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Purse Carry — Reality Check!
February 13, 2014

Here’s what a purse snatching looks like. It is a violent crime. A certain number of women are killed every year by criminals who have targeted their purses. To be clear, as far as we know, the woman had no … Continue reading →

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The Life-Affirming Lessons of Self Defense
January 3, 2014

Especially during the holidays and as we begin the new year, when someone asks what I do for a living and I reply that I teach self-defense classes, some people recoil in apparent horror. “That’s such a downer!” one woman … Continue reading →

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At the Mall
December 4, 2013

Had fun yesterday. A group of us got together at an urban mall for a small class in awareness and avoidance with Rory Miller, author of Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected and a half-dozen other excellent books about self … Continue reading →

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It’s a Good Thing
October 4, 2013

As I’ve explained before, I have always had a gut-level conviction that if a thing is not shameful to do in the first place, there is no shame in doing it competently. A job worth doing is worth doing well, … Continue reading →

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Someone Else’s Problem
September 28, 2013

“An SEP,” he said, “is something that we can’t see, or don’t see, or our brain doesn’t let us see, because we think that it’s somebody else’s problem. That’s what SEP means. Somebody Else’s Problem. The brain just edits it … Continue reading →

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Big Gains in Personal Safety
August 8, 2013

Here’s a dirty little secret of the defensive handgun training industry: All the biggest gains in personal safety don’t happen on the firing range. They actually happen inside your own mind. The big gains come from realizing that your life … Continue reading →

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Blame
August 5, 2013

Here’s a poster that expresses an important point of view — one that we need to understand when we talk to other women about protecting themselves from violent crime. Awhile back, one of my friends shared it inside a private … Continue reading →

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Home invasion
June 26, 2013

By now, pretty much everyone in America has seen this disturbing video of a home invasion in New Jersey. It happened during broad daylight in a good neighborhood, where a young mom was at home with her two young children. … Continue reading →

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