In a world full of noise and constant activity, it is easy to become distracted and lose touch with our inner guidance. We all have the capacity to access intuition, but many are unaware of it.

Most of us have learned to look at the world through the eyes of the known, through what we have learned, and through logic.

So, listening within and trusting our intuition doesn’t necessarily come naturally to us, even though it is natural.

When we are not used to following our intuition, we may doubt it even when we hear it because our intuition doesn’t always make sense or align with our usual ways of acting or looking at the world.

But there are ways to strengthen our intuition and provide space for intuitive insights to arise.

Two ways to strengthen your intuition are to

• Quiet the mind, and

• Remove what is in the way of your intuition.
  

Quieting the mind

You can quiet the mind by practicing meditation or mindfulness or, for example, by walking in nature.

By quieting the mind, you provide space for intuitive insights to arise, and even if it doesn’t happen the first time, you begin to create an environment for your inner voice to begin to make itself known.

By quieting the mind, you also stop the momentum of old learned ways of thinking and perceiving reality and make room for what is beyond them to come through.

If you make it a consistent practice, it becomes more natural, and after a while, you may not even have to practice to be able to hear your intuition.

Removing what is in the way of your intuition

Another way to strengthen your intuition is to remove what is covering it up in the first place.

Intuition becomes clearer the clearer your inner world is. So, by doing inner work that helps you let go of old conditioning, such as thoughts, beliefs, cultural expectations, and even inner wounds, you clean up your internal environment and make space for your intuition.

The more you do, the more your inner voice and intuitive insights can begin to replace the voices of the world and the old learned ways of thinking, feeling, and perceiving reality.

And if you keep listening to and following your intuition, it can guide you toward what aligns with your truest self and highest potential.