What if trusting your intuition isn't about becoming more spiritual — but becoming more connected to yourself? In this episode of Self Care Is My Job, I sit down with longtime friend, Reiki practitioner, intuitive and Intuitive AF Squared podcast host Renee Jensen of 11 Eleven Healing for a wide-ranging conversation about intuition, trauma, nervous system healing, self-trust, spirituality and the very human work we can't bypass. We talk about the intersection of the energetic and the embodied — and why pulling cards, receiving Reiki, connecting with your guides or having a powerful healing session can only take you so far if you're still disconnected from what's actually happening inside your body. Because eventually, you have to become an active participant in your own healing. Renee describes why understanding your patterns and learning to shift your own energy matters once you leave the healing room. Pasted text(2) We also get into self-gaslighting and what happens when you've spent years questioning, suppressing or explaining away your own experience. How do you begin distinguishing intuition from fear? How do you rebuild trust in what you feel and know? And what changes when you finally start listening? Pasted text(2) Along the way, we explore manifestation vs. co-creation, codependency, synchronicities and glimmer moments, divine timing, authenticity, the nervous system, inner-child wounds, toxic positivity, grief, and the breakdown that can come before a breakthrough. Renee also shares the story behind Intuitive AF Squared and her belief that intuition isn't reserved for a special few — we're all navigating the tension between fear and programming on one side and inner knowing, authenticity and purpose on the other. Pasted text(2) This isn't a conversation about bypassing the hard stuff in pursuit of enlightenment. It's about living the work. About trusting yourself enough to follow the breadcrumbs. And recognizing that sometimes the messy, uncomfortable, unexpected part of the journey isn't keeping you from where you're supposed to go. It is how you get there. In this episode, we talk about: Intuition vs. fear, trauma and conditioningWhy spirituality can't replace connection to your bodyReiki, energy work and embodied healingRebuilding self-trust after years of self-gaslightingManifestation vs. co-creationWhy co-creation may be the opposite of codependencySynchronicities, “glimmers” and following the breadcrumbsDivine timing and letting go of the need to have it nowWhy healing requires participation, patience and supportThe grief that can accompany growth and sheddingToxic positivity and allowing two things to be trueWhy the hard parts may actually be part of your pathLiving what you teachAbout Renee Jensen:Renee Jensen is the founder of 11 Eleven Healing, a Reiki practitioner and intuitive, and the host of Intuitive AF Squared, where she explores intuition, energy, spirituality and the human experience. 🎧 Listen to Intuitive AF Squared and connect with Renee through 11 Eleven Healing.
