Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Fight or Flight


An emergency reaction in which the body prepares for combat or escape from potentially dangerous situations, animals, or people.


some steps we can take to move out of fight or flight and into loving actions are:

1. notice the physical sensations within your body that let you know when you are anxious or afraid.

2. breathe

3. you would not be in fight or flight without being in fear. Ask yourself (or your friend) what you are afraid of and explore it.

4. do something fun or nurturing for yourself

5. examine the process of thinking, put negative thoughts and assumptions based on stress and fear into a positive phrase, and say it out loud or write it down.

6. Be like the squirrel.

mp3: "Little Acorns" The White Stripes

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My favorite post yet. Be like the squirrel, girl, and realize there's good and bad flights.

Anonymous said...

Corey. Come back. we miss you.