The Goal Digger Podcast: Episode 935 Summary

Your Intuition Was Never Wrong, You Just Weren't Taught How to Read It

Host: Jenna Kutcher
Guest: SheTell Story (psychic medium, spiritual grief support counselor, professional astrologer, coach, and entrepreneur)
Date: December 1, 2025

Episode Overview

In this heartfelt, deep-dive episode, Jenna Kutcher is joined by SheTell Story to tackle one of the most profound challenges for entrepreneurs: learning to trust your intuition again after years of external conditioning, burnout, and second-guessing. They discuss the interplay between intuition, body, mind, transformation, grief, and the journey back to self-trust—particularly in a business context. Expect a conversation blending spiritual wisdom, psychology, business savvy, and actionable encouragement for anyone standing at a crossroads or longing to reconnect with their internal compass.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. What Intuition Really Is and Why We Lose Touch

• Intuition as a Birthright: SheTell describes intuition as our natural inheritance, but explains how we’re trained out of it, opting for external validation and "the achieve to receive" pattern.
  • “You’re born with intuition. It’s our birthright. And yet we’re trained out of it at such a young age to listen to everyone else.” (03:11, SheTell)
• Safety vs. Authenticity: As children, we often sacrifice authenticity for connection, learning to quiet our inner knowing to fit external expectations.
  • “If authenticity challenges connection, we give up authenticity so easily...” (03:32, SheTell)

2. The Three Intelligences: Mind, Body, Spirit

• Mind: Its job is safety, always referencing the past, and not always a reliable guide for innovation or soul-driven purpose (05:25).
• Body: It signals truth, but trauma or disconnect can make it a hard place to inhabit (05:48).
• Spirit: The animating energy or electromagnetic field—the conscious, guiding wisdom we all possess (06:42).
  • “When you realize that, you put your intuition first... then body... then mind. But we as entrepreneurs always put mind first.” (07:48, SheTell)
• Order of Trust: Learn to put spirit/intuitive guidance first, body second, and mind last.

3. Why We Feel Intuition Is “Wrong”

• Mistaken Timing and Misreading Cues: Often, what we interpret as “intuition gone wrong” is actually a case of forcing the timing or missing signs of true alignment.
  • Story of moving to Vancouver Island during Mercury retrograde:
    • “You misread the cues. That was not timing... When something is aligned, it’s going to all come together with effortless flow.” (09:36, SheTell)
• Divine Timing & Alignment: SheTell emphasizes waiting for all elements to fall smoothly into place.

4. Entrepreneurial Transformation and Grief

• Identity and Dissolution: Periods of intense change ("12th House years" in astrology) can feel like your passions, interests, and relationships are dissolving—this is necessary for authentic evolution.
  • “I think we often romanticize transformation and transition... but nobody talks about how much it sucks. It effing sucks.” (27:39, SheTell)
• Grief Accompanies All Transitions: Letting go is essential to access the next layer of your “gold” essence.

5. Putting Lessons Into Practice: Personal Stories

• Jenna’s Transformation: Jenna shares her own journey of discomfort during a feminine energy retreat, realizing her over-reliance on masculine energy (drive, logic, strategy).
  • “I remember being envious of the women who were embodied, who didn’t care what anybody thought of their dancing... I have been operating from my masculinity, this idea of force.” (31:48, Jenna)
• Serendipitous Meeting: The story of how Jenna and SheTell met—highlighting intuition at work and the grace of “right place, right time.” (16:32–18:53)

6. Shedding Layers: The Buddha Gold Statue Analogy

• SheTell shares a metaphor: Buddhist monks covered gold Buddha statues in mud for protection, forgetting their true nature until cracks revealed the gold underneath.
  • “And the grief is actually stripping away these layers... and you come back to the gold that is your spirit, your soul... That intuition is the tool of the soul, your compass.” (39:06, SheTell)

7. Reframing Self-Protection and Criticism

• From Self-Critique to Self-Conviction: Releasing the habit of “judging myself first so you can’t hurt me.”
  • “What love would say to that is: I’m not available for that anymore. You cannot cancel me... you don’t have the permission or power to do so.” (44:02, SheTell)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Trusting Intuition:
  • “Your intuition was never wrong, you just weren't taught how to read it.” (Episode title and recurring refrain)
• On Divine Timing:
  • “If you’re not looking for the right cues and clues and it doesn’t feel effortless and aligned, then it’s just not going to happen.” (01:00 & 13:00, SheTell)
• On Transformation:
  • “You can’t get it wrong... There’s the scenic route or there’s the fast route—and we all want the fast route. If you’re not listening to your intuition, you’ll go the scenic route. You’re still going to get to the end result.” (29:50, SheTell)
• On Intuition in Business:
  • “Every decision you make that’s not in alignment with your intuition, you’re going to go the scenic route, like you’re still going to get to your destination, but it’s going to be painful. And sometimes we need painful...” (41:15, SheTell)
• On Gold Under the Mud:
  • “Now I’m just gonna be this gold little Buddha belly because I don’t care. You can try to cancel me, but I’ll cancel myself before you ever get the chance.” (43:15, Jenna)

Important Timestamps

• 03:02–08:19: SheTell’s framework on intuition, the three intelligences, and how we become disconnected.
• 09:36–14:00: Real-life client and personal examples of following intuition vs. forcing outcomes; the role of astrology and divine timing.
• 16:32–19:12: The story of Jenna and SheTell’s meeting, the serendipity of intuition, and trusting unexpected yeses.
• 27:15–33:52: The challenges and gifts of major personal and business pivots; astrology's role in predicting and surviving these shifts.
• 39:06–44:53: The Buddha statue gold analogy; letting go of external judgment and stepping fully into authentic self.
• 49:15–51:00: SheTell's offer of a free intuition activation meditation and practical ways to rebuild trust in intuition (“Book of Evidence” exercise).

Resources & How to Connect

• SheTell Story
  • Website: shetellstory.com
  • Intuition Activation Meditation (linked in show notes)
  • Active on social media; welcomes connection and feedback

Episode Takeaways

• You’re not “wrong”—you were just never taught to trust or interpret your intuition.
• True alignment feels easy, not forced; resistance may signal misreading the cues, not intuitive failure.
• Transformation and business growth require regular grieving and releasing of old identities.
• Intuition isn’t “woo,” it’s an essential, scientifically-backed intelligence. Learning to read and trust it can save you from burnout and guide you to authentic success.
• Build your “Book of Evidence” to track how honoring (or ignoring) your intuition shapes outcomes.

For Listeners

If you’re feeling lost, burnt out, or stuck—even if you doubt your ability to trust yourself—this episode offers both clarity and comfort. You’ll hear honest stories, actionable spiritual and business strategies, and be reminded: the gold is always there beneath the mud.

“Keep on digging your biggest goals. The world needs what you’re building.” — Jenna Kutcher (52:23)

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