{"id":6322,"date":"2024-01-29T23:25:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T03:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/your-hunch-is-never-just-a-hunch-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T23:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T03:25:53","slug":"your-hunch-is-never-just-a-hunch-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/your-hunch-is-never-just-a-hunch-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Hunch Is Never \u201cJust a Hunch\u201d\u2014Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There it was\u2014a hunch that felt\u2026 well, \u201coff.\u201d<\/p>\n

As it often does, it came at the absolute time. Sonia Choquette<\/strong> and her husband had just convinced the owners of a house that was \u201cperfect\u201d for them to generously sell it at a low bid (they were a young couple with very little money, after all).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to close on the house in three weeks or four weeks, and we\u2019re going to have the house. Yay! Right?<\/em>\u201d she recalls in her Sixth Sense Superpower<\/em> Quest on Mindvalley. \u201cExcept about a week later, I woke up and I said to my husband, \u2018I have a bad vibe. We can\u2019t buy the house<\/em>.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the owners weren\u2019t happy. Their realtor was definitely not happy. And her husband? \u201cPissed<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Sonia herself? \u201cI [felt] incredibly relieved, and I wondered why<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The answer came four days after they were supposed to own the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt starts to rain in Chicago, where this was occurring, and rain and rain and rain and rain for six weeks. And that house was on a floodplain. And that house flooded<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bullet dodged.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the incredible thing about hunches\u2014they often have a way of having our backs.<\/p>\n

The thing is, we\u2019re all built with this radar. Some of us choose to ignore it. Some of us are aware of it, no matter how much we want to ignore it. And the rest of us? Well, we use it as a sixth sense.<\/p>\n

Now, none of us are Spider-Man with \u201cspidey senses.\u201d But that\u2019s not to say you can\u2019t hone in on your hunch and use it as your superpower.<\/p>\n

What Does \u201cHunch\u201d Mean?<\/h2>\n

Surely you\u2019ve heard of intuition<\/a>\u2014the ever-so-subtle whisper that something is true before the facts catch up. \u201cHunch\u201d is simply another word for it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like an inkling or a suspicion that you feel about something without clear reasoning or evidence. And it often comes from subconscious observations or experiences.<\/p>\n

For example, you meet someone for the first time and instantly feel like you\u2019ll become good friends. Or you\u2019re walking home and have a feeling that you shouldn\u2019t take your normal route, only to find out later that there was an incident in that area.<\/p>\n

Even for Sonia, as she and her family were standing at the gate on their way to their annual summer trip to Paris, she had a sudden hunch not to get on that plane. She just knew<\/em> and insisted on going on a different flight. It turned out, the aircraft had a mechanical problem, and all the passengers were stuck. Except Sonia and her family, of course.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be mistaken, though. This so-called \u201cspidey sense<\/a>\u201d is not the same as clairvoyance or having a premonition. While a hunch can be a part of everyday decision-making and intuition, the other two are generally considered to be paranormal phenomena.<\/p>\n

Sonia Choquette Swears By Her Hunches\u2014Here Are 3 Things She Does When They Pop Up<\/h2>\n

Sonia\u2019s a renowned spiritual teacher for a reason: She\u2019s pretty darn good at noticing when she has a hunch on things.<\/p>\n

Based on her experiences, here\u2019s what she does when it pops up:<\/p>\n

1. She quiets down and listens in<\/h3>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re actually listening with your entire body<\/em>,\u201d she explains. And she did exactly that on a trip to Romania with her cousin to settle some court paperwork with their family history.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, she and that cousin had a communication breakdown. Because it was during the pandemic, she had decisions to make: Should she get on the plane? Should she make this big effort with all these restrictions? Would her cousin show up or not?<\/p>\n

She decided to get quiet and listen. \u201cShould I go? I got a \u2018yes.\u2019<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

So she went, and thankfully, her cousin showed up. They went to court, filled up the papers, and had \u201cthe most beautiful afternoon after that<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. She asks for guidance<\/h3>\n

Having a hunch is one thing. But after that initial instinct<\/a>, what comes next?<\/p>\n

Ask yourself, \u201cWhat does your spirit feel?<\/em>\u201d It\u2019s a piece of wisdom Sonia got from her own mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember one time I would ask my mom as a teenager; I had this idea that I was going to go out to a party and sneak out, and we were going to smoke pot<\/em>,\u201d she shares. \u201cI had this whole plan with my mom that I was going to tell her I was going to go babysitting<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, lying through her teeth, she asks her mother if she could go babysit. Her mother\u2019s response? \u201cWhat does your spirit feel?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, Sonia\u2019s spirit told her it wasn\u2019t a good idea.<\/p>\n

As bummed out as she was about it, her hunch had her back. That party was raided, and half of her friends got arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a very important part of intuition<\/em>,\u201d she says. \u201cYou have to be open, but you can only be open if you\u2019re going to be honest. Your intuition won\u2019t work if you\u2019re not honest<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. She notices the signs<\/h3>\n

The thing that Sonia realized is, the more she trusts her hunches, the more she sees synchonicities unfolding and things going her way. As she says, \u201cIntuition doesn\u2019t tell you what you want to hear; it tells you what you need to hear<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

It does this not only through a sense or a feeling. It also does this through \u201csigns, symbols, metaphors, and sometimes jokes<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

For instance, one time she was driving to a workshop and she came to a stop sign. In front of her was a car with a license plate that read \u201cSLWD.\u201d Her mind read it as \u201cslow down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBoom! Got it; slow down<\/em>,\u201d she recalls. \u201cAnd I was speeding. I was late\u2026 So I\u2019m cruising around the corner; see that [license plate]; slow down. And just as I came around the corner, sure enough, there was a cop on the side of the road with a laser gun tracking the speed of the car<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are signs everywhere. Sure, it could be just a hunch. But that\u2019s just one part. The other? Take it in as information and follow through.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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