Following Your Inner Compass

The Power of Intuition in Business and Life

Every time I travel to Mexico, I have some sort of creative surge. Typically what follows is a new offer, new product, or new brand. It’s always been my “go-to” when I’m feeling uninspired, bored, or like I just need a creative reset.

And while I went into a recent trip to Cabo with the hunger to have a “breakthrough” of some sort, it just didn’t happen this time.

At least not in the way I was expecting.

What came this time was the space. Stillness. Quite.

You see, I’d spent the past six weeks working on a new offer suite that should have been exciting and straightforward. Instead, I felt weighed down, overwhelmed, and increasingly insecure. Every step required enormous effort, and nothing seemed to feel like a full eff yes.

What I didn’t see at the time, but clearly saw post trip was that this time, the breakthrough came not when I finally "figured it out," but when I admitted the truth: I didn't actually want to do that thing. My intuition had been signaling this all along through the friction I felt, but I'd been overriding it with "shoulds" and expectations (that I put on myself btw).

That persistent friction wasn't a sign I needed to try harder, it was my inner intuition trying to redirect me, and learning to listen to it might be the most powerful skill I haven't fully developed yet.

In a world filled with external opinions, expert advice, and constant noise, our intuition needs to be the loudest voice we listen to. Not the only voice, but def the one that gets final veto power. When everyone else is saying "this is the opportunity of a lifetime" but your gut is screaming "absolutely-fucking-not” trust that internal ping.