The document describes a scale for rating safety or comfort levels for discussion, from 1-5. A rating of 1 means "nope", not comfortable at all, while 5 means "very safe" and comfortable discussing most topics. It then provides an overview of a presentation about moving from reacting out of fear or the "lizard brain" to acting with intention from the human heart. It outlines some icebreaker activities and group discussion techniques for creating trust and understanding different levels of self-awareness using Johari's window model.

1. SAFETY CHECK
5 VERY SAFE – I’ll talk about anything
4 PRETTY SAFE – Some things will be hard, but I’ll talk about
almost anything
3 MEH – I’ll talk about some things, other things I probably won’t.
2 NOT FEELING SO SAFE – I’ll let others bring up issues, I won’t
say much
1 NOPE

2. FROM LIZARD
BRAIN TO HUMAN
HEART
Nikky Oberdas
Senior Consultant -
Polaris Solutions
Instructor and Coach Candidate -
Your Infinite Life

3. Start with an
Open
Hearted
Intention
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4. Journey Lines

5. Creating an
Environment Where
Trust Can Emerge
• One Word Check-In
• Pick a Fact Game
• Someone from each table grab a
slip of paper out of the basket on
your table. DON’T CHEAT!

6. L I Z A R D
B R A I N :
F e e l i n g F e a r ,
A c t i n g f r o m
I n t e n t i o n

8. L I Z A R D
B R A I N
1. Take Notice

9. O V E R C O M I N
G
L I Z A R D
B R A I N2. Slow Down
FEELING
REACTION
SPACE

10. O V E R C O M I N
G
L I Z A R D
B R A I N
3. Verbalize Your
Reaction
I need to slow this down
a little, I’m feeling
______.

11. O V E R C O M I N
G
L I Z A R D
B R A I N
4. Active Listening
What I hear you saying is
______.

12. O V E R C O M I N
G
L I Z A R D
B R A I N
1. Take Notice
2. Slow Down
3. Verbalize Your
Reaction
4. Active
Listening

13. Public Blindspot
Private Undiscovered
JOHARI’S
WINDOW &
SELF
AWARENESS
known
YOU
OTHERS
unknown
unknown
known

14. NEXT STEPS
•Make your blindspot window Smaller
•Make your public window Bigger