Self defense requires guts, instinct, and intutition

March 16, 2010

Beyond the Self Defense Tweets:
Taken randomly from my self defense tweets on Twitter.  I write super-short blog posts to go Beyond the Tweet, chosen from the archives.

The Tweet:

Learn to trust your gut about people & situations. Your Inner Warrior is as real as your Inner Child.

Beyond the Tweet:
In self defense, your [...]

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Self defense for kids made easier with a game

March 9, 2010

Self defense for kids isn’t always learning how to kick and punch. It’s also learning how to think, how to be aware, and how to keep a street-smart mindset.
But how do parents teach kids self defense in the middle of a hectic home and work life?
Why not make it a game?
The following set of activities [...]

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Mindset in self defense is crucial to victory

February 22, 2010

Beyond the Self Defense Tweets:
Taken randomly from my self defense tweets on Twitter.  I write super-short blog posts to go Beyond the Tweet, chosen from the archives.
The Tweet:
Greatest tool in self defense–mindset. Never think “I’m a helpless victim.” Refuse to give them that kind of control.

Beyond the Tweet:
When a person in a self defense [...]

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Is your inner worth at the heart of your power?

February 16, 2010

When it comes to defending our inner well-being or our lives, it’s important how we view the world’s impact on us. We need evaluate our feelings about personal power.
For example, do we feel our lives are like yo-yos, dependent on the input or feelings of others:

Does our day and energy go up and down with [...]

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Tanka Bar, a snack food like no other

February 11, 2010

NOTE: This is a change up from my usual posts. Skip it if you want. I write it because many us face tough, daily routines. Whether you are a martial artist, weightlifter, cop, EMT, firefighter, writer on deadline, on-the-go worker bee , or being driven crazy by a narcissist, I think this snack food can [...]

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The power of preparedness

February 5, 2010

As hardy, resilient Oklahoma farm and ranch folks, my grandparents faced drought, floods, the effects of two world wars, the Great Depression, and the Oklahoma Dust Bowl.
As for the last disaster, my mom remembers wetting towels to put in the windows and around doors in an attempt to keep the dust from coming in the [...]

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Are you ready to free yourself from narcissists?

February 2, 2010

“I wished I had this
information years ago.”
Easily a dozen people who’ve already taken a sneak peek at The Narcissist: A User’s Guide have said those words to my co-author Betsy Wuebker of Passing Thru and me.
I’ve said them myself. So has my husband.

Who wouldn’t want a guide to steer them away from a nasty, drama-filled [...]

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Top ‘Think Like A Black Belt’ self defense posts

February 1, 2010

Most Popular Articles
What you can do about a shooter in the building, Part One
What you can do about a shooter in the building, Part Two
Getting to know your intuition
How our intuition warns of danger
Signs and traits of emotional predators
Mental Toughening and Awareness Building
What color code are you today? (Developing Vigilance)
Distractions help movie heroes and self [...]

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Narcissists crave attention and get it at all costs

January 31, 2010

When Betsy Wuebker and I started writing The Narcissist: A User’s Guide, I started sensing a more defined pattern to the dramatic, crazy-making, and convoluted ways of narcissists. (For a list of 100 narcissistic traits go here.)
For example, narcissists crave people watching them, wanting them, and being wow’ed  by them. They love to have direct, [...]

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Dark side of narcissism abuses mind and body

January 28, 2010

Narcissist as abuser — when the charm turns to harm
In the ebook Betsy Wuebker of PassingThru.com and I co-authored, The Narcissist: A User’s Guide, we write about detecting, avoiding, and handling a narcissistic relationship.
But there can be an even more abusive and twisted side to narcissism that Betsy and I only touch on in the [...]

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