Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanOct 22, 20212 minBe Strong?In the Empowerment Self Defense universe, we focus so much on discovering our strength and learning to believe that in spite of hearing...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanOct 17, 20211 minThe 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanOct 17, 20211 minEvery 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanOct 2, 20212 minYou ARE Worth DefendingI’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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanSep 26, 20213 minMagic 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...
Yehudit Sidikman Sep 23, 20212 minIt'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...
Yehudit Sidikman Sep 19, 20212 minWindows 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanJul 29, 20211 minThe Power of QuestionsLast year, during a panel at the first Violence Prevention Education Conference, my friend and colleague Carrie Slack said, “There is so...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanJun 27, 20212 minWith 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMay 23, 20212 minOn Doing the Best You Could with What You HadIn my Facebook group, Women Setting Healthy Boundaries, I see so many women posting about regret, and how they wish they’d handled...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMay 11, 20212 minI 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanApr 19, 20212 minCall 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 18, 20212 minThe Value of (Seemingly) Impossible GoalsAt 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 18, 20211 minThe Value of AssessmentIt is so important to begin every self-defense class with assessment. How’s everybody feeling today? Who showed up today? What are their...
Yehudit Sidikman Mar 15, 20212 minAgreeing to the Same Simple CodeThere’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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanFeb 2, 20212 minThe History of the Traffic Light ActivityOver 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanFeb 1, 20212 minBe 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanDec 31, 20204 min2020: 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanDec 20, 20202 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanNov 24, 20202 minYes! 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!...
Yehudit Sidikman Dec 12, 20212 minThe 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...
Yehudit Sidikman Nov 16, 20211 minWhat 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...