28. What "intuition" looks like (with Lauren Levine)
Have you ever wondered if you even had an intuition? Or if it was buried under years and years of people-pleasing, shoulds, etc? That’s how I felt …. before this conversation. But not after.
Lauren Levine—a movement teacher, psychic medium, and someone whose intuition practically glows—opened my eyes to what intuition really is: a skill.
In this episode, we unpack what it means to connect with that quiet knowing inside of us, how to tell the difference between intuition and fear, and why your messy, beautiful life experiences might actually be sharpening your ability to hear it.
Tune in to learn…
Why intuition isn’t something you’re born with—it’s something you can grow.
What intuition feels like when it’s real.
How movement and mindfulness can help you hear your inner voice more clearly.
Why your past experiences might be helping, not hindering, your intuition. (This blew my mind).
How does intuition work, and why is it so powerful? Explore in today’s episode:
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Note: Transcripts are AI generated. Please excuse any errors! :)
Nicole: [00:00:00] Hi Lauren. Hi Nicole. I'm so glad you're on the podcast with me. for everyone listening, I have Lauren Levine on the podcast and Lauren is the founder of Lauren Levine Movement and the collective membership and also does psychic readings and we've known each other for a bit now and I feel like old friends, honestly.
, and I'm just I'm so excited to talk about this word with you today, Lauren, because I think you are one of the most like intuitive people that I know. So complete expert on the topic. , but is there anything else you want people to know about you up front before we get into it?
Lauren: So, yes, I don't know if this is about me as much as about a thought or an idea that I feel like everyone thinks, and I think is so important to immediately go to, , which is that we all.
Have intuition. We all have it. And so I think that as I talk [00:01:00] about experiences that I've had, I almost want to say, put yourself in the experience and feel as if it's your experience too, because I do it. Our intuition is just such a skill that we can choose to step into deeper and deeper and deeper.
So I think that's something that for me, you know, I'd like everyone to know is that at times I, my intuition has been so loud. It's felt like it's screaming. And then at times I'm like, it will soften. And I've been like, which way do I go? What do I do? Where am I? So I think that's something I really want.
Everyone to know about me before we dive in,, really hope that they feel, you know, within themselves as we navigate.
Nicole: Yeah. I think that's so important and I know we'll get more into that, but I do think that sometimes it seems like , like we're born with the intuition we have. [00:02:00] And so to hear you say it's a skill and something that we can learn and something that we can develop a deeper relationship with, that feels like a great.
Starting point for us today.
Lauren: Hmm. Yeah. And so, so this is really cool, Nicole, I have to tell you this too, , there is actually this spot in our brain that, , scientifically lights up. You know, it's like, , the caudate, I think I'm saying it incorrectly, but caudate nucleus.
Mm-Hmm. . And so it's literally a place that we can exercise, , and it's through repeated activities. And so that just knowing that, like what is possible, , and all the things that we talk about on this podcast today are going to be possible for everyone.
That's brilliant.
I want to look that up. Is there like a picture where it is? So yes, yeah, it's like right in the center of your brain, it's right by the thalamus, and so it's just right in the center. I even like to think [00:03:00] of the spot, you know how they talk about our third eye and going back find our third eye and accessing that.
So, and I have, we can totally play with an exercise to access that too. But, , when we access that, that's the space. So bringing our attention into that space and then finding more and more ways to bring our attention into that space, like really can start to heighten, you know,, one of the ways we can start to heighten, bring awareness, bring attention to, you know, when we focus on something, it grows.
Nicole: Yeah, and it makes me think of movement classes with which you are very familiar, but , I, as I was telling you before we started recording, I've started a new barre class. And one thing she always tells me is to like, think about the outsides of my feet because my, my legs tend to turn in. I have really tight hips.
And just thinking about that, like, even if I just, if my attention goes to the outside of my feet, my form gets better. So I love the idea of , thinking of where this light up [00:04:00] spot is. Like immediately when you said that it made me feel like I had a stronger connection just knowing where to focus.
Lauren: Yeah. And this cool thought that like when we focus there and then ultimately it all starts with us. Like I love how you brought in movement and obviously my background is movement too. And my membership has movement and you know, More of a space where you find your intuition, link it with your breath and like gentle movement, you know, , But when we focus on ourselves and our bodies, it's like our bodies are such a vessel for our intuitive selves, for our souls, really.
, so yeah. Yeah.
Nicole: So what we're going to do today is we'll talk a bit about personal experiences with the word,, and then we'll look at the definitions and the etymology of the word, and then we'll take a step back and be like, broader implications for this word.
So, , I think we've already started feeling ourselves pulled in this direction, but what is your personal experience with the word intuition?
Lauren: You know, it's funny because [00:05:00] there's a part of me that When I just live and exist in life, I feel very much just driven by my intuition, you know, and then there's that other part of me that's like the word, like, it's so funny when you asked me to come and do the podcast and talk about this word intuition.
I'm like, Oh my gosh, can I even verbalize like what, what this word is? Can I even like bring it to. That, like, poetry, you know, that, like, that light of what it is. Yeah. It's just so, untouchable, yet so available.
Nicole: Hmm.
Lauren: You know?
Nicole: Yeah. . I think it's so accurate. Do you have any, like, early memories of the word intuition?
Like, when did, when do you first remember it, , being in your awareness?
Lauren: So the first time I remember it being in my awareness, this is kind of funny, was I was a little girl. I actually, I think I was a [00:06:00] teenager and I said something to my mom about trusting our gut or my gut. You know, I could just feel it in my gut.
And she said to me, Oh, honey, why don't you say intuition? It sounds so much nicer. And I was like, intuition, huh? And so I really, after that, I felt like I was supposed to say intuition, but I still felt like gut because it was just such this Gut response, you know, which is, I mean, the neurons in our gut are linked all the way up the right side of our body to our brain, you know, and that's intuition to where intuition is the right side is where the intuition is.
, so it's like that gut connection that you feel, you know, it's like visceral. So that was the first time I had really thought about the word intuition was when my mom said, why don't you say it this way instead?
Nicole: I love that. That's not the story I was expecting, but I love it. Do you think that like has an effect on the [00:07:00] way? You've interacted with the word? Hmm.
Lauren: That's a great question. So let's see here.
You know, , I think at first I felt, I think like, like, you know, some daughters do, I felt this like, no, it's gut. Do you know? Yeah. And so I think that was my initial feeling of what carried through. And then it's fascinating because then the word intuition. Started somehow to become very magical to me because it wasn't just the word that I was told to say instead of the other word.
It suddenly became, these layering of experiences and this like opening the door of this magical self. Because really it was all me. Yeah. You know? So I think the word intuition now, I think you're so accurate to say that it leads my [00:08:00] way every day and everything I do because it does. And I really, I'm really in a place of, I don't plan, I don't plan sessions.
I don't plan anything. I'm just like, I'm here, you know? Yeah. I really tap into this place within myself, back to that thought of like that body, you know, really tapping into our body, , and it's our heart, you know, I know we talk about it's the, , that space in the brain that lights up, right. Really, it's our hearts.
Like, it's our hearts that actually gets us there.
Nicole: Well, I think it's interesting we've talked about, like, three different places, too, in the body that are connected with intuition, right? We've got our brains, , and our gut and heart as well. It's a very connective, a body connective word.
Absolutely. . And you also, um, like we've talked a bit about your work with movement and your membership, but you also offer psychic, , medium readings. How does intuition play a role in that? [00:09:00] Yeah,
Lauren: it's, I mean, it's everything. So when I think of coming into our intuition, I think of,, honestly, it's this feeling of stepping into our body, just being fully present in our body.
Absolutely. Absolutely. and experiencing what we're experiencing in our own system, in our own self, in our own heart. , so what I do is I really like each day when I come into the psychic mediumistic readings, I just feel into my own heart spaces, how I really began. And I feel that space growing and opening and, you know, it's like coming into the light.
, And I think of that as being able to step into my intuition, into my intuitive self, you know, because once we feel ourself, then we're able to feel Spirits in this other realm, right? It's like, we have to feel ourself first and we have to sense the energy and know that like, this is my energy. I think of dirty dancing where it's like, this is [00:10:00] my space.
This is my dance space. Is this yours? You know? And so it's the same thought. It's like, I'm like, okay, this is me. And this is the space of the spirits. And then it's like, I can feel them. I can feel their energy. So I do think of intuition. I mean, in my psychic mediumistic readings in everything, but especially there, it's like, I have to be connected in to my own intuition, to my own body, you know, and I'll be given messages in a way of.
Um, I can, I can feel things in my body. I'll hear things. I'll see things. I'll know things. I'll,
Nicole: you know,
Lauren: feel emotions. , so it is, it's like the more that we can actually be sensitive beings, the more I think that we can actually feel our intuition. It's like we're able to have this soul connection, the soul communication.
And I really think of the psychic medium mystic readings is that, you know, I'm with one and I'm connecting to their. [00:11:00] Their own soul. And we're just, we're just talking to each other souls and their loved ones come in and it's their souls and their guides come in and their angels. And so, yeah, I think it's 100 percent intuition based.
We have to trust it. We have to trust it. I found that once I started trusting it, you know, I used to step in and be like, are you guys going to show up today? Is the spirit world going to show up? And they never let me down. It was like, they just showed up and showed up and showed up until I fully trusted and knew they're not going anywhere, which is funny.
Some of the things we're talking about too. It's like you think of even abandonment issue or something. It's like you're healing. Past trauma, even when you think about work, your intuition and the spirit world. , so I feel that in myself and I see that in others and it's, it is, it's 100 percent led by intuition.
Yeah.
Nicole: Yeah. I guess you can't really show up with like a pre written script to a. Psychic [00:12:00] mediumistic reading.
Lauren: No, no. And they don't want to talk about that anyway. It's like, it's interesting. The stuff I, when someone follows me on Instagram or social media, I do not follow them back. I don't want to know about anyone's lives before they come home.
I don't want to see what's going on. You know, Which is like quite a polarity to when I do readings for those I know well, which I love doing too. But yeah.
Say that again, because there's something else that's meant to come through with that. . ,
Nicole: I guess you can't show up to a psychic mediumistic reading with a pre planned script. Right. Thank
Lauren: you. Thank you. Okay. , and then the other piece of this is like, they don't want to talk about the stuff that they're doing.
That everyone, you know, a lot of times someone will come in and they'll say, like, I remember having someone come in and they're like, you know, I'm curious about my job. And I was like, [00:13:00] okay. And I said, as you're saying that a man is stepping forward and he, you know, they're, they're showing me an image because it's different.
Like if it's a spirit or if it's like a picture of someone who's. You know, incarnate in this life alive still with us. So they showed me essentially a picture of someone and I described the man and like what he talked like and acted like and you know who he was and she was like, that's my husband. I was like, okay, I know you're talking about.
Your job right now. I said, but they're really talking. They want to talk about about your husband. They want to talk about your relationship right now. And so that's where they wanted to go. And then it was interesting because by the end of the reading, She was like, Oh, now I understand what I need to do with the job thing.
. Yeah. So there's no script. There's no script. I just show up and I'm like, here we are.
Nicole: Yeah. Do you think that the person that it's also equally important [00:14:00] or maybe not equally, but important, the person you're reading, like their connection with their intuition and what they bring to the, to the reading as
Lauren: well.
Yeah. Yeah. God, that is a fantastic question. Yeah, 100%. So it's interesting because I can have, , you know, some back to back readings and some will be so effortless and it's like you can't even like the words are just spilling out. And it's about everything and everywhere. And, you know, , and then there are times where it's like, you know, the words are still coming out.
This information is still being delivered, but it's almost like this. You feel a push pool, you know, energy. And so that that's correct. It's like when that person drops deeper into themselves and it's this subconscious allowance of, of me, you know, to be with them in this soul communication way, like, Their soul, my, the reader's soul and spirit literally [00:15:00] okays whatever information comes through to, you know, so nothing's going to come up or come through.
I have never experienced that they don't want opened or uncovered or talked about, but what I do is I like to actually bring each person. , into their own bodies, into their own systems and then have them connect with me first. So it's almost like this ability to bring them their nervous system. You know, I, I love talking about the nervous system and, and working with the nervous system, which is in the collective membership, you know, , thank you for helping me with all of my video.
All of it. Oh my
Nicole: gosh. No, no, my pleasure.
Lauren: It's awesome. It's like almost launched., So Yeah, so it's like that ability. It's like bringing the person into themselves and then having the connection to each other. And it's almost like this permission, this key, and that starts to unlock what's going on. So yeah, it is different for each person.
Nicole: Yeah.
Lauren: I [00:16:00] imagine,
Nicole: and I think honestly, like hearing that some makes me feel worry. I worry that I wouldn't be like open enough to have a psychic reading. Do you have a response to that? Do you think I would be?
Lauren: Yes. Yeah. And, and I love that. It's a great question. It's really funny. Cause I think of that in myself sometimes, like when I'm in practice with other, like I have a little medium group and We'll practice together.
It's just a small number of us. , sometimes I think that and I'm like, no, they're just pulling all my information out like crazy, you know, but I have found honestly, even, even at times where if it has been a little bit harder, what I've found is that the reason,, This is kind of fun to, to come into awareness of, but the reason that it actually has been more challenging has been because the person is tunnel visioned on one thing they want to know, you know, versus just like, all right, just bring [00:17:00] it all, whatever, whatever shows up, shows up.
And so that is actually, as I think back, been when it's been more challenging when they're like, I have to talk to, you know, Joan on the other side. Yeah, interesting.
Nicole: Well, yeah, the question that's coming to my mind is, is like, is being open a requirement too for intuition? Like trusting that your intuition will tell you, I guess listening rather than expecting is the duality that's coming up in my mind. Like if I try to predict what my intuition is going to say, am I really going to hear it?
Lauren: Hmm. That's correct. Absolutely. That's correct. Gosh. I love that. You said that too. , Because I do think about these different things, like what makes intuition, intuition? , and so it's interesting because I think of intuition, like what I like to say to other people [00:18:00] is I personally, I like to think of intuition as, , as this coming together of our past experiences and past events, outcomes.
And then cues from the environment around us currently showing up in the blink of an eye without awareness from our conscious mind, you know,, and so when we think of intuition, it's like, well, when are we in intuition right now, or are we not? And so I think the times that we are not can be when we have projections.
You know, it's like when we want something to happen where we're like desiring or we have like wishful thinking. We're like, I want this to happen. I want it. I want it to, and then it ends up happening, but we're like, oh, it's because I wanted it. And I worked so hard for it. You know, my thoughts. And then I like to think like, with this thought of projections, it's like, if we're having fear, like if there's fear [00:19:00] base, you know, if it's anxiety, those feelings in our body, that's not intuition, you know, fear, anxiety, questioning ourselves, like running through our brain.
When that stuff happens, it's like that overthinking. I always say, I'm like, pause, you know, pause, like there's power in the pause, you know? And so when we're working in a place of fear or desire, we're not working with our intuition. So true intuition has a sense of mental detachment, you know?
Nicole: Yeah.
I feel like that's so important because I do think that we have a tendency to say like, my intuition is telling me like not to do this, but sometimes that really is just. Um, rather than really listening. It's like the tight response instead of the listening response.
Lauren: Yes. Can I get an example of that?
Yeah, please do. Okay. So when I was in high [00:20:00] school, This was probably around the time my mom told me to use the word intonation. I, I, I lived away at a ballet boarding school and there were, it was me and there were three other girls that we would, you know, we were seniors at the time and we would go and do things.
We would like sneak out, you know, which I can say now, but, , we would like go out and like go to the parkway. I remember we, we went to the parkway one day instead of going to school, you know, , and so I remember getting in, , one of the, one of the woman's car, like getting in her car, the four of us, and I was in the backseat right behind her.
And I remember getting in and all of a sudden this knowing dropped into me and it was just, I felt so calm and I felt like not worried, not, not afraid, not scared, no anxiety, nothing. It was just so calm. And like, I mean, It was like, you would think that I was just sitting out on the beach [00:21:00] completely on a deserted island that I meant to be on, you know, like in covered in with the shade, like, you know, but this dropped into me and I was like, going to be in a car accident.
If we drive, if we go somewhere and I just, yeah, there was no like that, you know, that fear in your gut. That's like. nerves, like none of that, none of that. It was just clear as day. And so what happened is , I got out of the car. , another, the other girl in the back seat got out of the car. The other two went and they were in a car accident.
Yeah. And so that I feel like is a good way to think of it because a car accident feels like something so scary, right? It's like fear, like concern, worry. But when I felt that, It was out of nowhere.
Nicole: Like,
Lauren: there's no reason I would think that. I got in cars all the time, you know, and it just felt so calm. It was [00:22:00] just unknowing.
Yeah.
Nicole: So I feel like we've made clear our definition of intuition. Do you want to take a minute to look at the, the official definitions of intuition with me? So I want to look at three or three different sources, at least. The first one is the modern definition, which is from Merriam Webster.
, the second one is the definition of the word in , Merriam Webster's 1828 dictionary. And then I also want to take a minute to look at the etymology or history of the word. Ooh. So I'm just going to read some of these and then we can chat about , how they feel, if they feel correct, if they match our own definitions that we have within ourselves.
, okay. So the definition of intuition in modern Merriam Webster is the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and interference. And the other definitions are [00:23:00] immediate apprehension or cognition, knowledge or conviction gained by intuition, which feels like a definition that's kind of cheating because it uses the word.
, and then , quick and ready insight. , but I think the part that stands out to me in that is cognition without evident rational thought or interference. Yes. So it just like comes from, I guess we would say, right? Like intuition comes from inside, but I also feel like the source is kind of unknown.
Is that still accurate?
Lauren: I think so. Absolutely.
Nicole: Yeah. Anything else in the definition stand out to you?
Lauren: Well, I love how, you know, it brings in how it's so separate of our logical mind, you know? And so it's interesting because one of the things that also is talked about scientifically is they talk about how the , intuitive mind and the logical mind cannot be used at the same time.
Now, I love that, but also at the same [00:24:00] time, I'm someone, I'm like, I like to know all the rules so I can break them, right? Like, how can we know all of this and see that everything is always evolving and we know nothing? You know, so they're blurry, blurry lines of blurry. Yeah. And so it's fascinating. Like I, you know, we talked about the right side of the brain is the intuition.
The left side is the logical. So my husband asked me, , he, It's interesting. He tends to lean more towards logical, but as we're together, he just gets more and more intuitive. And sometimes we will literally say things. I'm like, were we having a conversation just like in the, in the ethers, you know, like you just said, you just answered what I was thinking.
Yeah. Yeah. Happens all the time, but here's this, like the definition, the intuitive and the logical and how they can't, you know, currently they're [00:25:00] saying. That they don't intermingle, you know, yeah, yeah. The word
Nicole: without in there seems to draw like a clear line.
Lauren: Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. So I like this thought, you know, that there we can see, you know, two different things.
It's just like with the body, like muscles in the body. I think of like the pelvic floor, like we want the muscles in the pelvic floor to be able to work separately. You know, we like the pelvic floor canals. , we want them to be able to be accessed separately, but then we also want to be able to use them together.
So I love how they say without to be able to use them separately. And then also I love the thought of Can we blend the two, you know? Yeah.
Nicole: Well, something in the definition that it feels like they've left a little window open. They say, direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought. Ah. Ah.
Yeah. Yeah. It's like, oh, let's leave a window just to say we're not quite sure. [00:26:00] That's right. Yeah.
Lauren: Oh, I love that. Covering their bases.
Nicole: Yeah, covering their bases. Exactly. It feels like someone was like, oh, we can't say fully without we're just not sure. Do you want to hear the definition from 1828?
Lauren: Yes.
Nicole: That one was really peaking my interest actually.
Yeah. And so it's basically a hundred years ago, right? Four years shy of a hundred years ago. 1828. No. Oh my gosh. 200 years ago. . Oh my gosh. You're right. Yeah. .
Lauren: I was with you. I,
Nicole: oh my gosh. Okay. Yeah. . So I'm going to read the whole thing. It's a little bit longer because they were a bit more poetic in there and their definitions back then, a looking on a site or view, but restricted to mental view or perception, particularly and appropriately the act by which the mind [00:27:00] perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas or the truth of things immediately, or the moment they are presented.
Without the intervention of other ideas, or without reasoning and deduction.
Lauren: So this is fascinating because I can understand why they shifted it to a simpler, Do you know? Because . It really is very poetic. Very thoughtful. . It almost feels like that's a more intuitive kind of, definition and it feels almost like the more current one is a more logical kind of definition or intuition.
Nicole: Yeah. It does feel like the modern one, I'm afraid to pass judgment on it, but it feels like an oversimplification. Like the, the one I just read, you probably heard it. I was trying to give like Accurate pause, there's a lot, there are lots of semicolons and commas, and it's just like packing a lot of things into one little paragraph.
[00:28:00] I, what I'm seeing here is that 200 years ago and today, I think we have trouble defining this word. And I think everyone who has tried has trouble with it. And that's why there are little windows left open that are like, evidently, and it says, Or the truth of things, immediately, or at the moment they are presented.
, like, why even say either of those things? . So I feel like it's a word that's, we're still forming, which is the case for all words, but I think, I just don't know if we can put it in a, in a box, like a dictionary would want to.
Lauren: Wow. Yeah.
You know, it's interesting, too, when you think about just, like, human beings. And our own experiences are so multi layered and so different from each other.
And it is fascinating because I, I taught this, , energy and intuition, this two month course kind of bringing others deeper into their own [00:29:00] intuition, like just a few months ago. And, , what was interesting was I found that . I was doing a little more of the 1828 version of it because I was finding that everyone was feeling like, wait, You know, two people would understand that then three people would understand a different way, saying in a different way, five people would understand the next way, like, it's interesting how they did that , almost like this, how can we bring it into the tangible when it's really not tangible?
Nicole: Yes, I think that's the perfect word. The tangible. Yeah. It feels like, I feel like if I were to edit this definition in either of the versions, I would add, I would add something that says unique to each individual. Yes.
Um, okay, let's dig into the history. Ready? Yes. Okay. , so originally theological in English, you know, lots of [00:30:00] words come from these late Latin roots that are a bit theological in nature. , so from late Latin,, intu, Aton, intu Aton, intu, Aton, uh, looking at consideration. So that's the root is to look at,
Lauren: you know, it's fascinating to the 1828 one said a looking at or to look at
Nicole: it did.
Yeah, that's the beginning of looking on our site or view. I forgot that. Yeah.
Lauren: Yeah. Isn't it funny, Nicole, how they're bringing it into like a looking at, they're bringing it to specifically clairvoyance when there's also like clairaudience hearing, clairsentience feeling, claircognizance knowing, which is like tasting, but it's interesting that they bring it to that.
Nicole: Yeah. And if they, if you dig back for like some of the other routes are, , the Proto Indo European route is [00:31:00] in, ? Plus turi, which again means to look at or watch over. Which is kind of interesting to watch over to me implies like a taking care of as well. And also it shares roots with the word tutor,
Lauren: wow. I love that. Like the, the, to watch over being looked over
Nicole: and
Lauren: a tutor, because really it's like, then this thought for me, where my mind goes is how supported we all are. By the spirit realm by this other side, you know, being looked after. It's like our spirit guides and our angels and our loved ones and spirits is feeling of we're being looked after and we have tutors and it's the intuition is this connection to these tutors.
Nicole: You
Lauren: know, walked on this earth and no longer do or that are presented and to us for us in this lifetime.
Nicole: [00:32:00] Yeah. That kind of blew my mind a little bit hearing you say it like that, like it, because earlier I was saying, right, that the source is unknown and looking back in the root, like it makes the source feel more known and just buried.
Lauren: I just got chills when you said that.
Nicole: I also get the feeling that it's, , goes both ways. There's also like our responsibility to kind of look over and watch over our own intuition and our, and our connection, because now, honestly, the way I'm seeing intuition now is more of like a, a, a tether or a connection rather than just like a ball of light existing in the void, you know?
Lauren: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, it really is like the things that, , I'm going to use this loosely, but that we cannot see. You know, and it's interesting because they're talking about to be seen like what we're seeing, you know,
Nicole: Yeah, and it makes me wonder if like [00:33:00] that's just because this is part of definitions and dictionary right it's just the limits that humans have.
have that we have on how we're able to explain something. So like them choosing, whoever, you know, wrote this definition, choosing to look at, I'm wondering if that's the limitation of the writer,
not like understanding the full breadth of, of knowing. So
Lauren: I'm like, super curious. If you were to give your definition of intuition, what would it be?
Nicole: Different now than it was 45 minutes ago. Um, yeah,
if I were to give my definition, definition, like prior to this conversation, because I do want to say, like, I feel like this conversation has, Made me feel like more spiritual, like in this 45 minutes, I have become a more spiritual person, , , [00:34:00] but I think prior to this conversation, I would have said, it's like the me without all the external the burden of external shoulds or external should knows, you know, and that's, that's always the problem. I've had with intuition is feeling like I don't have a strong connection to my intuition, which you and I have talked about in the past.
I think a lot of people you work with feel that way, right? Like they don't have like, Oh, I'm worried. I don't have an intuition. And I always felt like mine was so buried under like being a preteen and trying to be liked and being, . Yeah. I guess a lot of trying to be liked if I were to sum it all up.
And so my intuition buried under decades of just trying to be liked. And so trying on different ways of being, and that made me feel like, Oh no, I've drowned out my intuition and I no longer know if I ever had one. Does that answer your question? That felt very complex, but, [00:35:00] um, I think, I do think a lot of people tend to feel this way too.
Like we have so much that we consume that it feels like it's sometimes hard to. Tap into what was there originally.
Lauren: Yeah. So that's interesting. I love how you said that. And I think that's such a common like feeling.
Nicole: And
Lauren: what if, what if all of those external things that we've experienced and gone through actually are there to fine tune our own personal intuition.
And so our own personal intuition is different., I want to give an example. So when I think of, , My, my mediumship group, you know, and if we're doing something like double linking where we're both connecting into the same spirit. Okay. And so what's interesting is we'll see some of the same things. You know, , whether it's like suddenly [00:36:00] an address comes up or, , someone's name or it's very specific and we're like, Oh, you know, this is what I see.
This is what I see. And then we each start to pick up different things. So I pick up certain things. And then the other person picks up other things and we come in and out. It's like this living organism, right? . So what if because of all my past experiences, I can pick up on all the things that I know of and experience.
And that's why this thought of like, what, like when I say like our past experiences and our past experiences outcomes, and then all the signals we're getting around us in front of us. And then it's all comes together in the blink of an eye, you know, this knowing, and then the other person is having the same experience, but, but they've had a different experience than I had.
So what if everything you've experienced through, you know, preteen high school, all of that [00:37:00] has actually been building your own personal intuition. And perhaps it's the belief of it being there. That is the key that unlocks. Oh,
Nicole: so what I hear you saying is that my intuition doesn't have to be a clean, pure slate.
Yes. Oh my goodness. That's amazing. Yeah, because I think like the image I was describing, was it like buried under all this stuff, but maybe buried is, , not a helpful way to think about it.
Lauren: Maybe that stuff has actually been like the rubble in the dirt has actually given rise to the Phoenix that is right.
Yeah,
Nicole: well, and that's it's so interesting because I'm realizing that I also had this preconception that intuition was somehow delicate, yeah, and virginal, you know, but maybe it's not so [00:38:00] delicate and it's adaptable. Yes. Yes.
That makes me so happy.
So do you have advice for people listening who if they're feeling similarly?
Yeah
Lauren: You know, it's interesting. , one of my backgrounds is actually working with, if anyone's ever heard of internal family systems, working with a version of that, working with parts, you know?
So I do feel, this is for me. And what I experienced with other people, that as we just bring this drop into this awareness of, couple things of our own bodies, you know, whether it's like this gentle breath, this gentle breathing in our system,, or like taking that gentle movement, you know, being aware, it's like, it's the awareness.
So thinking of that, if it's the awareness. That really [00:39:00] starts to open our intuition and the awareness of our own body and our own selves, our own parts, you know, the one that wants to come out and screaming and yelling, the one that wants to take a nap, the one that, you know, just wants to watch TV all day, the one that wants to celebrate, you know, all these different parts, like, as we get to know those parts better.
So I think that's important to like, be aware, . of our self, you know, of our different emotions, our different sensations. When we start to bring all of that awareness in, I just feel like it is such a gift. And that awareness is what slows time down. And so I feel like when we bring ourselves into calm and peace, you know, , so in Nicole, you helped me with this, but, , in, in the collective membership, like doing all the things, right.
I brought in the spirit category and there's the breathing meditations. And so it's like, This thought of the breathing, you [00:40:00] know, bringing in the, this specific breathing, we can breathe correctly, or we can breathe incorrectly, you know, we can breathe in a way that brings us fight or flight. We can breathe in a way that calms our nervous system and heals our body, you know, and so when we get to that place, that calm, , , I feel like things in our world start shifting.
So I would say to kind of make that a little bit. Give a little more clarity to that answer. I think that when we can bring ourselves into this peaceful, calm way of breathing and awareness of our body, of our feelings, of ourself, it's like that awareness of intuition. Starts to light up more. I think of it as like, you know, , lightning bugs suddenly like becoming more, you know, becoming more attracted to us coming towards us, you know,
Nicole: yeah, like a [00:41:00] magnetism then I like that.
Lauren: Yeah, yeah. And it's interesting because when we think about that, it's almost like the more stuff that we wade through. The more aware we become, because we've had these situations, we've had these different experiences. We've all had different experiences in childhood, you know, , , and as an adult. And so if we can just be with those experiences, our intuition heightens.
So it's like, can we be with just ourself? Can we feel, you know, our breathing in a way that calms us? Can we be with the experiences that have happened to us? Can we talk about it? Can we share about it? And I think those things magnify our intuition. that awareness. It's like we can recognize it in something else.
I will have time periods where I'm like, it's so funny. A specific type of spirit will come through and it's like, gosh, this is so [00:42:00] weird. I've had like three of those, you know, that have said, This or experienced that come through in the past two days. And so I'm like, well, that's really funny because that's actually something I experienced last week and it brought it into my awareness.
And so then I was able to connect with them in that way and they wanted like, oh, here's the person that can can open and say the thing that I need to have said to my person. So I think that the mock having the mock think is a superpower.
Nicole: Yeah. I love that. It's like completely, I, this conversation is changing.
. My visual perception of intuition, I think, , in a good way,
Lauren: Yeah. It's like this perfectly imperfect. Yeah. You know, , one of my mentors says, I actually described him that way recently. , Stockwell and he's fabulous. And [00:43:00] he says, uh, . Let's see if I can get it right. He says. We can't be so heavenly that we're no earthly good.
Nicole: So do you think that any one person can be more intuitive than another? That's a
Lauren: great question. Um, so I, I, from doing readings, you know, I giggle when I say this, because I didn't use to, not that I didn't believe in past lives, but I was kind of like, whatever, you know? And so as I like started, when I started doing readings, I was like, Oh, wow, this is cool.
Wow. And I also want to say that everyone believes in different things. And I think that's so important and no one knows. What happens to us after we pass, and if someone says they actually know all the answers, run. You know, because no one can [00:44:00] really know until we pass there's so much that we could never possibly fathom that happens and it's around and, you know, , and I mean that and like all the like highest good amazing ways, you know, I really believe that all of it is, is for our highest good.
So, so when I started doing readings, and I'm like, Oh my God, check that out. That person's from their past life and they're showing me what happened to them. And then the person will literally say, Yes, I am afraid of, you know, this thing happening.
And they're like, I, I've always, this happened, this was really cool. Someone says, so strange that a bear came through and that they came and would hang out with me in the garden and we were friends and I wasn't afraid and I stayed outside and was the image I was being given. And, , and they're like, because I'm deathly afraid of bears.
And I'm like, oh, wow, that's such a, a [00:45:00] funny thing that would, wouldn't just come up out of, you know, Yeah, so it's interesting. So things started coming up and showing up and I was like, there are definitely past lives. So I feel like when we each are born into this world, this is just my own belief, right?
Like no one has to believe it. But it's like, when we're born into this world, I feel Like we've had these different past lives where we've used our intuition more or haven't, or perhaps something happened in a past life that made us fearful of using it in this one, even if we had a highly, highly intuitive past life, do you know?
So I think that we come in with those things, and I think that Ultimately, we come here to this world, to this life, this is my belief, , to be stripped away of all this stuff, to be allowed, to be like perfectly imperfect, to see it all, to experience it all, to feel it all, to allow it all to wash [00:46:00] through us and essentially like clear us out in a way, you know, , all the like muck can wash through with ease.
, and we're able to still just be in this light. And so I feel like perhaps, possibly, who knows, but maybe those in past lives who used it more and came into this life determined to do. Let it glow more or open it for other people, which is what I love, you know, like holding the way to say, you can, you have this, you can step into this, it's yours, like you own it already, you know, and, and lighting this way for that.
, I think that there can be more layers of intuition in this life coming in some people more so than others. And I do believe that anyone can strengthen their intuition, anyone, [00:47:00] you know, I, we all have it. We all have it. And so it's a choice. And then it's action and it really is a skill.
Nicole: Yeah. Well, that brings us full circle and that feels like a good place to wrap for people.
Oh my God. This has been incredibly like a really transformative conversation for me. I want to also, , give people a chance to, to find you, to find the collective. , where can they go if they want to learn more?
Lauren: Yeah, absolutely. So I think that, , , my most fun place to be, you know, obviously my email list, you're going to get like all the news and information way before anyone else.
, but right now I'm really enjoying being on Instagram. , so it's Lauren Levine movement. That's my website too. Lauren Levine movement.com. But my handle is Lauren Levine movement. , on Instagram is where I'm probably the, I say the most active, but also I'm in my emails a lot. I like to [00:48:00] write stories.
, and so that's what I do on my emails as well. Yeah,
Nicole: yeah. Your emails are excellent. I love your emails. Yeah, they have great stories and , they're like really spacious. And I mean that in a very positive way.
Lauren: What a, , compliment coming from you as well. Thank you.
Nicole: Oh, thank you so much. I really appreciate your time and being here. And yeah, thank you.
Lauren: Oh, I adore you. And I'm so grateful to you for inviting me in. I really appreciate it.
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Resources on Intuition: Learn more about the science behind the caudate nucleus and its link to intuitive decision-making.
And I leave you with this…
INTUITION, noun
from Late Latin intuitionem (nominative intuitio) "a looking at, consideration," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin intueri "look at, consider."
