We All Go Red - and can come back to Yellow

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In the traffic light system, we explored yellow as the space of expansion and growth 🟡, between flow 🟢 and protection 🔴, where we stretch and where we are stretched.

What happens when we cannot stay there? We go red. And that is very human.

🔴 Red is where we retreat. It is where we protect, avoid, control or shut down. Where the nervous system says, “enough.” Red is often our default — especially when things stop being “green,” when flow ends, when tension goes up. And red is easier than yellow. It feels safer, more familiar, more certain. Sometimes it even feels good — productive, decisive, efficient, but it can also be lonely, disconnected or reactive.

 So what do we do to go to yellow?

We learn to notice our red (https://lnkd.in/dJN6AhMv) .. and we practice coming back.

Coming back to yellow might mean:

🟡 Saying one thing we normally would not

🟡 Listening instead of fixing

🟡 Naming what we are feeling or is happening instead of pretending it isnt 

🟡 Reconnecting with our values to do more yellow

🟡 Taking a breath and not acting on impulse

🟡 Asking for help instead of pushing through

🟡 Staying in the discomfort — a little longer each time

These smalls shifts are scary and feel right, even when they are hard. The real strength is knowing we have gone red, explore how to return to yellow and continue doing it again and again and again. 

Who or what helps you notice your red — before it runs the show?