Have you ever had a gut feeling that proved true?
Known something before it happened?
Felt guided by an image, sensation, or sudden inner clarity?
This handbook explores intuition as a natural human ability—not a rare gift for a chosen few. Through practical exercises, gentle reflection, and grounded psychological understanding, readers learn how to quiet the noise of daily life and hear the guidance that already lives within them.
Whether you are navigating change, seeking clarity, managing stress, or simply wanting a deeper relationship with yourself, this book offers a calm and supportive path inward.
Inside This Handbook
You’ll explore:
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What intuition really is and how it works
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How intuition speaks through sensations, images, emotions, and insight
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A five-step daily intuition practice
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Ways to reduce anxiety through inner awareness
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The “Three-Minute Intuition Reset” for stressful moments
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Symbolic thinking and the wisdom of metaphor
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Journaling prompts for self-discovery
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A seven-day intuition challenge to strengthen trust in yourself
About the Author
Bette Freedson, LCSW, LICSW, CGP
Bette is a psychotherapist, author, and teacher with a passion for helping clinicians reclaim the creative, intuitive aspects of their work. With over three decades of experience, Bette combines expertise in clinical hypnosis, group work, cognitive/behavioral therapy, and trauma recovery with a deep understanding of the role intuition plays in transformation.
Bette is also a contributing author for Ericksonian Therapy Now: The Master Class with Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD, and her writing has been featured in Women’s Day, Working Mother Magazine, and more. Bette’s seminars and workshops are known for empowering therapists to embrace their unique strengths while expanding their clinical repertoire.
Part of the Camellia Series
The Camellia Series is a collection of thoughtful handbooks devoted to personal growth, inner wisdom, healing, resilience, and the deeper dimensions of being human. Each book explores meaningful life themes through a blend of psychological understanding, reflective practice, practical guidance, and intuitive insight.
These books are intentionally created in a smaller, approachable format—designed to be companions rather than textbooks. They are meant to be picked up in seasons of change, moments of reflection, times of uncertainty, or whenever the reader seeks wisdom, encouragement, and renewed perspective.
Why the Camellia?
The camellia flower is the symbol and inspiration behind the series.
Camellias bloom in cooler seasons, often when many other flowers do not. They remind us that beauty, strength, and growth can emerge in times that seem less than ideal. Their blossoms appear with quiet elegance, resilience, and remarkable individuality.
No two camellias are exactly alike.
Like the camellia, every person carries a unique nature, shaped by roots, experience, seasons, challenges, and possibility. We each grow in our own time. We each unfold differently. We each contain forms of beauty and wisdom that may not be visible at first glance.
The Camellia Series honors this truth.