Returning to the Voice Within: How to Develop your Intuition

Intuition is not a gift reserved for a few—it is always whispering beneath the noise, always present beneath the conditioning. It’s the quiet knowing that pulses through your body, the deep inner yes, the shiver of truth that creates goosebumps and a tingle up your spine.

In a world that glorifies and focuses so heavily on logic and productivity, many women feel disconnected from their own inner wisdom. We turn to others who have roles in these gifts or card decks, signs and other divination tools to guide us (nothing wrong with these, I believe they have their place!). Being intuitive is your birthright and I believe it’s time for you to harness the true power and potential of your innate gifts.

There is nothing quite like the wisdom that comes from within, and like any relationship in your life, the relationship you have with your intuition deepens with devotion, trust, consistency and time.

Before we dive into my top 5 practices to help you deepen into your intuitive gifts, I want to give you my definition of intuition as I have grown to understand it and apply it over the years as a teacher of intuition.

Intuition is the voice of your soul.

We all have an inner voice, it often begins as a whisper or a feeling, but eventually that voice can become the loudest guiding force of your life—which you want. You want this to happen because what is your soul? It is the part of your being that is one with the Creator. Your body and mind are nothing without the steady pulse of your soul. So, as long as you are interested in living in alignment with God’s plan for your life, then it is ideal that you allow your soul to become the inner compass of your life by choosing to live a life guided by your intuition.

Your intuition is ALWAYS speaking… are you ready to listen?

Here are my top 5 practices that I encourage you try to deepen your ability to be guided by your intuition. Keep in mind that you will naturally be drawn to some practices over others. Let yourself explore them all with an open mind and heart.

1. Slow Down to Listen

The intuitive voice is subtle. In the beginning it rarely shouts—it whispers. That’s why rest, slowness, and spaciousness are not luxuries on this path—they are a way in. One that so few are willing to explore.

People are afraid of slowing down now because it often means turning off the machine of the mind that is keeping you from your inner intuitive truth. Like the Creator, your intuition wants what is best for you and if you are living your life in such a way that you know is not what makes you feel alive then when you slow down there’s going to be a very strong energy in your face!

Slowing down means taking time each day to unplug, breathe deeply, and soften into stillness. Even five minutes of quiet sitting or walking slowly in nature can recalibrate your nervous system and reconnect you with your intuitive center. I like to start my morning with “coffee and contemplation” time (I drink tea but the double C sounds cooler), this is where there’s very little conversation with me and my family while we get up and eat breakfast and there’s a whole lot of space being held for the intuitive insights to come in for the day.

To practice:

Have 5 mins of quiet time in the morning and evening. Even ask yourself some gentle questions “What do I feel right now?” Or “What is my intuition telling me?”. Gradually increase the time to anywhere from 10-30 mins. Find your own “perfect” timeframe with this.

Intuition lives in slowness, take some time to hear her.

2. Come Back to Your Body

As I mentioned earlier, the body is nothing without the soul. Your intuition uses whatever is available to get your attention and as such your body is a vessel for deep wisdom. She’s been around your entire life and carries the memory of everything you’ve experienced. Your body communicates in sensation, emotion and energy.

To practice:

Begin to tune in throughout the day. Notice how your body responds in different situations—at work, in public, in the car, by yourself, with specific people… anytime! Do you feel expansion or contraction? Ease or tightness? Heaviness or lightness? Clarity or a headache? Softness or bloating? These subtle cues are intuitive signals. Just taking note of them as they’re happening develops your intuitive center.

Other practices like intuitive movement, breathwork, gentle yoga, and even nourishing daily rituals like oiling your skin can awaken your sensory awareness and further deepen trust in your felt sense.

3. Cleanse Your Inner Space

Clarity is something I’m very passionate about in my work because intuition flows through clarity. When we’re full of other people’s voices, societal expectations, or unprocessed emotions and experiences, it’s harder and sometimes even impossible to hear our own inner voice.

Who are you beneath the noise?

I lived far too many years of my life allowing the input and expectations and judgements of other people to control my life… I hope and pray all my students can heal from their own need for external validation too.

Needing anyone else’s approval or positive reaction to you and your life is a need for external validation and this sadly indirectly pulls you away from your own intuitive gifts.

With intuition, the intention is clearly grounded in what is best for you based on the guidance of God which feels aligned, supported and inspiring.

With external validation you are doing what’s best for you based on what the world tells you, which often leads to setbacks or feeling out of alignment with life.

To practice:

Start clearing what doesn’t belong. This could mean people, things, emotions or situations that are all no longer giving you any goodness.

You can go through this practice by:

•  Just lovingly letting it / them go
•  Journaling to release emotional noise
•  Saying no to anything that drains you
•  Unfollowing voices or accounts that make you second-guess yourself or make you feel small/ not enough
•  Energetic cleansing rituals like smoke cleansing, water release, or salt baths
•  Having a trusted friend to turn to to talk about anything and everything without input from them (non-judgemental space)

Remember: The clearer your field, the louder your inner guidance becomes.

If you want to go deeper with clarity, check out The Clarity Map.

4. Trust What You Sense

The most essential part of developing intuition is trusting it. Don’t just receive information and ignore it, actually trust it and follow it!

This practice is probably where people have the hardest time with intuition (BY FAR!) so i invite you to explore it in ways that are considered more “safe” to your nervous system. What I mean by this is starting by choosing to follow your intuition in way that don’t really “matter” to the grander vision of your life and instead impacts only your daily little choices.

To practice:

Trust your intuition when you are doing mundane tasks like going for walks, driving to get somewhere, making a meal for yourself, choosing where to eat, etc. These things are a natural part of your daily life but they are still choices you have to make with your intuition.

You have two potential routes to get somewhere. Does your intuition say to go left or right?

You could eat at your favourite pizza joint or try that new sushi place in town, what does your intuition prefer?

You wanna go for walk. You could do the same walk you always do or you could try a different trail. What is your soul saying?

Start small, once you have a clear knowing of what your inner voice feels and sounds like to you then you can apply it to bigger things in your life. If you find yourself following the nudge even when it makes no logical sense, then you’ve found a sweet spot!

Every time you trust and follow your intuition, you strengthen the bridge between you and your soul.

5. Walk with Nature

Nature is a great re-aligner for us because we are nature. She brings us back into rhythm with the cycles of life—and within those cycles, our most organic wisdom of intuition blooms.

Intentionally observe how the moon waxes and wanes, how the earth rests in winter and rises in spring. Pay attention to the animal messengers, the wind, the subtle language of the land. But most importantly, within all this, pay attention to how YOU respond in the cyclical nature of our world.

It’s normal to feel more sensitive around the full moon and more clear around the new moon. To feel introverted in winter and extroverted in summer. To feel a desire to act as the spring rolls around and to cozy in your home as autumn beckons.

The more you live in harmony with the natural world, the more your inner world becomes harmonious—and your intuition flows like a river.

Cyclical living is intuitive living in alignment with the nature of the earth. Embrace it to let your intuitive gifts strengthen.

This Is a Homecoming

Developing your intuition isn’t about learning something new, it’s about remembering what you already know in your bones. It’s about coming home to the sacred guidance that lives within you—and always has.

As you set out to practice these things, and integrate them into your life, be gentle with yourself. There is no rush. Every step you take—every moment of listening, trusting, and honoring your truth—brings you closer to your wild, intuitive self.

If you’re ready to go deeper into this journey, my course The Intuitive Path is an invitation to return home to your inner knowing, one sacred step at a time. Through ancient wisdom, healing practices, and grounded guidance, you’ll learn how to heal, hear, and honour the truth of your soul.

You are already whole. This wisdom you are looking for is already inside of you, I’m here to light the way forward to help you discover it with ease and clarity.

May the light of your soul guide your way.
May your intuition speak clearly.
May the earth remind you: you belong.

In devotion,
Emily