One of the questions I get most often from my readers is about psychic development and why some abilities seem to grow easily while others feel blocked.
A reader recently wrote to me and asked, “I’ve been working on my four clair abilities (clairvoyance, clairaudience, claircognizance, and clairsentience) but I can’t seem to make any headway with claircognizance or clairsentience. Is it possible I can’t develop those two or do I just need to try harder?”
I want to address this directly because so many people feel frustrated or discouraged when a specific clair does not open up the way they expect.
We All Come In With Different Strengths
I believe every person has intuitive ability. It’s part of our soul’s natural operating system. But that doesn’t mean all the clairs will grow at the same pace or feel equally accessible. I often explain this using the following example. Two people can both be musicians, but one might take naturally to the piano while the other easily masters the violin. Neither is wrong or inferior. They simply have different strengths and different learning curves.
In my experience with thousands of clients and students, every clair CAN be developed, but not every clair WILL develop with the same ease. And that’s okay.
Claircognizance and Clairsentience Grow Quietly
Claircognizance is the ability to simply know truth without knowing how you know. Clairsentience is the ability to feel energy, emotion, and subtle vibrations in your body. These two can be pretty subtle. They do not announce themselves with bright visions or loud inner voices. They whisper. They nudge. They slide in quietly, often when you’re not expecting it.
This is why many people think they cannot develop these two abilities. What is actually happening is that they have not yet learned to identify or trust their subtle internal signals. I used to struggle with this myself. I wanted my guides to be super clear in their communication to me, but sometimes their answers came in through a whisper, a hunch, a truth that simply landed in my awareness. It took practice to recognize that as real communication from the other side.
You Cannot Force a Clair to Grow, But You Can Invite It
Trying harder is not usually the solution. Intuition does not respond well to strain or pressure. It responds to alignment, trust, and relaxed awareness. Instead of pushing, I encourage you to create the conditions where these abilities feel welcome.
Here are a few things that help:
1. Quiet the mind intentionally.
Claircognizance often comes through when the mind is not racing. Meditation, nature walks, repetitive movement, and breathing exercises help open the channel.
2. Pay attention to the first signal.
Clairsentience communicates through the body, sometimes before you fully register the thought. Notice the tightness, the warmth, the chills, the lift in your chest, or the pit in your stomach. These are messages. When you meet someone new, tune in to your body and see if you feel the “ick” or a kind energy.
3. Reflect instead of dismissing.
When you get a hunch, pause. Ask yourself if that insight feels like it comes with a sense of certainty. That is often claircognizance at work.
4. Validate small wins.
When something you felt turns out to be correct, acknowledge it. This builds trust between you and your guides.
You Are Not Missing Gifts. You Are Discovering Them
Everyone has access to the clairs. The real question is whether you have tuned yourself to the frequency your soul prefers to use. Some people start with clairvoyance. Some start with clairaudience. Many start with clairsentience without realizing it because they dismiss their body signals as imagination.
The ability is there. It’s not missing and it’s not closed to you. You are simply learning the language your intuition speaks most fluently.
My Best Advice
Focus on developing the clair that comes most naturally right now. Let it grow strong. As you do, the other abilities often activate on their own because the entire intuitive system becomes more open and receptive.
You are not failing. You are not blocked. You are on the path of discovery. Trust the timing. Trust your process. And trust that your soul knows exactly how to communicate with you.
