
Joanne Sprott
Intuition mentor and Tarot-based spiritual guide in Elkton, Oregon; co-host of the podcast Rooted Voices, Sacred Bones and former owner of Potomac Indexing book-indexing and book-shepherding business.
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Sep 16, 2026
When Discernment Isn't Discernment
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It's a more mature way of saying, "I'm just gonna take my time with this and you're not gonna rush me."

Joanne SprottGUEST
me."Yeah, and I, I think the, uh, original meaning development is based almost exclusively on the idea that discernment is, uh, more valuable than the way we normally judge things out of hand based on emotion because the emphasis is on intellectual perception.

Joanne SprottGUEST
It was almost a compliment to s- to, uh, i- from what I'm seeing, to, to think about things from a discerning perspective rather than a judgmental perspective.

Joanne SprottGUEST
Even though judgment might be involved in you making a decision based on your discernment, but that's not the same as the way you th- were talking about judgment as being, but most often either in, um, s- some kind of, of decision based on, on, um, ego and, and lack of, [laughs] lack of discernment with the ego or fear or some other emotion that might not be the best place, best way to, or the best basis, excuse me, to make your, uh, decision on.

Joanne SprottGUEST
... from using the word discernment over other ways of making decisions or judg- or taking judgment on a situation.
