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Is It Intuition or a Trauma Response? How to Tell the Difference

Is It Intuition or a Trauma Response? How to Tell the Difference

Update: 2025-11-19
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Are you following intuition, or a trauma response?

Here’s how to finally tell the difference.


Most of us have been told to "trust your gut," "follow your inner wisdom," or "listen to your body."


But what if the voice you're following isn't actually intuition at all, it's your nervous system in survival mode?


In this episode of Journeys With My Body, Heidi breaks down one of the most misunderstood concepts in the wellness world: the difference between true body wisdom and the three survival voices that masquerade as intuition, panic, shutdown, and fawn.


You'll hear a personal story of how following "intuition" led to years of misalignment… and how learning to read the body's signals correctly changed everything.


Inside this episode, you'll learn the 3 nervous system states people mistake for intuition


If you ever regret decisions you made because they "felt aligned at the time," or you constantly second-guess yourself, this episode will give you the roadmap to reclaim your clarity, confidence, and self-trust.


If you want daily 5-minute tools to help you regulate first—so you can actually trust your intuition, join the Pocket Resets Community. It’s where we practice real nervous system resets together, build self-trust, and take the guesswork out of body wisdom. Your clarity starts here.

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Is It Intuition or a Trauma Response? How to Tell the Difference

Is It Intuition or a Trauma Response? How to Tell the Difference

Heidi Reagan