When Women Stop Trusting Their Own Knowing: Intuition, Anxiety, and Discernment

If you’ve ever felt something in your body long before you had language for it, and then immediately started talking yourself out of it, this episode is for you. Vanessa Bennett explores how women are conditioned to distrust instinct, often becoming the first ones to disbelieve themselves. She explains why this isn’t accidental, it’s socialization and policing. Using Jung’s frame on intuition and the Cassandra archetype, we unpack the difference between intuition, anxiety, trauma activation, and projection. We also explore why “not irrational, early” is a more honest way to name what the body registers. The repair starts with relationship: rebuilding somatic literacy, pausing before self-gaslighting, and letting the signal matter before you have a PowerPoint’s worth of proof. For educational purposes only. This isn’t therapy.If you want to go deeper, check out the written companion on Substack and explore community + training at https://www.vanessaBennett.com.Additional ResourcesExplore: VanessaBennett.comBook: The Motherhood MythCommunity: Inner Compass CollectiveTraining: Inner Compass AcademyConnect with Inner CompassFollow on InstagramConnect with Vanessa Bennett:Follow on InstagramFollow on TikTokLearn more on SubstackConnect with Vanessa Bennett on LinkedInSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.