Centering oneself in each moment through conscious breathing and grounding techniques allows one to choose a thoughtful response rather than act from reflexive reaction when encountering internal thoughts/feelings or external stimuli. With training and practice, one can anchor this balance of choosing responses over life-saving reactions, especially when perceiving potentially provocative inputs.

1. Coaching Conversation(s), Training Exercise, Daily (and moment to moment) Practice(s)
- Centering to (choose) Response (not Reaction)
Poh-Sun Goh, 26 October 2021, 0800am, Singapore Time
Centering (in the moment ….. eventually, every moment)
Choose Response (not Reaction)
Intended E
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ect (a chosen Response, not provoked or under-intended re
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ex reaction)
Breath in (immediately)
Center (and Ground
-pay attention to feet,
what you are sitting or lying on)
Emotional state
When (perceiving, aware of) thought, feeling, sensation (internal), or
external sound, spoken word, message (text), image, sensation or emotion (presence)
Choose response, in vast majority of cases will not require re
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ex physical, emotional or thinking/verbal reaction (like a shout), ducking or pushing away/aside
Training, Simulated Practice, Coaching, Experience helps anchor Response/life-saving Reaction balance