47. You Did Not Lose Your Intuition, You Lost Access to It (A Guided Somatic Practice)

Written By Brittany Broderick

If you have spent any time in the healing world, you have probably been told to just trust your intuition. Follow your gut. Listen to your inner voice. And if some part of you has ever thought but what if I can't hear it?, you are not alone, and you are not doing healing wrong.

For many people, especially those with histories of trauma, chronic stress, or years of adapting to survive, that advice can feel frustrating. What if the voice is not loud? What if every choice feels cloudy and uncertain? In this episode of the Body-First Healing Podcast, Britt offers a gentler and more accurate way to understand what is happening, and a guided practice to help you reconnect.

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Your intuition did not disappear, your access did

Britt does not believe intuition goes away. What changes is your access to it, and those are two very different things. One story says something inside you is broken or missing. The other says your nervous system has simply become so busy managing that it no longer has the capacity to notice the quieter signals underneath the noise. That second story is not only kinder. It is usually more true.

The body knows before the mind has words

Long before we put language to an experience, the body has already begun organizing around it. Before you think this doesn't feel right, your breathing may have already gone shallow. Before you realize I don't actually want this, your shoulders may have lifted or collapsed. The body often knows before the mind has words, and before we are willing to accept what it has been quietly telling us.

Why clarity cannot be forced

Survival turns down the volume on your quieter signals. When your nervous system is occupied with scanning for danger or proving your worth, there is not much attention left for subtle inner cues. Imagine trying to hear someone whisper across a crowded stadium. The whisper has not disappeared. The room just got too loud. This is also why clarity cannot be forced. You do not decide to fall asleep. You create the conditions where sleep can arrive. Clarity works the same way. The more pressure we put on ourselves to figure it all out, the more the nervous system mobilizes around getting it right, and certainty becomes even harder to reach.

A practice for coming home to yourself

Rather than searching for answers, this practice helps you build the conditions where truth can surface on its own. You settle your body, soften your eyes, and let yourself receive the support already holding you. You set down the questions you have been carrying, just for a few moments, and practice belonging only to yourself. Authenticity does not usually arrive as lightning or a booming voice. More often it trickles in through small, ordinary moments, in the shower, on a walk, when the nervous system finally softens enough that what was already there can be heard.

A gentle reminder

Maybe today's healing is not discovering the answer. Maybe it is remembering that you do not have to chase every answer. Your authentic self has not disappeared. It has simply been waiting for enough safety and spaciousness to be heard again.

If this is the kind of practice you want in your week, the Body-First Healing Program is where we gather for live somatic practice in community. It is a beautiful place to start coming home to yourself.

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