44 Intuition Quotes to Help You Trust Your Gut in Motherhood
Mother’s intuition is real. And it’s a powerful force for navigating the challenges of parenting.
These 44 quotes will inspire you to trust your gut through the ups and downs of motherhood. Through the noise, you need reminders to ride out the chaos and find calm in everyday life. As a mom of three, I understand (from experience!) the beauty, challenges, joys, and difficulties you’re facing.
Why Trusting Your Intuition Matters
Trusting your gut is not just a nice idea. It’s essential for making empowered decisions in motherhood. Instead of searching for answers or following countless experts, remember that you have the answers within you! Your intuition is a compass that will guide you toward choices that resonate with your unique family and are in alignment with your approach to parenting.
By tuning into your inner voice, you can:
Make Better Decisions in the Moment. Listening to your intuition will help you make the best choice for you and your children, even when you’re overwhelmed and overstimulated.
Build Your Confidence as a Mother. Trusting your gut increases your sense of self-assurance as a mother. You’ll stop caring about what other people think and you’ll know you’re doing your personal best.
Deepen Your Relationship with Your Children. A strong intuitive connection will help you trust your deepest knowings about your children’s emotions and needs.
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Whenever you need a nudge to start trusting your gut and listening to your mother’s intuition, come back to this post. It’s packed with quotes, reminders, and podcast episodes designed to take you from feeling maxed out as a mom to happy and calm in no time.
Quotes About Trusting Your Gut
“I only do what my gut tells me to, I think it’s smart to listen to other people’s advice, but at the end of the day, you’re the only one who can tell you what’s right for you.”
— Jennifer Lopez
“Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.”
— Joyce Brothers
“Intuition doesn’t tell you what you want to hear; it tells you what you need to hear.”
— Sonia Choquette
“Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.”
— Barbara Corcoran
“There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action…Keep the channel open.”
— Martha Graham
“Don’t try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition.”
— Madeleine L’Engle
“To listen to the soul is to slow down, to feel deeply, to see ourselves clearly, to surrender to discomfort and uncertainty and to wait.”
— Elizabeth Lesser
“Being able to put your blinders on, ignore negative opinions, and follow your strong intuition is what’s validating to me. It’s a great feeling to know you can trust your gut.”
— Whitney Wolfe
“Your intuition knows what to do. The trick is getting your head to shut up so you can hear.”
— Louise Smith
“Everything I do is just really my intuition, and every time I go against my intuition, it's a mistake. Even though I may sit down and analyze and intellectualize something on paper, if I go against my gut feeling, it's wrong.”
— Tamara Mellon
Want Even More Encouragement to Trust Your Gut?
Episode 167 of Celebrate Cultivate in all about Intuitive Living: Making Time, Trusting Your Gut, and Daily Practices. If you have a hard time trusting your gut or always forget to tune in to your intuition, you’ll love my tips for overcoming both.
For personal insights and client stories that will inspire you to trust your intuition and take aligned action, listen to Episode 180 of Celebrate Cultivate, Moments of Intuition.
Quotes About Mother's Intuition
“All those clichés—those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood—all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience.”
— Penélope Cruz
“Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”
— Agatha Christie
“Motherhood has taught me the meaning of living in the moment and being at peace. Children don’t think about yesterday, and they don’t think about tomorrow. They just exist in the moment.” — Jessalyn Gilsig
“Most of us have spent our whole lives being taught to believe everyone else's opinions about our bodies, rather than to believe what our own bodies are trying to tell us.”
― Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski in Burnout
“A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.”
— Marilyn Monroe
“Paying very close attention to your intuition is perhaps the most important rule of all.”
— Lynn Hill
“Intuition is the innate knowledge gifted to us by nature and can only be accessed in a place of calm awareness. Instincts can be wrong, but intuition is always right.”
— Shimi Kang, M.D.
“Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.”
— Mother Teresa
“Follow your instincts and do not let other people’s opinion of you become your opinion of yourself.”
— Sarah Jessica Parker
“Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice. Ask questions, be curious, see what you see, hear what you hear, and then act upon what you know to be true. These intuitive powers were given to your soul at birth.”
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
More Inspiration for your Motherhood Journey
Learn about self-mothering practices to infuse your days with nurturing care. From gentle morning routines to midday check-ins and soothing evening rituals, find small actions to cultivate a connection with yourself. Listen to episode 176 of Celebrate Cultivate, Self-Mothering: Daily Rituals and Practices.
Take a moment for yourself with episode 168 of Celebrate Cultivate: Self-Mothering Soul-Care: Guided Meditation + Journal Prompts. Learn more about self-mothering and how it can help you navigate everyday life with more ease. Then enjoy a meditation and journaling session to give yourself the care you deserve.
A Year of Calm for You
You don’t need another self-help audiobook. You need to listen to your intuition.
Imagine how it’d feel to slow down, breathe, and reconnect to the peace within.
A Year of Calm is your ticket to ending overwhelm and thriving in your life.
Quotes About Listening to Your Inner Voice
“I have learned that if I want to rise, I have to sink first. I have to search for and depend upon the voice of inner wisdom instead of voices of outer approval.”
— Glennon Doyle
“Listen to your inner voice, for it is a deep and powerful source of wisdom, beauty, and truth, ever flowing through you.”
— Caroline Joy Adams
“You are looking for answers, insight, and wisdom that you already possess. Live the life in front of you, be the life you are, and see what you find out for yourself.”
— Karen Maezen Miller
“You must train your intuition; you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.”
— Ingrid Bergman
“Intuition means exactly what it sounds like, in-tuition! An inner tutor or teaching and learning mechanism that takes us forward daily. It is a resource that, where recognized, has infinite potential.”
— Sylvia Clare
“I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition.”
— Kim Basinger
“No effective guidance will ever be achieved by seeking the approval of others, for they all desire different things of you. Constant, pure guidance from Source comes forth from within you. It is always there.”
— Esther / Abraham Hicks
“In order to trust my instincts I must first respect them.”
— Scarlett Johansson
“Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“Intuition is always right in at least two important ways; It is always in response to something. It always has your best interest at heart.”
— Karen Whitaker
“Our inner guidance is the best leader we have. Don’t follow anything unless it’s been run through your inner guidance first and it’s been deemed a fit for you and your unique, beautiful mishmash of circumstances, preferences, and soul qualities.”
— Kate Northrup
“Listen to your inner voice. Trust your intuition. It’s important to have the courage to trust yourself.”
— Dawn Ostroff
Reminders to Tune Into the Wisdom Within
In Episode 174 of Celebrate Cultivate, I answer your frequently asked questions. If you’ve ever wondered, “What is intuition? Is it ever wrong? What can you do to strengthen it?” This one is for you!
When you want to know how you can overcome overwhelm and find alignment, listen to Episode 42 of Celebrate Cultivate. You’ll learn how your intuition can help with big decisions, but also support you with tiny choices every day.
Quotes About Being Your Best Self
“The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.”
— Gisele Bündchen
“Cease trying to work everything out with your mind. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.”
— Eileen Cady
“Trusting your intuition means tuning in as deeply as you can to the energy you feel, following that energy moment to moment, trusting that it will lead you where you want to go and bring you everything you desire.”
— Shakti Gawain
“Follow your intuition and all will be well.”
— Marie Kondo
“By learning to trust your intuition, miracles seem to happen. Intuitive thoughts are gifts from the higher self.”
— Susan Jeffers
“As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”
— Marianne Williamson
“Intuition is a powerful business tool. Use it.”
— Maggie Wilderotter
“I’m a person who relies very heavily on intuition and feeling out the situation, so I’ve never really made a five-year plan or anything like that, if it’s right, it will fall into place and if not, I understand.”
— Emma Stone
“To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling. Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to, but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it.”
— Jean Shinoda Bolen
“Meditation is an essential travel partner on your journey of personal transformation. Meditation connects you with your soul, and this connection gives you access to your intuition, your heartfelt desires, your integrity, and the inspiration to create a life you love.”
— Sarah McLean
“You attract the right things when you have a sense of who you are.”
— Amy Poehler
“Since everybody is an individual, nobody can be you. You are unique. No one can tell you how to use your time. It is yours. Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Embody the Magic in Who You Really Are
When you want to discover practical tips for creating rituals that support your best self, listen to episode 169 of Celebrate Cultivate: Elevate Your Daily Rituals: How to Infuse Your Day with Intention.
Learn about the powerful practice of accessing wisdom from your past and future selves. With personal stories and actionable steps, episode 177 of Celebrate Cultivate will inspire you to heal, receive, and connect deeper with your inner wisdom.
How to Listen to Your Intuition
Listening to your intuition and acting on its guidance will help you feel less overwhelmed and more aligned in your everyday life as a mom. There isn’t one “right” way to access intuition. Try this sequence, then adjust it in ways that feel good to you:
Turn your focus inward. Close your eyes, steady your breath, and exhale deeply when thoughts arise. Take your awareness to the space inside where you've heard your intuition before. (It could be the chest, belly, or somewhere else.)
Tune into your quiet knowing. Go into receiving mode and listen. Your intuition might show up with words, images, sensations, or even complete stillness. This is perfect. Ask your inner voice open-ended questions — and if anything is unclear or unsatisfying to your mind, follow up with more questions.
Trust with open curiosity. Your intuition is part of you. It wants what is best for you. It believes you and believes in you. Experiment with acting on the insights you receive. Play with trusting what comes.
Get the Answers You Want from Within
Go deeper with your intuition practice so you can flow through the challenges and difficulties that motherhood brings and start to truly enjoy the beauty and joy your life has to offer.
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About Kaileen Elise Sues
Hi, I'm Kaileen! Intuition coach, host of the Celebrate Cultivate podcast, and mom of three. Before learning to listen to my inner voice, I was a perfectionist always on the edge of overwhelm.
This practice has changed everything. It’s helped me heal old wounds, navigate daily dramas, manifest magic, and live with a deep sense of inner peace. That's why I became a coach — to help others access intuition, trust what they hear, and act from there.
