTH No.3 ‒ Intuition isn’t real; It’s made up. One of the biggest limiting beliefs held inside the mind is that intuition is made up, or woo-woo. People believe that the intellect is stronger and more powerful. The truth is, it’s what’s held in the subconscious mind (all the limiting beliefs, blocks and patterns) that’s not real. As I said above, the subconscious mind is filled with what you came to believe during your journey from childhood to adulthood ‒ it’s been programmed with the limitations of your parents and teachers. So now, it’s full of all the blockages, fears and doubts that were created as a result.
When you believe that your mind is what’s real, you also believe all these limitations about you and life are real. And it’s believing that what’s contained in the subconscious mind is real that holds you back from living an expansive, extraordinary life, of success in every area of your life. When you release all these limiting beliefs and learn to trust your intuition, anything is truly possible! Because most people focus on developing their intellect, it may be stronger right now because that’s the muscle that’s been worked your whole life. However, if you look back over your life and look at times you IGNORED your intuition, how did those situations work out for you? Not good, right?
Regardless of how strong your intellect is, when you look at your past, you’ll see lots of past patterns repeating themselves, lots of missed opportunities, lots of times where you deny yourself love or joyous experiences, and plenty of times where you sabotage and hold yourself back from the experiences and breakthroughs you desire most. When your mind creates for you, it will also take away. Riches come at the expense of health, or relationships, for example.
So what’s unreliable ‒ your mind, or your intuition? I think by now you can answer that.
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Alaina Schwartz, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine Alaina Schwartz is the Founder & CEO of Alaina Schwartz Enterprises. She’s a speaker, best-selling author, and Intuitive Mindset Mentor. At 14, Alaina suffered a traumatic brain injury, and her mother was told she’d have permanent brain damage. Her mother retrained Alaina’s brain for a full recovery. Then, after 18 years as an attorney in the music industry and the EVP and Exec Board Member of the largest independent music company globally, she walked away from it all to discover her purpose. Her personal life completely unraveled. She became hyper-focused on building her life purpose and rewiring her brain again for success and fulfillment. She has created a multiple six-figure company and a beautiful life since. As an Intuitive Mindset Coach/Mentor, she uses those experiences and her training as the foundation of her work with entrepreneurs, helping them break through upper limits and clear the blocks that are preventing them from creating 7+ figure businesses with ease. Alaina’s mission is to help people remember who they truly are so they can live their purpose and full potential.
