How To Connect To & Trust Your Intuition In A Time Of Crisis

During challenging times, your intuition can be heightened to give you extra support. The problem is, when you're dealing with a crisis, it's also natural to feel scattered and emotional. This can make you distrust your intuition or make it harder to discern what's helpful intuitive guidance from toxic fear or wishful thinking. Here are some tips for confidently connecting with and relying on your intuition to help you navigate a tough situation:

You may get intuitive flashes of things happening months down the line—like a vision that pops into your head while you're cleaning the kitchen that you and an estranged sibling will be smiling and hugging at some point in the future. These far-off-in-the-future intuitive hits can be very inspiring. Yet you work through a crisis step by step, so you and your intuition should be mainly concerned about day-to-day solutions that lead you to a larger future goal.

When people are dealing with major challenges, they will often say, "I have good days and bad days." You might even have a good morning and then a more challenging afternoon. Connect with your sixth sense, which can speak to you through any of the four clairs or main psychic pathways, when you are feeling calmer. It's normal to have times of emotional intensity during a crisis, but those emotions can take up a lot of space in your system. Your intuition guides you best when you make room for it.

You might ask a wise, grounded friend for their take on a situation or seek out a professional intuitive, like me. If you're using your intuition to help you navigate a financial or health crisis, be sure to also get a second opinion from experts like health care professionals and financial planners. Some of your intuitive hits come from your own higher self, but they can come from your interactions with other people as well.

But how do you know if something is a synchronicity or just wishful thinking? Pay attention to how you feel. Does time seem to slow down or do you get chills, letting you know this is a powerful or important moment? Synchronicities will often play back in your mind for days afterward, too.

Intuition is an amazing tool, but it's one of many at your disposal. Don't use your sixth sense as a way to bypass the wisdom of your emotional heart, logical head, and even your past experiences. As I write about in my book Angel Intuition, you need to find a way to reconcile them all for the best results.

Don't discount a notion just because it seems to arrive from out of left field. That can be where the most powerful intuitive guidance comes from.

Life is always unfolding in an organic way, yet during a crisis things are often changing or evolving even quicker than usual. If intuition helps you form a game plan, that can be very valuable, but you need to stay open to revising it on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. There will always be x-factors in the larger world that you can't control. Let your intuition course-correct in the moment.

Your mystical intuition works best when your earthly needs are being met and prioritized. Control what's in your control, and surrender what you can't. When possible, get enough sleep, gentle exercise, and good food. Minimize unnecessary drama and seek out emotional support.