Reconnecting with you Intuition

In a world that often asks us to move faster, think harder, and seek answers outside of ourselves, it’s easy to lose touch with one of the most powerful tools we possess - our intuition.

Yet, no matter how far we drift, it is always there. Quiet. Steady. Patiently waiting for us to listen again.

What Is Intuition?

Intuition is often described as a “gut feeling,” an inner knowing, or a subtle nudge that guides us without the need for logical explanation. It doesn’t shout or demand attention. Instead, it speaks in whispers - through feelings, sensations, and a deep sense of what feels right or not right for us.

Unlike the mind, which analyses and questions, intuition simply knows.

It is not something reserved for a select few. We are all born with it. As children, we naturally trust our instincts. But over time, through life experiences, conditioning, and the need to seek approval or certainty, we can begin to doubt that inner voice.

Why We Lose Connection

There are many reasons we become disconnected from our intuition:

• We are taught to prioritise logic over feeling

• We fear making the “wrong” decision

• We seek validation from others instead of trusting ourselves

• Past experiences may have caused us to question our inner guidance

Slowly, the noise of the outside world becomes louder than the quiet wisdom within.

But the truth is, your intuition has never left you - you may have just stopped listening.

The Power of Reconnecting

When you begin to reconnect with your intuition, something shifts. Life feels less forced and more aligned. Decisions become clearer. You begin to trust yourself in a deeper way.

Intuition doesn’t promise a life without challenges, but it does offer a sense of inner steadiness. It becomes your compass - guiding you back to what feels true for you, even when the path isn’t obvious.

How to Reconnect with Your Intuition

Rebuilding that connection doesn’t require anything complicated. It begins with creating space and learning to listen again.

1. Slow Down
Intuition cannot be heard in constant busyness. Give yourself moments of stillness - whether through quiet reflection, time in nature, or simply pausing throughout your day.

2. Tune Into Your Body
Your body is a powerful messenger. Notice how things feel. A sense of expansion, calm, or lightness often signals alignment, while tension or heaviness may be a sign to pause or reconsider.

3. Trust the First Feeling
Intuition often comes quickly and quietly. Before the mind has time to analyse, there is usually a first response. Learning to notice and honour that can be transformative.

4. Let Go of the Need for Certainty
Intuition doesn’t always come with detailed explanations. It asks for trust. The more you act on it, even in small ways, the stronger that trust becomes.

5. Create a Daily Check-In
Ask yourself simple questions:

• What feels right for me today?

• What do I need right now?

• Is this choice aligned with who I truly am?

These gentle check-ins help you build a relationship with your inner voice.

Living Intuitively in Everyday Life

Living intuitively isn’t about making dramatic changes. It’s about small, conscious choices - choosing rest when you need it, speaking your truth, setting boundaries, or following what feels aligned rather than what is expected.

Over time, these small acts create a life that feels more authentic, more grounded, and more connected.

A Gentle Reminder

You do not need to become someone new to access your intuition. You simply need to return to yourself.

Your intuition is not outside of you. It is not something you need to chase or earn. It has been with you all along - guiding, nudging, and supporting you in ways you may not have even realised.

The more you listen, the more it speaks.

And the more you trust it, the more you begin to trust yourself.

Perhaps today, you might pause… take a breath… and ask yourself—what is my intuition gently guiding me towards right now?

If you would like to learn more about reconnecting with your intuition, please listen to my conversation with Kate Saint Clair on the podcast this week

Sharon Fitzmaurice is an Intuitive Holistic Wellness Coach, Reiki Master Teacher and Practitioner, and Clinical Hypnotherapist dedicated to supporting others in reconnecting with their inner strength and wellbeing. She is the host of The Sharon Fitzmaurice Podcast, where she shares inspiring conversations that honour the resilience of the human spirit.

As an author of Someone Please Help Me, So I Did and Awaken Your Wellbeing, Sharon brings a deeply compassionate and authentic approach to her work, shaped by both professional experience and personal journey. She is a passionate advocate for mental health awareness and for survivors of childhood abuse, creating safe and empowering spaces for healing and growth.

Through her work and her Soulful Journeys online community, Sharon gently encourages others to trust themselves, embrace their path, and live with greater awareness, purpose, and heart.

Finding the Courage to be Seen and Heard

I had the privilege of sitting down with the inspiring Dr. Caren Hession – a woman whose passion for voice, music, and personal transformation shines through everything she does.

Dr. Caren Hession is a vocal coach, choir leader, creator, director, and social entrepreneur, specialising in guiding others on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment through music. Drawing on over 15 years of education and experience in Music, Creative Arts, Philosophy, Neuroscience, NLP, and Special Needs, Caren brings together a rare and powerful blend of wisdom, science, and soul.

She is the creator of Born To Rise – Ireland’s first Self-Development Programme through Music, and is currently leading a 100-voice choir preparing for a live performance at the Town Hall Theatre. Alongside her one-to-one coaching, workshops, public speaking, and research, Caren’s work is a beacon for those ready to find their voice – both literally and spiritually.

In our heartfelt conversation, we explored the courage it takes to stand up, be seen, and be heard. Caren spoke about the profound connection between our voice and our sense of self, how when we use our voice authentically, we begin to reconnect with the deepest parts of who we are.

So many of us have been taught to stay quiet, to be seen but not heard. Over time, that conditioning creates distance between what we feel and what we express. Through music and song, Caren helps people to bridge that gap, to release the emotions that live within and allow them to flow freely. Singing becomes a beautiful way to transform vulnerability into strength, and to share that truth with others.

Caren reminded us that we are all born singing. From the moment we exist in our mother’s womb, we are immersed in rhythm, the sound of her heartbeat and her breath. This primal connection lays the foundation for how we experience our own voice. For some, life’s challenges lead to silence; for others, finding their voice again becomes the path to healing.

When we allow ourselves to express freely – not perfectly, but authentically – we give permission to others to do the same. As Caren beautifully said, finding our voice is not just about sound; it’s about feeling. It’s about reclaiming our right to show up in the world exactly as we are – whole, imperfect, and real.

Our voice is more than an instrument – it’s a bridge between our inner and outer worlds, a way to connect, to heal, and to rise.

✨ Tune in to this empowering episode with Dr. Caren Hession to reconnect with your own voice and remember the power that lives within it.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or watch the conversation on YouTube.

💬 I hope this conversation awakens something in you – share your reflections in the comments below, or connect with me on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

Sharon

Sharon Fitzmaurice is a Holistic Wellness Coach, Reiki Master Teacher & Practitioner, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Speaker, and Host of The Sharon Fitzmaurice Podcast. She is the author of Someone Please Help Me, So I Did and Awaken Your Wellbeing, and the founder of Soulful Journeys Online Community.

A passionate advocate for mental health awareness and survivors of childhood abuse, Sharon’s mission is to inspire others to heal, grow, and reconnect with their authentic selves. Through her work, writing, and conversations, she reminds us that within every story lies the power to transform and rise.

Adapting to Life's challenges

There are some stories that reach into the very core of your being, stories that don’t just move you, but awaken something inside. My recent podcast conversation with Tracy Martin was one of those moments.

By the age of fifteen, Tracy had already experienced profound loss, both her parents gone before she had even finished growing up. Just three years later, a life-altering car accident changed everything. At eighteen, she was left a paraplegic, grieving the loss of her then-boyfriend who died in the crash, and their unborn child.

To sit across from Tracy and listen to her speak with such honesty, strength, and grace was a humbling experience. Her story is not one of simple survival, it is one of continual adaptation. She had to learn to live in a body that no longer felt like her own, to rebuild a life after unimaginable pain, and to find purpose where only loss once existed.

As I listened, I found myself reflecting on my own younger self, the part of me who once lived in survival mode. When we face trauma, whether it’s the pain of abuse, loss, or any kind of deep suffering, our instinct is to protect ourselves. Our brains and bodies move into survival mode, doing whatever it takes to keep us safe. But survival, while necessary in the moment, isn’t a place we are meant to stay forever.

Living in survival becomes exhausting. It narrows our world and limits our capacity for joy, love, and connection. The real healing begins when we start to unlearn the coping mechanisms that once kept us safe but now hold us back. We begin to adapt in new ways - ways that invite in trust, surrender, and courage.

This journey isn’t easy. It requires us to do the very thing that once felt impossible, to let go of control and allow life to hold us again. To believe that we can be more than what happened to us.

Tracy’s story is a testament to that truth. Through immense loss, she found the strength not only to keep living but to use her voice and creativity to inspire others. Her debut book, So Not Me, is loosely based on her own experiences and delves deeply into the themes of trauma, healing, and the power of human connection. It’s a reminder that even through pain, we can create meaning, that adaptation can lead us to transformation.

Listening to Tracy reminded me that adapting isn’t about forgetting who we were before the pain, it’s about allowing life to reshape us into who we are meant to become.

May we all find the courage, like Tracy, to adapt, to grow, and to keep choosing life - even when it breaks us open.

Listen to the full conversation here: What keeps you going when you are told - You will never walk again.

Sharon Fitzmaurice

Holistic Wellness Coach, Author & Podcast Host

Love Beyond Vision: A Father's Journey Through Grief, Awakening and the Power of Presence

Some conversations stay with you long after the recording ends, echoing not just in your mind, but in your soul. My recent guest on The Sharon Fitzmaurice Podcast Mohan Ranga Rao, shared one such story. A story not of overcoming, but of becoming. Not of fixing, but of feeling. A story shaped by profound loss, and an even deeper love.

Mohan’s life changed irrevocably with the birth, and devastatingly, the loss of his beloved daughter, Yogita. Born blind, Yogita’s presence shattered everything Mohan thought he knew about fatherhood, strength, masculinity, and identity. Just four days after her birth, when he learned of her blindness, something within him cracked open. Not just his heart, but his very worldview.

What followed was not just a medical journey, but an emotional and existential one. He had to unlearn the idea that to love meant to protect and to fix. He had to let go of the illusion of control. And in doing so, he began to understand what it meant to love someone purely, without condition or expectation, a love that transcends even time and space.

His first book, Inner Trek: A Reluctant Pilgrim's Journey to Tibet, emerged from a spiritual reckoning. What began as a physical trek through the Himalayas became a soul-deep pilgrimage - an inner awakening that helped him begin to make sense of the unimaginable. The mountain path became a metaphor for the rugged terrain of his heart: unpredictable, painful, sacred.

His newest book, Myopia: A Father's Journey into Love, Loss and Sight Beyond Vision, is even more intimate. It does not tie grief up in a neat bow. It doesn’t offer hollow comfort. Instead, it gives us something much more powerful: truth. Raw, unfiltered, beautifully human truth. It is a meditation on pain as transformation, love without form, and seeing not with the eyes, but with the soul.

Reading it and speaking with Mohan, invites us into a space we often avoid: the space of suffering. But what if suffering, rather than something to escape, was something to engage with? To sit with, breathe into, learn from?

That is the philosophy behind Amopia, a community and conscious framework Mohan has founded. Blending science, spirituality, and resilience, Amopia teaches us not to fear suffering, but to see it as a wise teacher. It offers courses, workshops, and a deeply supportive community for those navigating grief, change, or simply the deeper questions of life.

As I reflected on our conversation, I felt so moved by the sacred vulnerability Mohan embodies. It reminded me how many men, fathers especially, are never given the space to grieve out loud, to cry, to fall apart, to speak of their pain without shame. Yet grief lives in all of us. It is not bound by gender. It is not something to be hidden. It is a sacred rite of passage, and it deserves to be witnessed.

For anyone who is grieving, feeling lost, or walking through the wilderness of emotional pain, know this:

You are not broken.
You don’t have to have answers.
Grief is not a problem to solve, but a journey to honour.
There is still beauty in the world, even if you can’t see it right now.
You are allowed to love and mourn at the same time.

Here are some holistic tools that may gently support you on this path:

✨ Mindful Presence – Allow yourself to feel without needing to fix. Simply being with your emotions can begin the healing.

✨ Breathwork & Meditation – Even a few minutes of conscious breathing each day can create space between you and your pain, helping you ground and soften.

✨ Creative Expression – Whether through writing, music, art, or movement, let your grief have a voice. It doesn’t need to make sense. It just needs to be heard.

✨ Spiritual Inquiry – Whether through journaling, prayer, sacred texts, or silent reflection, let your heart ask the big questions. Answers may not come, but peace often does.

✨ Connection with Nature – The natural world holds us without words. A walk among trees, sitting by the sea, or watching a sunrise can return us to the rhythm of life.

✨ Community Support – Surround yourself with those who honour your process without rushing it. Connection is medicine.

Mohan’s journey is a reminder that we cannot always choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we walk through it. And sometimes, the most courageous act is simply to keep our hearts open, even when they’re breaking.

To Mohan, thank you for reminding us that vision is not always about what the eyes can see, but about what the soul can feel. That love endures beyond all loss. And that grief, when held with tenderness, can become a sacred teacher.

With deep reverence and love,
Sharon