ExcerptLearning to Pay Attention to “Red Flags”Susan’s partner is everything she’s ever wanted in a relationship. He’s funny, warm, a good listener and puts her first. Sure, he also has a problem with his temper—but nobody’s perfect, right? At least he’s taking his anger out on the furniture and other objects and not on her, she reassures herself.... We have all experienced those red flags or warning signs that something is not quite right in our lives. A growing number of psychologists and others in the human potential field believe these warning signs are emergency “flares” set off by something deep and rich found in all of us—our intuition. They believe if we learn to pay attention and act on this inner wisdom, we can gain extraordinary guidance, especially when it comes to our relationships. “No matter how many facts we gather, if we cling to logic, we’re using only a small percentage of our capacity to know,” writes Penney Peirce in her book, The Intuitive Way: The Definitive Guide to Increasing Your Awareness. “Intuition, I’m convinced, is where the other 90 percent of our brainpower lies. Through intuition we get the big picture.”
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