Reclaiming Your Intuition – # 4: Inner Credibility

 

Inner credibility is the trust you place in your own perceptions, decisions, and wisdom. It’s the belief that your perspective matters and that you can rely on it, even in the face of doubt or disagreement from others. Without inner credibility, intuition often gets dismissed before it has a chance to be heard.

What Inner Credibility Looks Like

When you have inner credibility, you can take in outside opinions without feeling pressured to abandon your own knowing. You might consider feedback and even change your mind when it feels right, but you do so from a grounded place rather than from fear of being wrong.

For example, imagine you are buying a home and your intuition tells you that a certain property is the right one. A friend might point out its flaws or suggest another option. If you have inner credibility, you can weigh their input without immediately discarding your own sense of what feels aligned.

How We Lose It

Inner credibility can erode over time for many reasons. Growing up in environments where your voice was dismissed or your choices were constantly second-guessed can make it harder to believe yourself. Toxic workplaces or relationships where your perspective was minimized can have the same effect. The more often you override your inner knowing to please others, the less you trust yourself.

Over time, this can lead to chronic indecision, dependence on others for validation, and a disconnect from your intuition.

Rebuilding Inner Credibility

The good news is that inner credibility can be rebuilt with practice and intentionality. Here are a few ways to start:

1. Acknowledge past dismissals – Recognize where and when your voice was undermined. Awareness is the first step to reclaiming it.
2. Start with small decisions – Practice trusting yourself on low-stakes choices. This builds confidence over time.
3. Separate input from authority – Accept that other people’s opinions can be useful, but they are not the final word on your life.
4. Keep a self-trust journal – Record moments when you listened to yourself and it worked out. Revisit these entries when doubt creeps in.

The Link to Intuition

Without inner credibility, intuition gets drowned out by the louder voices of fear, habit, and external influence. Building credibility with yourself ensures that when your intuition speaks, you hear it and give it weight.

I once worked with a client who had spent years deferring to her partner on every major decision. When she began practicing small acts of self-trust—choosing how to spend her free time, voicing her preferences in conversations—she noticed her intuitive sense becoming stronger and easier to access.

Why It Matters

Inner credibility is the foundation of intuitive living. Without it, even the clearest inner signal can be ignored. With it, you can navigate uncertainty with confidence, knowing that your own voice has value.

**Journal Prompts:**

- Where in my life have I doubted my own perspective?
- How did I learn to question myself?
- What’s one small choice I can make today purely based on my own sense of what’s right?