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Signs From the Body You Should Never Ignore - Dr Tara Swart

2025-09-06 People & Blogs
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Neuroscience of Intuition, Gut Health, and Hacking Decision-Making

Unlock the power of your subconscious by learning how neuroscientists distinguish genuine intuitive insight from anxiety, and discover physical methods to strengthen your inner guidance system.

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  • Intuition represents pattern recognition based on total life experience, stored deeply in the limbic system and physical body tissues.
  • High stress and inflammation actively degrade cognitive performance, clouding intuitive access by shifting the brain into "low power mode."
  • Differentiating the protective, primal avoidance signals of instinct from genuine future-oriented insight is crucial for optimal outcomes.
  • Practical training involves mindful embodiment practices and optimizing gut health, which directly enables clearer neurological processing.
  • This discussion reframes intuition not as mystical, but as an evolving, essential skillset paramount in the age of artificial intelligence.

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Go see Chris live in America - https://chriswilliamson.live Dr Tara Swart is a neuroscientist, senior lecturer at MIT Sloan, and an author. What is intuition? We’ve all heard the phrase “trust your gut,” but where does that feeling actually come from? Is it grounded in neuroscience or something more mysterious? And most importantly, can you rely on it, and how do you get better at listening to it? Expect to learn what it means to trust your instincts and what really mean “trust your gut” actually means and comes from, how to tell the difference between anxiety-driven thoughts and genuine intuitive insight, what role inflammation plays when it comes to brain function, why you should be focusing on the importance of connective fascia tissue, if there really is a metaphysical element to intuition and much more… - 0:00 Why Do We Ignore Our Instincts? 2:05 Choosing What Feels Right Over What is Right 6:14 Is There a Difference Between Instincts and Intuition? 8:11 What is the Serotonin Hypothesis? 11:53 How Can We Determine What Feels Right? 21:27 When Logic, Intuition and Emotion Clash 23:34 Which Archetypes Struggle with Intuition? 28:35 The Effect of Brain and Gut Health on Intuition 36:21 How Do Relationships Impact Our Intuition? 43:18 The Benefits of Gratitude Practice 51:13 How to Train Yourself to Listen to Your Intuition 59:04 How Much Does Chris Trust His Intuition? 01:01:52 What is the Difference Between Being Psychic and Trusting Your Intuition? 01:04:43 Receiving Signs from ‘Beyond’ 01:13:14 Can Signs Be Explained by Psychology? 01:16:44 What Might We Discover? 01:20:43 Find Out More About Tara - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Top Comments (10)

@HKAMILAH 2025-09-08

I just quit my job of 4+ years due to terrible colleagues. I really needed this right now, it solidified to me that I made the right decision

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@aTalkingKoala8294 2025-09-09

My intuition is often very strong when it comes to other people and when I might see them. Someone will pop into my head and boom, a couple hours later I see them around, either at the store or somewhere else.

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@nosajnieraldezurc 2025-09-07

those SADIA KHAN interviews are wild of you know the context of her existence now-adays

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@00Seven1000 2025-09-07

Superb episode Chris! Tara is great. You should consider interviewing Matt Armstrong the guy that rebuilds crashed and written off super cars. He's categorically the most positive human I've ever seen and undertakes near impossible tasks. When most people would give up when things go wrong he just laughs and then lists off all the positives and carries on regardless.

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@amandathecareercoach 2025-09-07

Thank you for giving Tara a lovely thumbnail photo! Absolute love her work and her direction. Very cool you guys had her on.

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@ChrisWillx 2025-09-01

Hello you savages. Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Here’s the timestamps: 0:00 Why Do We Ignore Our Instincts? 2:05 Choosing What Feels Right Over What is Right 6:14 Is There a Difference Between Instincts and Intuition? 8:11 What is the Serotonin Hypothesis? 11:53 How Can We Determine What Feels Right? 21:27 When Logic, Intuition and Emotion Clash 23:34 Which Archetypes Struggle with Intuition? 28:35 The Effect of Brain and Gut Health on Intuition 36:21 How Do Relationships Impact Our Intuition? 43:18 The Benefits of Gratitude Practice 51:13 How to Train Yourself to Listen to Your Intuition 59:04 How Much Does Chris Trust His Intuition? 01:01:52 What is the Difference Between Being Psychic and Trusting Your Intuition? 01:04:43 Receiving Signs from ‘Beyond’ 01:13:14 Can Signs Be Explained by Psychology? 01:16:44 What Might We Discover? 01:20:43 Find Out More About Tara

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@alisonholtom160 2025-09-25

You are amazing Dr Tara 🤩 and such a beautiful smile to boot! Much aroha from 💚Aotearoa NZ x

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@kinesiologylabyrinth 2025-09-08

Love this ladies insights ❤

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@cf7697 2025-10-16

Tara, I think you're outstanding, insightful intelligent and informed - thank you! (btw, I agree, those of us that read your books are very much empaths, intuits and intelligent people. We're just waiting for the science to catch up ! ). I've always used my intuition and my somatic response to inform my insights... I'm not saying it's empiritive evidence, but it works for me. That's my "inner wisdom" (claircognescent or sentient are new words to describe what I feel.) Thanks both for this interview.

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@ranatawil9081 2025-11-18

Would be very interested to see and episode with Tara and Maya Raichoora! I think a lot of Maya’s visualisation work would bridge the concept of intuition with actionability beautifully and effectively.

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