I’ve been watching the final season of Stranger Things (don’t worry - no spoilers!). In one scene, a conversation unfolds about the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer.

The distinction they make is simple and profound:
A Wizard studies, practices, and develops their gifts.
A Sorcerer is born with them - they are the gift.

And immediately I realised -this is the same question I’m asked again and again about intuition:

Are intuitive gifts something we’re born with, or something we cultivate through practice?

I’ve been living inside this question for most of my life.

I was born highly sensitive, deeply tuned in, though I didn’t have language for it until much later. Looking back, I can see how often I felt what others were feeling beneath the surface. I perceived what wasn’t being said. I spoke to people who “weren’t there.” My inner and energetic world was vivid, porous, and alive.

My perception is dialed up more than most, but I don’t believe that makes me special.
I believe i...