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Is It My Intuition? Or Is It a Trauma Response?

August 11, 2026 · 1 h

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Through personal stories and practical examples, Sarah offers a compassionate framework for recognizing when the past is shaping your perception. She explains the importance of nervous system regulation in accessing your truth and why it is essential to also reparent your younger parts. Listen in to better understand your inner signals and strengthen your ability to recognize and trust yourself.

Episode Highlights:
• [00:00] Introduction
• [00:49] The difference between intuition and a trauma response
• [01:33] Why every part holds its own truth
• [03:48] How the nervous system determines what is safe
• [11:06] Recognizing the markers of a trauma response
• [16:04] What intuition actually feels like
• [22:28] Learning to access your intuition
• [25:19] Question 1 - How can I stop the same thoughts and feelings from returning when I'm dysregulated?
• [43:58] Question 2 - How do I know if I'm trusting my intuition or protecting myself in dating?
• [51:51] Question 3 - Does healing require feeling every painful emotion from my past?

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Quotes:
“Everything you experience is a truth to a part of you. It just might not be the truth of adult you.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:01:38]
“When you're in adult you, the you that's anchored in this present moment, that is when you make contact with your truth and your intuition.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:01:48]
“If you are not anchored in this present moment, that means that a part of you, a younger part of you, is present in your body. That occurs when we become activated or triggered in our lives.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:02:01]
“Too many of us are not following our right life. We are instead going down roads to keep us safe from a past that our nervous system doesn't think is over yet.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:10:31]
“When I'm dysregulated, I am not going to inquire about what my truth is in this moment, because I am not actually in this present moment.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:12:36]
“The most important thing to understand is that your intuition primarily lives in regulation.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:16:11]
“Only when you are anchored in adult you do you know what your truth and intuition is.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:42:50]

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