You’re Not Overthinking. You’re Just Afraid to Trust Yourself.

Meet Rachel.
She’s the kind of woman people describe as “on it.”

She runs meetings with precision.
Delivers under pressure.
Fixes problems no one else sees coming.

But when it comes to her own life?

She second-guesses everything.

She crowdsources every decision.
Plays out every possible scenario.
Looks confident on the outside—but internally, she’s spinning.

She doesn’t need more logic.
She needs to learn how to trust the one signal that’s been trying to guide her all along:

Her gut.

Your Gut Isn’t Woo. It’s a Compass.
In 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 lost all hydraulic control. Manuals called it “unrecoverable.”

But the pilot didn’t freeze.
Didn’t follow protocol.
Didn’t panic.

He used the throttles—something no one had ever trained him to do—to steer.

And landed the plane.

185 people survived.

When asked how he knew what to do, he said:
"It was just a feeling… like I’d already seen it before."
He hadn’t.
But his nervous system had.

Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Forgets
We love to think we’re rational.
That logic drives our best decisions.

But most of the time?
It doesn’t.

Your gut is pattern recognition.
It notices micro-signals, subtle shifts, emotional residue.

And it stores them. In your posture. In your breath. In your belly.

It’s why your stomach drops before your brain catches up.
Why you feel peace before you can explain the choice.
Why you “just knew.”

How It Speaks to You
Gut instinct doesn’t show up in words.

It shows up as:

• A heavy chest

• A calm, deep breath

• That sinking feeling in your stomach

• Goosebumps, tension, nausea, or even sudden stillness

The body speaks first.
But we’re too busy to notice.

So, When Should You Trust It?

✅ TRUST IT WHEN:

• You’ve lived this pattern before

• The signal is quiet, steady, not anxious

• You feel pulled, not pushed

🚫 QUESTION IT WHEN:

• You’re burned out or emotionally raw

• You’re confusing anxiety with clarity

• You’re just trying to get relief, not truth

Gut instinct isn’t the voice that shouts.

It’s the whisper that won’t go away.

READER POLL
When do you most wish you had trusted your gut?

A. In a relationship
B. In a career move
C. In a big purchase decision
D. Saying yes when I knew I shouldn’t
E. All of the above—damn

Final Thought
The longer I’ve been doing this work, the more I believe this:

Most people aren’t confused.
They’re just disconnected from themselves.

They know what feels right.
But they’ve spent so long outsourcing their truth, they’ve forgotten what their own knowing feels like.

So this is your reminder:

Your gut isn’t magic.
But it’s not noise either.
It’s memory.
Wisdom.
Pattern.
Protection.

And if you slow down long enough to feel it, it will never lie to you.

To your inner compass,
—Linford