Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume 4 Issue 7, 1 January 2020 | Page 17

On the other hand, if your mind is relatively neutral, but your body is
experiencing strong reactions (like a sense of impending doom for instance),
you are experiencing a gut instinct.
In other words, when you need to distinguish between the voice of fear and
your gut instincts, always turn your attention to your mind.
Why?
Gut instincts are spontaneous – they arise out of the blue. They don’t have
time to build-up in the brain, therefore, the brain is relatively still and neutral.
There is no “hmm, should I? Shouldn’t I?” going on. There is just an
immediate DO THIS/DON’T DO THIS.
Fears, on the other hand, build-up. They are typically more vague, nagging,
unclear, and tumultuous. If your mind is spinning, if your thoughts are
everywhere, you are experiencing fear, not gut instinct.
7 Gut Instincts You Should NEVER Ignore
Put simply, your body is like the television screen on which your
subconscious (the radio waves) transmits its information. When you can learn
to read your body, you can learn to accurately tune in to your gut instinct.