Summary

Next Brown focuses on intuition which she argues “is not independent from any reasoning process” (87). Instead, it is a rapid unconscious associating process which sometimes tells us what we need to know and sometimes “steers us toward fact-finding and reasoning” (88). Brown encourages readers to respect a strong internal instinct, rather than looking for assurances from others. However, sometimes our intuition tells us that we need more information before making a decision. Intuition is our ability to “hold space for uncertainty” and to “trust the many ways we’ve developed knowledge and insight” (89).

The next section is on faith and argues that we need both faith and reason “to make meaning in an uncertain world” (90). According to Brown’s definition, “faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the...