Ep #201 -  The Intuition of Fear - An Interview with Teacher and Author, Ricci Jane Adams.

How do you follow your intuition? In this episode of Empowering Chats, my guest Ricci Jane Adams and I tackle that question. Ricci starts the conversation by asking us to be open to the invitation of following our intuition.

Ricci’s mother was her first spiritual teacher. She was taught deep, classical wisdom. However, confusion set in for her as she watched her mother express these spiritual truths while also observing that her mother was not happy in her life.  This led Ricci on a quest to figure out what was true for her.  She saw a contradiction of what her mother preached and how she lived her life. Ricci kept asking herself, “Why be spiritual if your life was not going to be great?”

That’s when Ricci realized the missing piece was the shadow work. A lot of her mom’s path was connecting to these high spiritual frequencies and despite that practice it was not transforming her mom’s trauma or her eternal state of being. This journey helped Ricci realize that if she was going to make this spiritual path her life’s work, she was going to have to figure out why so many spiritual people are unhappy. She realized she was unhappy and so was her mom, and others she came in contact with.

As Ricci began to do her own research it led her to start the Institute for Intuitive Intelligence. What she found was that the most powerful way to increase your intuition was to go into the subconscious and face your shadow side. By facing your fears in a safe environment then you don’t need to be taught how to be more intuitive. She found that by removing the fear, the block is removed and the intuition that has always been there gets the opportunity to begin flowing again.

That is the main kind of spiritual work that Ricci does at the Institute. They are a multi-faceted training school that specializes in trauma. At the Institute they start by asking questions of Fear. By doing that first, they can help people unpack that which they are fearful of. Ricci feels that much of our suffering and trauma can simply be the resistance that is being aimed at the fear we don’t want to face.

Many facets of fear are explored at the institute – including the dominant program of how you lead your life. Is it from a place of fear or a place of love? Radically different and yet connected just the same.  Ricci also shared that her mom's spiritual journey also evolved and she is now a part of Ricci's team at her institute.

To learn more about Ricci Jane Adams and the Institute for Intuitive Intelligence please visit her website at: RicciJaneAdams.com

To learn more about how I show up in the world please visit my website: SusanBurrell.com