Learn How to Recognize the Difference Between Genuine Intuition and Emotional Confusion
- Christie Flynn
- 11 minutes ago
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Hello, and I’m Christie Flynn.
Today, I’m talking about how to recognize genuine intuition, separate it from mental chatter, and notice the guidance coming through for you.
Have you ever tried to "tune in" for guidance, only to end up more confused than when you started?
You ask a question, and your mind hands you five different answers.
Here's the truth: when you're in a highly negative emotional state, your mind and body are being driven by fear, anger, or anxiety. Your thoughts become a tad chaotic.
Your mind jumps from one idea to the next, replaying old conversations, second-guessing decisions you've already made, imagining worst-case scenarios that haven't happened yet.
It's the what ifs. It's but this could happen.
It's reading into a text message from three weeks ago or an email from two months ago.
And I want to say this gently but clearly: this is not the time to tune into your intuition.
Emotions and Feelings Are On High Alert
When you try to tune in from this state, here's what you'll notice:
In the mind — racing thoughts, chaotic and inconsistent ideas, questioning every possibility.
In the body — tension, bracing, a held breath, an upset stomach, shoulders hunched and contracted, a racing heart.
If that's what's happening for you right now, start there. Not by pushing past it, but by calming the rollercoaster. Let yourself feel what's coming up.
Name the fear that's coming up for you.
Is it fear of failure? Of making the wrong choice?
Of things simply not working out?
Name it, and then set it down for a moment. I like to dictate to those emotions in a hard way and say to myself, "I'm done with that now. It's time to move along."
You Are an Instrument...
To access real intuition, you have to shift your relationship with it. Belief is an important part of the process. Believe in it. Believe in your own ability to receive it. Do this from a calm, grounded place, not a reactive one.
Keep in mind that you are a finely tuned instrument, similar to a radio antenna that can both transmit and receive information. This is when your entire essence operates for your greatest benefit—your physical body, mind, heart, intuition, and energetic body all align simultaneously.
So how do you get there?
How do you shift into a state calm enough to actually receive — whether it's guidance on a decision, a direction, an idea, a project, or insight about a person, an animal, a place, an object?
The REST Technique
This is an easy way to remember how to reset and calm your energy.
Rest. Exhale with a sigh. Simplify. Trust.
Take a breath. Close your eyes.
Exhale with a forced sigh, and let that breath drop you down — into your heart, into your body. This is where you become receptive.
At ease. Calm.
Arrive from that grounded place.
Begin to tune in, and simply notice what you feel energetically.
What Does Genuine Intuition Feel Like?
Intuition is subtle in a manner that the ego isn’t.
It typically feels peaceful, unhurried, and at ease.
It frequently comes as a straightforward response, occasionally without any words — sensed in the heart, the throat, the stomach, or another part of the body.
Sometimes, we feel things beyond language, just like the essence of love. Do you need to know the word love to understand what love feels like?
Additionally, it responds in short, simple, or plain words, often just one word or a brief phrase. It feels encouraging, and it tends to repeat the same clear message rather than spinning new variations taking you all over the place that feels chaotic or frenzied.
Intuition feels easy and spacious. Not emotionally cluttered. Not confusing.
When you're in tune with it, your body is relaxed and soft.
Remind yourself, in that moment: I am safe. I am grounded. I am here, and fully present.
Sometimes the answer won't arrive as something you see, hear, or feel in words — it may come through abstractly, and you'll simply understand what it means.
That's still intuition.
Two Very Different Energetic Signatures
When tuning in, notice the difference. When you're emotional or in the egoic state, it responds erratically. Intuition doesn't.
And the more you practice noticing the difference, the more clearly you'll recognize each one's signature.
If you find yourself revert back to an emotional place, simply return to REST and tune in again.
Building the Relationship
Practice noticing what your intuition feels like.
Journal it.
Keep track of it.
Over time, you'll come to recognize its calm, clear energy, and distinguish it instantly from the chaos of ego — because they really do feel like two different languages.
The more you practice, the more attuned you become to your own inner guidance.
Eventually, you'll come to know your own unique intuitive signature — the particular, gentle way it speaks to you.
So the next time you ask a question and wait for what comes in...
what does your intuition sound like?
If you'd like to go deeper into this — including how to actually feel the shift from ego chatter into that calm, grounded, receptive state — I walk through it step by step in this video.
If you're new here, Welcome! If you're returning, it's great ot have you here. I look forward to sharing more stories and helpful tips.
Take good care,
Christie
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