I'd start to explain with the outward sheepish and inner pride of the nerd.
You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of IdentityOften it takes outer authority to send us on the path to our own inner authority.
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of LifeIntuition means to follow the silent whispers of the inner in a basic “yes” to life.
The Silent Whisperings of the Heart - An Introduction to Giten's Approach to Life