The Knowing Before the Bite

In this episode of Spirit Talk, I share a personal story that happened on November 30th, well before the holidays, and the reflections that followed in the weeks after. While attending my son’s lacrosse game, I ignored a clear gut feeling about a situation that didn’t feel safe. Moments later, I was bitten by a dog. The injury itself healed, but what stayed with me was the realization that I had noticed the risk and chose to override myself anyway. This episode isn’t about blame, fear, or dramatizing the event. It’s about something many of us do without realizing it: pushing past our internal signals in order to be polite, avoid discomfort, or not make a scene. I talk through what happened that night, how my body responded in the days afterward, and why the emotional processing that followed mattered more than the physical injury. The second half of the episode looks at why intuition is so often dismissed or mislabeled as anxiety, overthinking, or fear and how social conditioning teaches many of us to second-guess what we already know. I also introduce the idea of the “witch wound,” not as a diagnosis or belief system, but as a useful way to describe the learned habit of suppressing inner knowing in order to stay safe, agreeable, or accepted. In this episode, I discuss: A real-life example of ignoring a gut feeling and the consequences Why we override intuition to avoid appearing rude, dramatic, or difficult How intuition is commonly mistaken for anxiety or overthinking What the “witch wound” means in practical, psychological terms Everyday ways self-trust gets eroded Why healing is about awareness, not perfection How pausing and listening, even briefly, builds self-trust over time If you’ve ever stayed quiet when something felt off, talked yourself out of a warning signal, or looked back and thought I knew better, this episode may resonate. The takeaway is simple: intuition doesn’t need to be dramatic to be valid. Learning to listen and noticing when we don’t is part of rebuilding trust with ourselves. Until next time, trust what you feel.   Join the soul tribe on Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FdGtaijxt/  Follow along on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spirittalk13/ and Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@spirittalk_13  Want to share a story?  email me here: [email protected]  You can support the show and send a tip here: https://buymeacoffee.com/spirittalk