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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Feb 1
- 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 hav...
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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 organizati...
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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! Her...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Oct 25, 2020
- 2 min
The power of TELL - Creating a "TELL" List
When it comes to the 5 principles of Empowerment Self Defense, THINK, YELL, RUN, FIGHT, TELL, we give equal weight to each. Clearly, in a...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Oct 19, 2020
- 2 min
Never Say Never?
The Limitations We Put on the Use of “Never” and Why We tell instructors to never (haha) to use the word “never” and certainly not to tel...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Oct 18, 2020
- 2 min
Safe vs Safer - When Nuance Matters
There is so much thought that is given to how we use language in Empowerment Self Defense programs. For example, we are committed to crea...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Yelling “Help!” vs. Yelling “Fire!”
There are many things that we teach students to yell during an Empowerment Self Defense course. My favorite and go-to will always be a cr...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
Understanding Abuse
Over the past 25 years, I have observed that the majority of stories shared with us have two aspects of similarity: 1) The abuse did not ...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Jun 1, 2020
- 2 min
On Tell: The Beauty of Stone Soup
I am pretty sure that many of you know the story of Stone Soup. The short version, for those who don’t, is that a person without food ent...
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Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
On Being Response-ABLE
I know I throw the word around a lot. So, for those of you wondering about its origin, here you go: When I was going through the process...
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