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Testimonial – For the first time ever, I truly believe that if someone were to break in my house, I could escape and fight to protect myself

March 25, 2016

It was 8:00pm on a Saturday night, and I was already curled up in bed reading a book. My husband is in the army and was at an out-of-state, month-long training, and, while I enjoyed relaxing nights by myself, I also hated being alone in our house. Halfway through my novel, I heard a crunching outside my window, like someone stepping on leaves. I automatically froze up and panicked. What if someone was about to break in? Where would I…

The Hammer in Your Holster

March 13, 2016

Sometimes you hear things that just kind of make you turn your head like a dog that hears something that just doesn’t compute. You know the look I’m talking about. Here’s a WAY too common example in my life: Woman: So what do you? Me: I teach an extensive course showing women how to use anything in their environment to escape a dangerous situation or to fight off an attacker. Woman: Oh I don’t need anything like that. I’m always…

The Benefits of Boldnessity

January 29, 2016

OK, before we get going here, I just want all of you to know that I made that word up. You know . . . “boldnessity.” The title could have just as easily been “The Benefits of Being Bold” or even “The Benefits of Boldness.” But using those “common” words just felt…lame. Even more so since this is an article about being BOLD! About “BOLDNESSITY!” Making up my own words and just accepting that you will accept them? Yep, that’s…

Don’t Be “In-fear-ior”

January 23, 2016

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt I’m sorry Mr. Roosevelt, but I think your statement’s not totally true. What about a burning house you happen to be in? What about a bear climbing into your tent while you’re still in it? What about someone breaking into the home where you and your children are sleeping? What about . . . spiders? I think all of those things deserve some fear. But let’s see…

“Eye”ll be seein’ ya!

January 12, 2016

A big part of NOT being a victim of violence is to know at least some of the ways a criminal picks their targets. Criminals are looking for an easy, unaware target that won’t cause them any trouble! They want things to go smoothly with their bad guy plan. The more difficult we can make that for them from the very beginning, the less likely we will be chosen as a target. There are many things you can do so…