Amber Tamblyn, Jessica Valenti, Lidia Yuknavitch, Jia Tolentino, Samantha Irby, Meredith Talusan, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Amy Poehler, America Ferrera, Ada Li̤mn, and Huma Abedin are among the impressive list of authors contributing to this powerful collection of essays that takes a fresh and powerful look at our relationship to intuition and how we can harness it to change our everyday lives and the world. For generations, women have been taught to ignore their intuitive intelligence, whether in their personal lives or professional ones, in favor of making logical, evidence-based decisions. But what if that small voice or deeper knowing was our greatest gift, an untapped power we could use to affect positive change? Edited by award-winning author, activist, and actress Amber Tamblyn, Listening in the Dark is a compilation of some of today's most striking women visionaries across industries--in literature, science, art, education, medicine, and politics--who share their experiences engaging with their own inner wisdom in pivotal, crossroad moments. Filled with deeply personal and revelatory essays, Listening in the Dark will empower readers to reconnect with their own unique intuitive process, to see it as the precious resource it is, and to be unafraid to listen to all that it has to say and all that it has to offer

Body always knows first : an introduction / by Amber Tamblyn -- Over the rainbow / Dr. Mindy Nettifee -- Untwisting my intuition / Jessica Valenti -- Science of intuition and deep connection with nature / Dr. Nicole Apelian -- There are no angels / Meredith Talusan -- Harnessing catastrophes / Dr. Dara Kass -- In the mouth of the wolf you will find : on dreams and healing trauma -- Letter to our childhood dreams : a poem -- Two worlds are better than one : on dreams / United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón -- Field / Bonnie Tamblyn -- A brief cartography of my hands / Lidia Yuknavitch -- Mystic lessons / Jia Tolentio -- Crossing paths with ghosts : on creative process and reckoning with the history of women's intuition -- Practicing the quiet / Amy Poehler -- Mirrors / Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley -- Gut feelings / Samantha Irby -- Knowing / Huma Abedin -- I am not lost, I'm looking / Emily Wells -- In conversation and friendship : a dialogue on navigating intuition / America Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn -- Road map, realized