Everyday Intuition

what psychology, science, and psychics can teach us about finding and trusting our inner voice

ISBN:
9789780063375
3 stars (1 review)

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, 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 unconscious behavior; and how it manifests in everything from romantic attraction …

1 edition

Good questions in a watered down format

3 stars

I really wanted to like this and I do like the topic and the author's voice. Intuition is a thing that operates in many people's lives unspoken because it's put in so much doubt. And the core question of the book is so useful: is it intuition or anxiety?

The main problem is the format. By trying to be mainstream and fill more than half the book with scientific interviews, Greenwood sidelines her own most interesting insights and experiences with psychics. She even says so in the end, that she's swamped her own voice checking it against others. I wish the book was more focused on stories about intuition and the role it plays in people's lives, with a lot of the science and caveats as footnotes instead of 2/3 of the book.

Still, by reading this i did get help with the core question--is it intuition or anxiety?--and I've …