How to Tell the Difference Between Intuition and Overthinking?

Writers know when it’s time to create poetry; they just know it.

The emotions arrive all at once, taking turns within their soul, searching for somewhere to settle. Some days, they circle those feelings slowly — the way someone absentmindedly circles a spoon through their coffee.

And when poetry finally knocks on their door, they stop resisting it.

They sit with themselves quietly, heart centred, allowing the words to arrive as they are. Writers know when a poem wants to be written because it doesn’t ask politely. It barges in, breaks through, and dissolves everything else into silence.

Intuition feels a little like that too.

It’s your own voice, but wiser somehow. Softer. Quieter.

And maybe that’s why intuition feels magical — because it isn’t something we are meant to explain all the time, only feel.

You can listen to the audio version here: Intuition – A Poem Your Soul Narrates.

Intuition Feels Like Returning to Yourself

I’ve always been drawn to things we cannot fully explain — dreams, signs, stars, repeating numbers, feelings that arrive before logic does. Not because I need answers from them, but because they help me hear myself more clearly.

They quiet the outside world long enough for me to return home to my own voice again.

That’s what intuition has always felt like to me:

a return.

Every poem, every story I’ve ever written has come from that quiet place within me — a place that doesn’t ask for proof, only presence.

And yet, so often we confuse intuition with overthinking.

Intuition Is Quiet, Overthinking Is Loud

But they do not feel the same.

Intuition is quiet clarity.

Overthinking is noise.

One gently nudges.

The other spirals.

One feels grounding, even when it’s uncomfortable. The other leaves you exhausted, replaying every possibility until you no longer know what’s real.

Overthinking wants certainty.

Intuition asks for trust.

And trust does not always arrive with logic. Sometimes it arrives as a feeling sitting quietly in your chest asking to be heard.

Maybe Sensitivity Was Never the Problem

I think many of us stopped trusting ourselves because somewhere along the way, we were told we were too emotional, too sensitive, too much.

So we learned to question our instincts before we even listened to them.

But sensitivity is not weakness.

Sometimes it’s awareness.

Sometimes your soul notices things before your mind understands them.

So many of us struggle to trust others because deep down, we no longer trust ourselves. We silence our instincts, explain away our feelings, and slowly disconnect from our own inner knowing.

But the moment you begin listening again, something shifts.

You soften.

You stop fighting yourself all the time.

And life begins feeling a little less heavy.

There Is Wisdom in Slowing Down

Now, I don’t rush myself the way I used to.

I listen more.

I pause more.

I let feelings move through me before trying to explain them away.

Life feels softer that way.

I don’t believe we are behind in life. I think we are all moving through different seasons, learning different things in different timings.

And maybe intuition is simply the part of us trying to guide us gently through it all.

So please, don’t rush yourself.

Not your healing.

Not your becoming.

Not your creativity.

Not your life.

There is wisdom in slowing down long enough to hear yourself clearly.

And maybe that’s all intuition really is:

your soul finding its way back to you.

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If you are grieving someone you love, I hope you allow yourself to heal slowly.

And if you need a space to feel seen in your grief, you’re welcome to explore the grief support circles. I hold small virtual gatherings with 4–5 people — gentle spaces to share, feel, remember, and sit with the love that still remains.