Soft Nudge

The Voice You've Been Silencing

*New series: a weekly pause to return to yourself*
This week's Soft Nudge: The Voice You’ve Been Silencing

I have always loved the sea and its beautiful shells. As a child, I learned to hold a conch shell to my ear and listen for the ocean. Years later, I remember showing my five-year-old niece how to do the same. From her wide-eyed look, I could tell no one had ever floated this idea to her. But curiosity called. She lifted the shell. “I hear it!” she whispered.

Hearing your intuition is a lot like holding a conch shell to your ear. You quiet your mind. You become receptive. You soften, suspend judgment, and let curiosity lead.

From there, you might ask a question and listen for a response. Or simply follow your inner cues -the stirrings, sensations, and subtle pulls that guide you forward.

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If this feels difficult, know this: when your intuition seems silent, it isn’t because it’s missing.

You’ve just been listening to other things.
The survival scripts. The looping thoughts. The old stories that say you’re not ready or worthy or safe to trust yourself. These have taken center stage.

And maybe, without meaning to, you’ve forgotten how to lighten up.

Imagine lifting a conch shell to your ear while doubt and disbelief roar inside. Guidance doesn’t live in that kind of noise. It speaks when you soften, when you settle, when your focus becomes light and relaxed.

Intuition never disappears. But you might, without realizing it. When the world’s noise pulls you out of yourself, your inner connection gets displaced.

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So let’s begin the return.

And just in time: Venus has moved from Taurus into Gemini, a shift that subtly supports us in freeing our voices.
Taurus rules the throat- where we often hold what goes unsaid. Gemini, its neighboring sign, invites communication, curiosity, and a lighter way of expressing what lives within.

If you’ve felt blocked or unsure how to hear yourself, this moment may mark a gentle unblocking. A breeze through the inner reeds. A loosening of what’s been held too tightly.

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This weekend, visit nature.
Turn down the volume of your thoughts.
Turn up the volume of your feelings and embodied senses.

Whether for five minutes or fifteen, give yourself the quiet luxury of presence.
Feel what you feel.
See what you see.
Know what you know.

Let curiosity guide you.

Trust that whatever arises, or doesn’t, is exactly right.

Your intuition is not far away.
It lives right here, in your connection to yourself.❤

**Today’s Soft Nudge is paired with the conch shell, featured on the Intuition card from the Intuitive Energy Deck. Like intuition itself, the conch invites you inward. Listen softly, for what calls beneath the surface of life.