Comments on: What color code (awareness level) are you today?

By: Desensitizing is a tool of emotional predators

Desensitizing is a tool of emotional predators — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:26:32 +0000

[...] people with strong personal boundaries and good awareness skills can be targets of predators if they don’t understand that some criminals are experts at [...]

By: Self defense as common sense is a rare trait

Self defense as common sense is a rare trait — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:35:33 +0000

[...] because most self defense is having a wary eye, being street smart, and staying in code yellow. To me these are common sense, but I find many people don’t think about them at all. [...]

By: Self defense for kids made easier with a game

Self defense for kids made easier with a game — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:54:32 +0000

[...] you and your children do these (adapt them for your children’s varying ages), try to stay in code yellow. Take your time to do each activity at your own family’s pace over eight days or so. The more [...]

By: Self defense is seeing danger patterns early

Self defense is seeing danger patterns early — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:41:55 +0000

[...] you honor your intuition and you keep your awareness skills primed by staying in code yellow, then sensing danger patterns will become much [...]

By: ‘Why do I need self defense? I live in a safe area.’

‘Why do I need self defense? I live in a safe area.’ — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:39:42 +0000

[...] safe with a self defense mindset is similar. You stay in code yellow as a default awareness level [...]

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:03 +0000

Hi Janice,
I gotta do a riff off this comment in a future blog. So many people stay in orange or red too much because of fear. Kids or adults who are bullied find themselves exhausted from it and can make unhealthy choices.

By: janice | Sharing the Journey

janice | Sharing the Journey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:42:09 +0000

Fascinating! I should have read this before I posted my last comment about texting teens!

One of the hardest things when training coaches is to encourage them to get used to being what we call “charge neutral” so they don’t get sucked down a client’s rabbit hole or caught up in their emotions. It doesn’t preclude empathy etc, but it means we can operate on a lot of levels at the same time, listening with our instincts as well as our ears, noticing things that are incongruent as well as repeated patterns, sighs, smiling thoughts and the comparative lengths of silences.

I now spend a lot of my time at yellowy-orange and the orange bit is exhausting; pre teen-raising and menopause, even when the kids were younger, I was a calm capable yellow most of the time.

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:35:38 +0000

Hi Vered,
I’m glad you live in a safe area, but code yellow is the better way to go. Look for an upcoming post on just how safe, “safe areas” are.

Hi Davina,
True. It is hard to keep the wary eye up and running, but we do it all the time when driving familiar routes. For those who learn to stay in code yellow most of the time, it’s almost like a psychic ability running on low power underneath all you do. Some are so good at it, they can “feel a disturbance in the Force” before anything pops up visually.

By: Davina

Davina — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:47:37 +0000

Hi Lori. I’m pretty much yellow, though it’s a tricky balance to keep with so many distractions. Seems when a person is keen on what’s going on around them (from my experience), they’ve really got to keep scanning and not become preoccupied with things. Vered is right, this is fascinating.

By: vered | blogger for hire

vered | blogger for hire — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:52:06 +0000

I’m not sure what color I am but wow, this was fascinating. I’m sure I’m often white – and I like to think that I live in a very safe area so that’s OK. back in Israel it was very different.