Hey everyone, it's K-Sunga here. I just want to let you know that we've launched a brand

new call and advice podcast called Dear Headspace. Each week the headspace teachers, along

with some amazing new friends, are answering your questions about relationships, work,

life, mindfulness, and just about everything else. It's so different from anything we've

ever created and we're so excited for you to hear it. Dear Headspace comes out every

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Hi, this is K-Sunga and I welcome you this Thursday to Radio Headspace.

For the first few days of this new year, I will be discussing the eight pillars or concepts

of mindfulness and how they may relate to any of the new year's resolutions you may have

made. Today, I will be discussing the mindfulness concept of trust. So this concept of trust

pertains to the idea of trusting in yourself, trusting your feelings, and fundamentally trusting

your inner voice, your intuition. We all have this innate intuition that serves as a guide

in our everyday life. But oftentimes we just don't listen to it. Why is this? Why don't

we listen to this inner guide? Well, I know one reason maybe because it's often hard

to do so. Our intuition frequently guides us down the more difficult road and that's

where being in tune with the trust with your intuition really comes into play. I distinctly

remember when I decided to listen to my intuition and go to graduate school to study acupuncture.

I was initially totally in a space of fear, especially since my plan up to that point

was to become a physician. I had all the deterring thoughts. Is this the right choice? I'm

making a big mistake. And sure, that first week I was super happy I had listened to my

intuition. I knew I had made the right decision. But by the third week or so, when that super

rigorous curriculum kicked in, we had to memorize hundreds of minuscule points on the body

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