The Gut Check:
Your pulse on intuition, strategy, and decisive leadership.

Hi Reader,

I get asked all the time what it actually means to trust your gut.

It’s one of those phrases everyone nods at.

Some people say it proudly - I always trust my gut!
Some regret not doing it - I knew I should have trusted my gut...
Some wonder what it actually means - Is it “woo-woo”? “Bro-science”?

Trusting your gut is having the confidence to act on what your intuition is telling you.

What I Mean When I Say “Trust Your Gut”

The motto of Intuition Strategy® is Trust Your Gut. Make Decisions. Get Results.

Trusting your gut is the foundation.

Your intuition is an algorithm that processes all the information we collect in our lived experience.

Your intuition algorithm is constantly recognizing patterns and sense-making the information gathered from the world around you.

• the visible data (metrics, facts, spreadsheets), and
• the invisible data (experience, pattern recognition, interpersonal dynamics, what you feel in a room)

It processes this information and delivers an output to you, often as a feeling.

The Skill to Get Real Results

We’ve all been taught the rules about how to trust the analytical data.

What we haven’t been taught is how to trust the invisible data that we are also collecting and analyzing.

When you learn how to leverage this system to take action, trusting your gut is like 24/7 on-demand access to your own personal inner trusted advisor for your next move.

That’s the foundation of Intuition Strategy®.

The HIT Framework to Trust Your Gut

In the Intuition Strategy® Operating System, I developed a concrete and repeatable three-step framework to help you “Trust Your Gut”: HIT - Hear, Interpret, Trust.

• Hear – notice the signal
• Interpret – understand what it’s telling you
• Trust – act on it, even without certainty

Over the next few weeks, I’ll walk you through each step, starting with Hear.

Want to read more? Read the full article on Substack.

Read on Substack

Your 1 Minute Gut Check

Before you move on with your day, pause and ask:

What am I feeling about the decision or situation in front of me?

Don’t solve it. Don’t fix it. Just notice.

This is where trust begins.

👩‍💻 Want support turning this into focus and action?

If this alignment work feels aligned to prepare for 2026, I invite you to take action with me in the new year.

Join the waitlist for my free January workshop and take 90-minutes to get clear focus and stronger intuition.

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More soon,

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