How to Let Your Intuition Lead When You’re Building Something New

Have you ever had an intuition about something? A feeling so clear, so certain, that it almost scared you?

Not because something was wrong. But because something was right. 

Because deep down, you knew you were being called toward something new and bigger.

Well, that’s exactly where things are right now inside Whispers Within Us.

Without giving anything away, this season is about evolution! I am bringing in more spirituality, more depth, and more of the practices that have quietly been part of this journey all along. 

And here’s what I want you to know about that in-between space… (or, the “messy middle” like we talked about in my previous article). 

It’s not a problem. It’s actually the most sacred part of the process! 🫶

The In-Between (or “Messy Middle”) Is Not a Problem… 

It’s a Portal

When you’re building something new, it’s so easy to feel like you’re behind. Like you should already have it mapped out. Like if you can’t describe it perfectly, it’s not ready to exist yet.

But here’s what I’ve discovered… 

Being between the idea and the implementation isn’t a sign that something is wrong. It’s a sign that you’re being led. That you’re staying open enough to be guided, rather than forcing something into a shape it was never meant to take.

When you’re not attached to exactly how something will look, you stay available to receive something even better than what you originally imagined. And in my experience? It almost always turns out better than the version you had in your head.

Because as the saying goes, “If nothing changes, nothing changes.”

Does Where Your Intuition Pulling You Feel Exciting, Scary, or Somewhere In Between?

When something new starts to stir inside you, it rarely arrives as a loud, clear announcement. More often, it arrives as a quiet knowing. A whisper within you. 

The exciting part is easy to lean into. The scary part is where it gets hard.

For me, this new chapter involves sharing things that are deeply personal — sacred things I do for myself that I’ve never really put on display. And let me tell you, letting people into that space I’m noticing is taking a different kind of courage. Because not everyone will understand. I know some people will raise an eyebrow. And some will think it’s too out there.

But that’s okay. Because the people who need it will receive it.

I’ve said it before, and I mean it. I’m in my, “Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable” era. Because I know every time I am uncomfortable I am growing. 

What I’m saying is, don’t let fear be a stop sign. Fear is simply a signal that something real and true is at stake. And that’s usually the clearest sign that you’re onto something worth sharing.

Intuition vs. Fear, Ego & Outside Pressure, and How to Tell the Difference

When you’re building something new, not every idea that comes to you is coming from the right place. 

Some ideas arrive from your heart. Others sneak in through urgency, comparison, or the pressure to keep up with everyone else. Knowing the difference is everything.

What I’ve discovered about telling these apart is that when an idea is coming from your intuition, you feel it. It moves through your heart before your brain even catches up. There’s emotion attached to it — passion, excitement, that unmistakable sense of being called toward something. It feels like something you’re meant to do, not something you have to do.

And alternatively, when an idea is coming from fear, ego, or outside pressure, it has a frantic energy to it. Like you need to do anything to make it happen, even if it doesn’t feel like you. It pushes from the outside in, rather than pulling from the inside out.

Remember, “Called to do that — that comes from inside.”

And other people can feel the difference too. When something is created from a place of genuine alignment and passion, it resonates. When something is performed? People sense it. Trust me, your audience is far more intuitive than you might think.

Sometimes Ignoring Your Intuition Means Paying the Price

Ignoring your intuition doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like quietly pushing through something that doesn’t feel quite right. Filling a gap you knew was there but hoped wouldn’t matter.

I’ve been there.

When I had my wellness business, I ignored a quiet knowing that something was missing and I kept going anyway. And eventually, the burnout came. The work was meaningful, but the foundation had a crack in it.

I was putting enormous energy into creating meal plans for people. Tailored specifically to each person, because we all have different needs, different preferences, different lives. It was a labor of love. And when clients weren’t following through, and weren’t seeing results, I couldn’t enforce anything. I wasn’t in their kitchen. I couldn’t see what they were actually doing.

Because, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t force it to drink — no matter how thirsty it is.”

The burnout was the receipt for something I already knew.

But I don’t regret a moment of it. Everything I learned from that season, I still carry with me. I truly believe that we go through everything for a reason. And that chapter became part of the foundation for everything that came next.

When You Trust Your Intuition, It Pays Off

Sometimes intuition doesn’t make logical sense. You can’t put it in a spreadsheet. You can’t explain it to someone who needs a five-year plan. But you feel it, and you follow it anyway.

That’s exactly how my coaching business began.

After the wellness chapter, after the organizing and staging business, I ran into a past client — months had passed — and she looked completely transformed. Not because of anything external. But because her mindset had shifted. With her physical space cleared, she had started taking care of herself from the inside out.

And in that moment, I thought… there it is.

Helping people live their best lives by working from the inside out. That’s what this has always been about. 

And working with someone’s mindset is the most extraordinary thing, because when they finally have their aha moment, everything shifts.

Hell Yes or Hell No — What Intuition Feels Like in Your Body

Here’s something I want you to understand: your intuition doesn’t only speak to your mind. It speaks to your body first.

An intuition for a hell yes feels like goosebumps. An excited hum. Something that vibrates just a little higher than usual. You feel lifted, expanded, and lit up.

An intuition for a hell no feels heavy. You might even feel sick to your stomach. And your body contracts instead of opens.

The truth is, your intuition is always communicating with you. 

The question is whether you’re tuned in enough to hear it.

But of course there are things that feel like a hell no… and you still have to do them. There undoubtably are obligations that weigh on you but can’t be skipped. 

In these cases, you reframe. You break it into pieces — 90 minutes at a time. Make a list, do what you can, take a break, come back to it. You remind yourself: I don’t have to do it all at once. I just have to do the best I can where I am right now.

Some days, that’s enough.

All you need to remember is, “Do the best you can where you’re at.”

For the Woman Who Needs a Map Before She Can Move

If you’re waiting until everything is perfectly in place before you take a step — I see you. I am you sometimes.

That whole perfectionist trap, wanting every detail sorted, every outcome guaranteed, is one of the most common ways we hold ourselves back. And I will be the first to raise my hand and say I’ve been just as guilty of it.

But every time you do something and it doesn’t go the way you planned, you haven’t failed. You’ve learned! And you’re going to do it differently next time. Don’t give up just because it didn’t look right the first time.

Life lessons, (while they can sometimes hurt), are actually the best way for us to learn and grow. 

In the moment, we feel the weight of it all, but when it’s all said and done, we look back and can only think about how good it was that those hard things happened. Because they forced us to grow. 

Sometimes we don’t realize until five years later, and sometimes we realize sooner. But eventually, we see exactly why something had to unfold the way it did. We see the gift in it.

One of my favourite quotes of all time, “Be gentle with yourself. Life is a journey, not a destination.”

I have a tattoo that captures this so perfectly. It’s a lotus flower, an Om symbol, and then the journey symbol. All winding and all over the place at first, then slowly becoming a line. That’s life. That’s the path. It’s messy before it straightens out, and every twist is part of the story.

The Hardest Part… 

Imposter Syndrome & the Naysayers

Let’s be really honest for a minute.

One of the hardest parts of stepping into something new is that voice that quietly asks: “who do I think I am?”

I feel it too. Especially as I step into more speaking engagements and share practices that have always been deeply personal to me. Imposter syndrome is real, and it shows up even when — maybe especially when — you’re doing exactly what you’re meant to do.

But here’s the reframe that always brings me back: you cannot be an imposter when you’re telling your own story! 

When you step up to speak, or share, or offer something new to the world… you have to remember that the people in front of you chose to be there. They knew you were coming. And they want to hear what you have to say. 

That matters more than any doubt you’re carrying.

The other thing the voice says that keeps us stuck is, “Who am I not to do it?”

And the naysayers? The people who can’t see your vision, who question why you’re doing something different? Their doubt has nothing to do with you and everything to do with the limits they’ve placed on themselves. You can wish them well, keep moving, and let your work speak for itself.

Let this be your reminder that you are allowed to take up space. You are allowed to share your gifts. And you don’t need everyone to understand in order to make a difference.

Signs, Synchronicities & Remembering to Ask the Whispers Within You

One of the most underused tools available to every single one of us is the simplest one: asking.

When you’re building something new and you’re not sure if you’re heading in the right direction, ask your higher power, the Universe, whatever resonates with you — and then give it something specific to show you. A fox. A butterfly. An animal that feels meaningful. And then stay open to receiving the answer in whatever form it arrives — your front yard, your social media feed, a tarot card, a stranger’s conversation.

Recently, I’ve been receiving some beautiful confirmations. Two separate tarot readers, two separate weeks, both pulled panda bears, (a symbol of moving past fear, stepping into your light, and spreading that light onto others). And foxes have been showing up too, (one appeared in my front yard the very night before a reader mentioned them).

And when the same message comes through different messengers, I pay attention.

What these signs confirmed for me was this: what I’m building, people are asking for it internally. They may not even know how to name it yet. But they need it. And that’s enough reason for me to keep going.

So remember, the Universe is always communicating. Your whispers are always there. We just forget to ask. And we forget to stay open enough to receive.

The Practice That Makes Everything Else Possible

If there’s one shift that has helped me most through this season of building something new, it’s this: getting still.

Not necessarily formal meditation, though that’s beautiful too. But simply the practice of not racing. Of allowing thoughts to arrive instead of chasing them. Of putting down the to-do list, the laundry, the seventeen tabs open in your brain — and just being for a few minutes.

Journaling does this for me. Walking outside does this. Sitting by a window watching the trees move does this. Whatever your version of stillness looks like, that’s where your clearest answers will come from. That’s where the whispers get loud enough to finally hear.

Five minutes is enough. You don’t need an hour. You just need to show up for yourself.

If you don’t know where to start, here’s a short meditation I created for exactly these kinds of moments:

And if journaling is your form of stillness — this reflection journal was made for you: 

To the Woman Standing at the Beginning

If you’re at the start of something new — a business, a rebrand, a creative project, a new chapter in your life — and you’re scared to trust your gut, here’s what I want you to know.

Move forward anyway. 

Take small action every day. 

Don’t put an outcome on it. 

Let it unfold as it’s supposed to — because it will look different than what you pictured in your head, and that’s not a bad thing. It’s usually better.

Small actions compound. They add up quietly and consistently, and then one day you look back and realize how far you’ve come from that first terrified step you almost didn’t take.

You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just have to be willing to begin.

Something new is coming inside Whispers Within Us, and I am excited to share it with you all!

Until then, stay curious, stay still, and keep listening to the Whispers Within You. 

Love, Light, and Gratitude 🩵 

— Kathleen

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