Category: Healthy Relationships
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Saying Yes to Pleasure: Healing and Connection Through Holistic Self-Defense
Our YES is just as radical as our NO. A body recoiling from an unwanted touch. A jaw locking in shock from a non-consensual kiss. Arms crossed over the chest—an uninvited comment. A forced smile, fake laughter, feigned interest, a counterfeit orgasm. Most women know what it feels like to fake pleasure out of fear—fear…
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danger isn’t sexy: Dismantling Toxic Masculinity from the Inside Out.
It is 6 a.m., and I’m sipping coffee on my balcony watching the sky turn from gray to blue. A worn poncho keeps out the morning chill. Ensconced in my own safe space in this new home, I’m reflecting on how ease-fullness in relationships similarly makes me feel good, safe, and, yes, sexy. Danger, when…
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Self defense is for you
Empowerment-based self-defense training doesn’t just teach people to say “no” to coercive, manipulative, or explicitly violent attacks. It also facilitates deeply personal and radical growth in self-awareness and self-confidence, strengthening all our relationships to make them safer and healthier.
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Improve your relationships with empowerment self-defense
Understanding the traffic light approach to evaluating risk — & safety. What does self-defense mean to you? Is it just about martial arts strikes and yelling at an attacker? Or is it also about expressing firm boundaries, communicating a “No” without excuses or apologies, and interrupting uncomfortable situations before they become dangerous. Or, is it about improving…
