Everyday Intuition : What Psychology, Science, and Psychics Can Teach Us About Finding and Trusting Our Inner Voice

A captivating and insightful deep dive into the world of human intuition, exploring the power of this elusive phenomenon and how it can be harnessed to better know and trust ourselves.

We rely on our intuition and gut feelings, even though we don’t fully understand what it is, how it works, or if we can even trust it. In this fresh, mind-opening book, Elizabeth Greenwood takes us on a sweeping investigation into the subject, exploring how, in our data-driven world, we can harness intuition in our day-to-day lives.

Digging deep into her personal experience as well as insights from neuroscience, psychology, feminist texts, psychics, and everyday people with extraordinary intuitive ability, Greenwood explores what we know about intuition―how to distinguish it from instinct, wishful thinking, anxiety, and denial; how it serves and sometimes fails us; how it impacts our dreams and our unconscious mind; and how it manifests in everything from romantic attraction to premonitions. Greenwood places a special emphasis on “women’s intuition,” and how it has been denigrated throughout history―but can offer us a more hopeful, grounded way of experiencing the world in a time of so much uncertainty.

Everyday Intuition provides practical advice on tapping into our self-knowledge and learning to trust our body intelligence and instincts. It examines the science behind intuition, including how our brains process information, how psychedelic medicine and manifestation are opening new doors of consciousness―as well as how these helpful methods are being abused by charlatans, including some "coaches," "teachers," and social media influencers offering false promises―and how we can train ourselves to be more intuitive and ultimately enhance our daily lives.

Smart, funny, sincere, and profound, this helpful guide is a modern take on one of the oldest tools we possess. It shows us how embracing intuition and self-trust can lead us to our truest, most mindful selves, and to better align the lives we are living with the lives we desire.

So how can you learn to distinguish the signal from the noise and finally trust your inner wisdom?

• Anxiety vs. Intuition: Learn the crucial differences between a true intuitive hit and the familiar static of anxiety, wishful thinking, or fear, so you can act with confidence.
• The Science of Knowing: Explore the fascinating neuroscience behind gut feelings, from the brain’s rapid pattern recognition to the intelligence of the body itself.
• Women’s Intuition: Unpack the history and power of “women’s intuition,” examining why this vital skill has been historically dismissed and how to reclaim it.
• Actionable Strategies: Discover practical, everyday exercises to strengthen your connection to your inner voice―no silent retreats required.

Elizabeth Greenwood is the author of Love in the Time of Incarceration: Five Stories of Dating, Sex, and Marriage In America’s Prisons and Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire,GQ, and more. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.