Don’t you hate it when you’re feeling down or grumpy and someone says “let it go, move on”. It seems like an over simplification, but honestly, sometimes you just have to try it. Staying angry, or holding on to past hurts or upsets is, as they say, just like drinking the poison yourself while expecting someone else to die.

Being able to reduce the negative thoughts, emotions and therefore energy that swirls around in your head will allow you to move deeper into yourself. You will have a clearer path to the sensations in your body and those ‘gut feelings’.

I have experienced significant cycles of clinical depression in my life, and having had this experience, I am really clear that at those times when my mind is in that fog, when I am dwelling on negative thoughts or suppressing my hurt or upset, my intuition has faded away from me and sometimes even failed all together. At those times I can’t hear my inner voice because there is so much noise in my mind. I’ve also noticed that when I’m not in those cycles, but just in a swell of negative emotions or anger, I still have the same experience of fog and failing intuition.

So, I know that saying “let it go” isn’t as easy as it seems. It takes some hard work – you really have to train your brain so that you can move from the negativity to positivity. It requires some work to turn the volume down on that noise enough so that you can actually hear your own inner voice in its authentic communication. Learning ways to be mindful in your day to day life can make a real difference. Practicing noticing when you’re in that mind set and then taking action in your head to respond and change the thought pattern will make a difference.