How Childhood Trauma Can Shape Intuition – The Science of Spiritual Gifts | Laura Day
What's The Juice
Olivia Amitrano
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🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Ep. 146 Is heightened intuition a gift or a trauma response? Why is it stronger for some than others, and what is the science behind why some people have 'psychic' abilities? Laura Day, world-renowned intuitive and bestselling author of Practical Intuition and her new book The Prism, is diving into why our unique childhood experiences & 'wounds' can determine the ways in which our intuition may express as an adult. Laura grew up in a chaotic home affected by suicide, manic depression, and narcissism, effectively raising her siblings alone, and is sharing how her beginning actually became the portal to discovering her intuitive gifts. She breaks down the important difference between intuition and wisdom, and why intuition can be both a superpower and a stumbling block depending on how we develop it.
HERE'S THE JUICE
- Breaking down how she developed her gift for intuition through trauma, highlighting how many of our childhoods are prone to trauma due to lack of power
- Laura shares her early life experiences – coming from three generations of physicians, and how that gave her a data-driven approach to intuition
- Why the very things that challenged us most often become our points of greatest strength and tangible steps to identify our challenges and take small steps to create the life we want
- The importance of avoiding the trap of constantly trying to "change yourself" and instead approaching the mind as a mechanical system that may only need a small change
- The crucial difference between intuition and wisdom
- Why intuition is a double-edged sword and when we should and shouldn't listen to it
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Laura speaking on Gift and trauma of intuition
03:09 Laura Day's Story
09:24 The science behind intuition
15:38 The role of trauma in intuition
22:09 The mechanics of change and the importance of small changes
29:32 Understanding intuition and its limits
35:30 Empowered realistic thinking
36:21 Navigating self-perception and growth
40:07 The power of reparenting and healing
51:47 Understanding ergo centers and intuition
01:05:02 Setting goals and embracing change
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| 0:00.0 | Is having a heightened, scarily accurate intuition a gift or a trauma response? |
| 0:06.9 | Why is it stronger for some than others? |
| 0:09.0 | And what's the science behind why some people have psychic abilities? |
| 0:13.1 | Welcome back to What's the Juice podcast. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm your host, Olivia Amitrano. |
| 0:17.3 | I'm an herbalist and an artist. |
| 0:19.2 | And I'm extremely passionate about mind-body wellness, |
| 0:21.6 | the things that actually make our experience here on Earth easier. |
| 0:25.6 | And I love to chat with folks who help us to understand ourselves and each other on a deeper level. |
| 0:30.6 | Today's guest is my kind of girl because her work helps us to make meaning out of our pain |
| 0:35.6 | and helps us to see where our gifts are, as well as our |
| 0:38.8 | potential blind spots and how to move forward in our lives on a practical level when we're |
| 0:43.4 | feeling stuck and in old loops of our wounding. |
| 0:46.8 | Laura Day is a world-renowned intuitive who advises billion-dollar companies on their investments |
| 0:52.0 | using her abilities. |
| 0:54.0 | And to help people like me and you, |
| 0:55.8 | she writes some pretty incredible books on the side. Her new book, The PRISM, explains why you |
| 1:00.5 | may have certain intuitive gifts in some areas, but feel totally unable to change your life |
| 1:06.6 | or function or solve problems effectively in other areas of your life. Her book breaks down your |
| 1:11.7 | gifts, but on the flip side doesn't rely on them to move you forward. This isn't another empty |
| 1:17.6 | promised book about manifestation. She actually talks about leveraging small, unfamiliar changes, |
| 1:23.0 | making tiny, almost ridiculous changes to the way you move through the world that feels silly |
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