Ten Signs That Your Intuition May Be Blocked

Amanda Warton Jenkins
5 min readMay 9, 2023
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Intuition is like a GPS for the soul, a north star that guides you through life, helps you build wonderful relationships, and gives you confidence in your own decisions.

Sometimes, I notice that my intuition eludes me. It used to be worse — I was living life entirely blocked from my intuition. But even now, after working on living “from the neck down” for years, I inadvertently offend someone, feel blindsided by the outcome of events, or I wrestle with regret after doing or saying something that feels out of alignment for me.

A lot like a muscle in the body, intuition will atrophy if it’s not regularly put to use. Blocked intuition can lead to difficulty trusting ourselves, feeling stuck or stagnant, a lack of fulfillment or meaning in our lives, difficulty in relationships, and even chronic stress or anxiety.

Is your intuition blocked? Here are 10 ways to tell.

1. You feel stagnant or confused.

If you feel confused often when making decisions, it’s a sign that you’re not listening to your intuition. When you and your intuition are communicating regularly, you’ll find that a combination of your inner knowing and outer synchronicities team up. Things in your life start to make sense, and you may even start to think more positively about your situation and…

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Amanda Warton Jenkins

Yoga teacher, MPP UChicago "rewilding," living from the neck down, cultivating Albert Einstein's "sacred gift," intuition. My book: https://amzn.to/3mTwXlZ