Content Warning: This letter and episode focuses on women' s intuition, but pregnancy loss is mentioned and discussed.

*Here’s a time stamp to skip the parts of this episode that mention pregnancy loss:

16:00 - 18:56 (A portion of the letter)

20:19 - 32:59 (Tara and Jess’ discussion about pregnancy loss and grief)

What do you do or say when someone you know experiences pregnancy loss or grief? How and when to reach out, or when to give someone space? 

Is déjà vu a form of intuition? What about dreams, clairvoyance, and coincidences? We discuss our own perceptions of these concepts and how we interpret them. 

Tara shares her experiences with feeling the intuitive need to connect with a friend in a moment they were struggling.

Tara reads an article based on a study about the science behind women's intuition.

Some topics the article mentioned:

-Women's corpus callosum is thicker which allows for better & faster access between the left and right hemisphere of the brain

-Gut acts as your "second brain" 

-There are neurotransmitters in the gut

-It's possible to confuse strong emotions for intuition 

Jess confronts her own struggles with knowing how to trust her intuition in moments of uncertainty. When is fear of the unknown disguising itself as intuition? 

Risky play as a tool for practicing trusting your body... And in turn, a tool for practicing listening to your intuition. 

What are other ways we can practice noticing & listening to our intuition? Do we tune out our intuition as we age?

Tara shares how she listens to, and trusts, the signals her body sends her.

We chat about deciding when to defer for input from others, and when to make choices without any outside noise.

Asking your mind, heart and then gut (known as The Head-Heart-Gut Check In) is a helpful exercise that Tara has used several times. Find the link below for that information.

Thank you to Shell for writing this letter.

Miscarriage Information: https://www.jogc.com/article/S1701-2163(24)00545-0/fulltext

Women's Intuition: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-genius-of-empathy/202406/the-neuroscience-of-womens-intuition/amp

The Head-Heart-Gut check in: https://melliobrien.com/the-head-heart-gut-check-in/

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