When I follow my gut, my world falls into place. So often we grow up learning that we should do this and we should do that. We learn to ignore that voice in our head in favor of what it is responsible and expected. Learning to follow our inner instincts, even against the dreaded “should,” is the first step in empowering ourselves to live a more authentic life.

“I feel there are two people inside me — me and my intuition. If I go against her, she’ll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.” Kim Basinger