Methods Of Knowing: Let Yourself Be The Guide

This week we're excited to talk about a topic suggested by a listener, "when you have a decision to make or you're trying to understand a situation or experience, how do you know? How and when do intuition, insight, and logic factor in?" Shameless plug: reach out to us through the methods below with ideas related to mental health and lived experience, and we'll talk about it on the show!We explore some of the similarities and differences between intuition - gut feeling, insight as a deeper understanding following thought/contemplation, and logic - deliberate, reason-based decision-making. Ultimately, we determine that there is room for all 3 (though one of us advocates really strongly for logic, you'll never guess which one!). When the stakes are high, in matters of family, illness, the heart, it can be extra important not to rely on just one of these means of knowing as the sole basis for a major decision.As we've talked about before, life is complicated. We believe that our self-awareness, and understanding of our own thoughts, feelings and behaviors are essential to our ability to navigate complex situations. This kind of self-exploration, mind and body, is best done with the support of logic, trial and error, practice-based progress that informs our insight. It's not all intellectual, assessing what we're feeling and what the signals are that we're getting from our guts and our nervous systems is a delicate, dynamic process, and interpreting this information along with our perceptions of the actions of others is like a dance. Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. As long as you're true to your values, you'll never go wrong. Enjoy!Are you struggling with something? Or is there something you'd like to hear us discuss?Reach out on IG @piecestowellness or shoot us an email at [email protected] check out our other episodes and tell a friend!Remember -  The road to a better you is paved with pieces to wellness…Like, Follow, Share 🧩Get a copy of Tim's book, Never Underestimate the Power of You by clicking the link below:Send us Fan Mailhttps://a.co/d/h7AQf91