Comments on: Self defense requires guts, instinct, and intutition http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/blog/self-defense-requires-guts-instinct-and-intutition/ Tips, Tutorials, and How-to for Self Defense Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:32:29 -0700 hourly 1 By: janice http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/blog/self-defense-requires-guts-instinct-and-intutition/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 janice Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:38:31 +0000 http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/?p=3339#comment-1371 You know I'm with you when it comes to instincts and intuition, Lori, and I agree too, with Vered and Davina. I've always trusted my instincts when it comes to people and situations, but now that I'm embarking on the menopausal journey into the unknown, those instincts have become even stronger as my brain's getting rewired. I read a great chapter yesterday about the effects of the menopause on our parasympathetic nervous systems and our sympathetic nervous systems, and you're right; the whole fight or flight business is fascinating and highly complex. You know I’m with you when it comes to instincts and intuition, Lori, and I agree too, with Vered and Davina. I’ve always trusted my instincts when it comes to people and situations, but now that I’m embarking on the menopausal journey into the unknown, those instincts have become even stronger as my brain’s getting rewired.

I read a great chapter yesterday about the effects of the menopause on our parasympathetic nervous systems and our sympathetic nervous systems, and you’re right; the whole fight or flight business is fascinating and highly complex.

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]]> By: Lori Hoeck http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/blog/self-defense-requires-guts-instinct-and-intutition/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Lori Hoeck Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:04:17 +0000 http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/?p=3339#comment-1359 Hi Davina, YES! The Inner Warrior can be awakened when we honor its insight and power. The whole "fight or flight" response has more to it than most realize, and it is part and parcel of who we are. Hi Davina,
YES! The Inner Warrior can be awakened when we honor its insight and power. The whole “fight or flight” response has more to it than most realize, and it is part and parcel of who we are.

]]> By: Davina http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/blog/self-defense-requires-guts-instinct-and-intutition/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Davina Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:52:43 +0000 http://thinklikeablackbelt.com/?p=3339#comment-1351 Hi Lori. This is so true that as soon as you feel something is 'off' enough to make you start looking for signs... then something IS off. We are more tuned in than we think. Hi Lori.
This is so true that as soon as you feel something is ‘off’ enough to make you start looking for signs… then something IS off. We are more tuned in than we think.

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