What does it mean to 'trust our gut'?

Having a 'gut feeling' about something is perhaps a familiar sensation to many, but what does this actually mean? When we 'trust our gut' what is it that we're listening to? And how are intuition and gut feeling connected?In this episode we dive deep into the 'wider senses' of the human body and think about what sort of additional intelligence we can be drawing on in our daily lives. Gut instinct is a primal element in all of us, but can become quite 'rusty' or dormant when not used - just like any other sense. What is energising is how there are many things we can do to re-awaken our sense of being intuitive and start to welcome in a wider form of intelligence. We look at many elements of both why it might be dormant in many of us, what we can do to re-liven our senses and what exactly might be happening when we tap into a deeper form of consciousness.In this episode we reference the following:The Neuroscience of trusting your gut - Dr Tara Swart (website / podcast) Talking about anxiety - Martha Beck & Sarah Wilson (podcast)Whole Intelligence - Malcolm Parlett (book)The brain-gut connection - John Hopkins Medicine (website)The Nettle Dress (film)Intuition and spirituality (article)Go with the gut - Joel Pearson (article)The Blind Men and the Elephant - fable (cartoon) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.