Nowhere is the power of intuition so evident as when you hear stories of people somehow ‘knowing’ they have some medical illness and getting treatment in time. Particularly when the marvels of medicine say everything’s ok. Last week, my 92-year-old grandfather didn’t feel right, though he had just been to the doctor and been told…
Month: September 2009
Titanic Premonitions of Doom
One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of stories of intuition seem to revolve around tragedies. I’m not sure if that’s because people’s intuition sometimes gets stronger in an attempt to warn them of impending danger or if people are just more likely to notice gut feelings of doom. There were many fascinating stories…
What? No Burning Bush?
Since I’ve been writing this blog several people have felt compelled to tell me about their intuitive moments. (I enjoy hearing about them so keep them coming). I’ve heard several stories of people thinking of someone the moment before that person called. I heard a story about someone knowing a relative would be stopping in…
Honoring the Instinct to Rest
It’s been a few days since I’ve written because I felt the overwhelming need to rest. I don’t know if it was the holiday weekend or the winding down of the summer, but my body felt tired and I could sense that burnout was on the horizon. A couple of years ago, I would have…
How Intuition Saved Jaycee Dugard
Intuition played a role in another major news story. Last week Jaycee Dugard, who had been abducted 18 years ago when she was 11, was found and her captor, Philip Garrido, was arrested. Just as intriguing as the story itself was one of the factors that led to Dugard’s discovery: the intuition of a police…