Inside of all of us, there is a voice. A quiet, guiding light handed to us from evolution and survival - through our primal selves to our modern selves, we have carried it through our bones.  And with a culture that places more importance on logic, reason, reality, and physical evidence - we have become profoundly disconnected from it.  This voice is our most powerful asset, it is our internal compass, our sixth sense, our key to freedom within ourselves to explore the outside world free of fear -  It is our Intuition.  And in this episode, I help you learn how to rediscover it.  Back from my week journeying the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, named one of the three spiritual “vortexes” in the U.S. -  I share some profound learnings I had in my time of full-circle presence while away.  I speak on:   Trusting your path & learning to trust yourself What freedom truly is, and how we define it How we often mistake freedom for controlled independenceThe ways we limit our own freedom & silence our intuition by:  Overvaluing logic, reason, and what looks good “on paper” (not that this isn’t important, but too much of it leads to silence within our own internal knowing)Looking to other people for advice and guidance instead of trusting ourselves Looking to the world for approval, or only trusting ourselves when we’re “doing well” in life Keeping ourselves attached to our own pain & victimhood Keeping ourselves in environments or around people we may have outgrown / not being able to “let go” for fear of loss & How to learn to trust yourself and your own intuition through Acting out of alignment and then leaving the rest - surrendering to the unknown Letting go of the need to control/force outcomes, people, situations, and thingsLetting go of fear/what-ifs Being open to discovery and your intuition by quieting your mind Not letting other people have more influence over you than your own internal knowing apologies for the NYC noise & cabs in the background - they wanted their moment :,)  --------------------------------------------------------- VIDEO PODCAST TO THIS EPISODE IS LIVE ON YOUTUBE TikTok: butterflyfountain  Podcast Instagram @figuringshiiitout Personal Instagram: @222vgf Youtube:  @figuringshitout (Vanessa Fontana / Butterfly Fountain) Contact: [email protected] Support the show