How many times have you heard or said the phrase “I had a gut feeling”? But what does this actually mean? And how do we actually hear (and listen to) those feelings deep inside us?

Our guest this week is Mar-y-Sol Salinas – founder of Essential Wisdom Coaching and an educational leader with over 20 years of experience in education and personal development. Her research focuses on embodied learning, the phenomenology of intuitive experiences, and embodied intuition as an approach toward leadership development. 

We explore more about what it means to have a “gut” feeling, what intuition is, how we tap into it, and the power of embodiment and visualization. 

What You Will Learn: 

4:53: Mar-y-Sol tells her background story, including her challenges in formal education, her time as a single mother, and her decision to go back to school.

11:09: The many definitions of intuition and how someone can tap into their own

15:09: How someone can start to develop their intuition or “essential wisdom” and how to start noticing the sensations of intuition in their body

18:42: Mar-y-Sol describes her “transcendental gardening” practice, her sensory deprivation float therapy practice, and other rituals she uses to help herself access her intuition. 

22:09: The power of setting intentions within the rhythms of our lives to help us focus and get in “flow”

27:13: How Mar-y-Sol uses visualization with her clients to help them figure out what they want in life, and how to use small steps to get to their ideal version of happiness

31:30: Mar-y-Sol talks about judging emotions vs recognizing them as natural human responses and how she’s retrained her brain to stop delineating between “good” and “bad” emotions

36:10: What Mar-y-Sol has learned through intuition practices and how she’s learned to just go for things instead of trying to plan everything out

37:37: What the difference is between following your fear and following your joy

40:18: How Mar-y-Sol defines a life she doesn’t need a vacation from

Relevant Links: 

• Visit Mar-y-Sol’s website at http://essentialwisdomcoaching.com/
• Follow Mar-y-Sol’s coaching practice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essential.wisdom.coaching/
• Free Soulcation Daily Planning Page: https://www.melodymiles.com/daily-planning-page
• Follow Mel Miles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulcationmel/
• Purchase the Soulcation Planner: https://www.melodymiles.com/soulcation-planner