America Ferrera always had,

even as a child, a “heightened radar”

 for whatever unspoken dynamics

were happening in the room.

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AF:

“Flex your intuition muscle.”

AT:

“Tell me more about that muscle.”

AF:

 “I think that our intuition is like a muscle,

and if you don´t use it, it atrophies.

If you don´t use it

or don´t even know how to identify it,

 then you also don´t even know

that you have intuition

 or it exists to begin with.”

AT:

“Like my abs.”

AF:
“Like your abs.

And the way you get stronger

 in your intuition

 is by using it, working it out.

By having the courage

 to act on your intuition,

 to listen,

to actually pay attention to

and be in constant consultation with it.

I have gotten stronger

and been able to pinpoint what I feel

 and how I feel it.

 I know in the moment,

when I get that feeling in my gut,

 a holding or a flowing,

 either way I know what´s right for me,

yes, maybe it´s going to be

uncomfortable to act on it,

but I´m going to do it.

And once I´ve done it,

everything feels so much better,

and so much more aligned.

Like a good workout.”

AT:

“You´ve worked out that intuitive muscle!”

AF:

“Yep! And after you do it

 one time-even just once-

 you now know about that muscle

 and how to get it to work for you.

That it is there to serve you.

You learn that listening to your intuition,

even if it´s hard,

will always end in a better outcome.

And when you act on it,

it may not always be 100 percent right,

 but at least you´re headed in that direction.

 You are stretching

and strengthening that muscle.”

Trust your intuition.

AT:

“Learn to listen to your body and its story.

 Reshape your relationship to your body,

 because it´s the temple for your intuition-

for the part of you

that has your best interests at heart.”

AF:

“When it is happening,

when my intuition is kicking in,

 it lives in this space

between my gut and my heart.

 Like where your solar plexus is.”

AT:

“That makes sense.

 The solar plexus

is where the largest network of nerves

in the body meet up and cross paths-

It´s like the Times Square subway station

 of our bodies,

You´ve got the Adrenal Line!

Kidney Line! Liver Line!

 Stomach Line! Aorta Line!

So many nerve lines

passing through one area.”

AF:

“Exactly! It is no wonder they call it solar

because it really does feel

like the sun inside you

 that sheds light on everything else."