What your intuition is telling you

Having an immediate insight into people, sensing exactly what you should do in a situation: intuition is an intangible thing. Journalist Mariska Jansen finds out how it works and how you can develop it further. 

Intuition is knowing something subconsciously, sensing something without having given it any thought. It’s a compass for making decisions in your personal life. 
For example, deciding whether someone is trustworthy. It plays a role in picking the people you want to spend time with—people who then become your friends, or the one you fall in love with.

It can also influence less impactful choices: that sudden craving for orange juice, the desire to go out for a walk or, just the opposite, to stay indoors. Urges and intuition are automatic processes that have nothing to do with conscious logic. They play an important role in our lives, but are usually not valued properly because of 
the lack of rational argument.