I have always been big on dreams, and for decades kept a dream journal beside my bed. In the early days I thought of dreams as a psychological aid, as many thoughtful college students do who major in the social sciences. But then I began to notice various patterns to my dreams. I realized thatContinue reading “The Intuitive Edge in Dreams”
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The Nuts and Bolts of New Product Development Using Intuitive Tools
[The following is an excerpt from my book entitled Seven Seconds or Less: From Gut Feeling to Bottom Line in Challenging Areas of Business. Originally written in 2004 and published in 2013, this case study offers a peek at the nuts and bolts of intuitive applications for business and frontier science.] _________________________________________________ A somewhat unusualContinue reading “The Nuts and Bolts of New Product Development Using Intuitive Tools”
Good Intention, Even When We Drive Each Other Crazy
Bamboo Heart. Photo by Helen L. Stewart Bamboo Heart Think of one person in your work life who drives you absolutely nuts. Take the very first name that pops into your head, even if that name is a surprise to you. You may have thought rationally that dealing with someone else was harder, but ifContinue reading “Good Intention, Even When We Drive Each Other Crazy”
What If My Intuition Doesn’t Work?
Sometimes – rarely – your intuitive guidance doesn’t work for you as well as usual, or as well as you would like. Perhaps you are not focused sufficiently (did you remember to take that breath?); or perhaps the buddy you ask for help can’t help; or perhaps that client just doesn’t want to hear whatContinue reading “What If My Intuition Doesn’t Work?”
Futuristic Aerial Control of Water and Weather
Written on 7 August 2012: Paying attention to the simultaneity of severe flooding in some regions of the world, along with severe drought in others, has got me thinking. Now On the Record: A technology can and will eventually be developed that will have the effect of what I will call “aerial vacuuming,” or gathering,Continue reading “Futuristic Aerial Control of Water and Weather”
“She Goes on Her Own…” Literal or Metaphorical Meaning?
It is important to discern whether intuitive hunches are meant to be interpreted quite literally, or whether they should be taken as a clue related to something else that is not meant to be literal at all. Stories abound of dreams and other types of premonitions about the World Trade Center collapse, a stock marketContinue reading ““She Goes on Her Own…” Literal or Metaphorical Meaning?”
Which Intuitive Tools to Use When?
If you are framing a question for intuitive response, how do you know which of the tools in your intuitive toolbox would be the best to use, would hit the bull’s eye on your target? If your question is pretty straightforward and simple, a yes-no response can work fine. The catch is that in orderContinue reading “Which Intuitive Tools to Use When?”
“Goes the Whole Way:” Intuitive Shorthand
There are certain phrases that just “show up” mentally one day, and then become a kind of repeated shorthand for intuitive information. For example, in working with clients over the years one particular phrase, “She/he goes the whole way,” has come to mean several things: An individual or institution with the capacity to endure forContinue reading ““Goes the Whole Way:” Intuitive Shorthand”
Intuition Hot spots: Bed, Bath, Beyond…
Just like Wifi hot spots, there are certain hot spots for intuition, too. These are places and times when intuitive information just streams in effortlessly, whether by chance or on demand. Over the years I have discovered intuition hot spots that work for me, and have learned how to slow down the moment and harnessContinue reading “Intuition Hot spots: Bed, Bath, Beyond…”
Intuition Hot Spots II: The Kitchen
“Come here often?” That was the sign on my mom’s refrigerator when she began changing her eating habits following a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes. A tiny woman, she died several years ago at the age of 86, but that phrase on her fridge has stuck with me ever since. I used to complain aContinue reading “Intuition Hot Spots II: The Kitchen”
Intuition and Time
From the perspective of intuition, past, present, and future are equidistant in terms of our capacity to retrieve information. All possibilities, all probabilities, stem from and are shaped by this particular moment in time. Current perception always rules, or what some call the “moment point.” There are many intuitives who dare not venture into theContinue reading “Intuition and Time”
Defining Intuition My Way
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” John Muir Intuition is a continuous signal providing information about the nature of the world, the universe, the Whole or any of its component parts. I believe this signal to be comprised of energy “signatures” thatContinue reading “Defining Intuition My Way”