I'm outraged that you posted this photo of me (above). Can't a girl nap while her coffee I.V. gets going? :)

In all seriousness, this is a great subject to talk about. My only suggestion on urging a response is skipping the email thing altogether walking down the hall or picking up the phone. Sometimes it diffuses any potential frustration just to do a check in to say, "Hey, I know email can be unreliable so I wanted to touch base in case you needed to talk through anything so we can proceed..."

Sometimes that works for me and keeps the defensiveness down on both sides of the communication.

Courage is absolutely the one connection we have with "wow" experiences. No question. But it's so easy to forget when we're in the thick of trudging toward the desired outcome. I especially needed to hear your words on intuition. It really is a great guide, but it's easy to talk ourselves into thinking we're crazy when intuition tells us something that goes against the grain.