Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
Be Strong?
In the Empowerment Self Defense universe, we focus so much on discovering our strength and learning to believe that in spite of hearing...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
The Freedom to Choose
At El Halev, we believe in choice. And we believe that the greatest thing we can do for our students is to empower them to make choices...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
Every BODY Does Self-Defense Differently
Everybody does self-defense differently. It’s also true that every body does self-defense differently. You probably feel the urge to...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Oct 2, 2021
- 2 min
You ARE Worth Defending
I’m going to tell you a secret: As important as physical skills are, and we teach a lot of them, they are not the be-all-end-all of an...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Sep 26, 2021
- 3 min
Magic and Balance
In writing and designing content for the MyPwr App, I have had to dig deep into why we at El HaLev have created our self-defense program...
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Yehudit Sidikman
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
It's Not Our Fault: Committing to the Process of Healing
The ability to walk through a traumatic event that happens to us and say, "This was not my fault. I did want I could to keep myself as...
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Yehudit Sidikman
- Sep 19, 2021
- 2 min
Windows of Opportunity
One of the lessons in the MyPwr App is about looking for Windows of Opportunity. Windows of Opportunity are so vast and varied that there...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Jul 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Power of Questions
Last year, during a panel at the first Violence Prevention Education Conference, my friend and colleague Carrie Slack said, “There is so...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Jun 27, 2021
- 2 min
With Our Minds, We Create the World
“We don’t respond to what happens to us. We respond to our perception of what happens. It’s with our minds we create the world.” ~ Buddha...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- May 23, 2021
- 2 min
On Doing the Best You Could with What You Had
In my Facebook group, Women Setting Healthy Boundaries, I see so many women posting about regret, and how they wish they’d handled...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
I Am Anti-Violence....
I need to ask a question because it has been plaguing me the past week or so. Is the only acceptable answer to violence unbending...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
Call Them What They Are! Assailants.
“How often have we stood there helplessly? How many times have we left a situation, giving our space over to assailants? How often have...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Mar 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Value of (Seemingly) Impossible Goals
At the end of an ESD Global Level 1 training, trainees leave with the knowledge and tools they need to teach a ten-hour Empowerment Self...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
The Value of Assessment
It is so important to begin every self-defense class with assessment. How’s everybody feeling today? Who showed up today? What are their...
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Yehudit Sidikman
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Agreeing to the Same Simple Code
There’s no simple answer to the question “How do we build safe(r) communities?” And, of course, there’s more than one answer. But I do...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
The History of the Traffic Light Activity
Over a decade ago, I was teaching a class to a group of professionals who worked with teens at risk. There are actually many stories that...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
Be Polite?
So many people seem to associate boundary setting and self-defense with not being polite. As in, “Once a person does X, you no longer...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
2020: A Year of Innovation, Adaption, and Persistence
Last year at this time, I wrote, “Speaking. Teaching. Air travel. I feel very lucky that those were the major themes of my 2019.” In...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Dec 20, 2020
- 2 min
#ESDWorks
A few days ago, El HaLev received a really horrible message through their Facebook page. The gist of it was, “You are a stupid...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Yes! And Dear Article Author........
The title of the article was: “Why Self-Defense Classes Don’t Prevent Sexual Assault” And the feeling in my stomach was........ argh!...
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Yehudit Sidikman
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Power of Circles
During my time in the desert, I wrote this: “Circles have been a special part of the last 16 years for me. Circles represent the sharing...
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Yehudit Sidikman
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
What Will Bounce?
For the past fews days, I’ve been talking about how to get through life when we’re exhausted from having too much on our plates. Judging...
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