Intuition Gut Check

When to act on (and when to ignore) your intuition

Sending a ticked off e-mail
Ignore it. When you're upset, you're likely to make irrational decisions that only feel like intuition, says Oliver Turnbull, Ph.D., a researcher at the University of Wales.

Reaching out to an old friend
Act on it. "When I get a phone number in my sleep or in a deep meditative state, I always call it the next day and am rewarded--that's intuition at work," says Judith Orloff, M.D., author of Intuitive Healing.

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