Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman 21 hours ago 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...
Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman 2 days ago 1 min What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger -- Or…. a Bunch of Other Possibilities "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." I was just discussing this phrase in my Facebook...
Yehudit Zicklin-Sidikman21 hours ago1 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 242 minThe Human Behind the TraumaIt’s no secret that I’ve had my own fair share of trauma (working on my memoir has shown me just how much), and for over twenty-five...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 252 minSometimes, You Have To Ask -- An Old, Chassidic TaleEvery Friday morning after visiting the mikvah (ritual bath), a young man comes home to a million kinds of craziness. His little kids...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 182 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 181 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 Zicklin-SidikmanMar 181 minBringing Our Authentic Selves to ClassI, as an instructor, have to bring humor into my class. It’s who I am. It’s my personality. I know another teacher who is soft but can...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 182 minBeing Responsible for the Safety of my StudentsI’ve been talking (and thinking) a lot lately about how as an Empowerment Self Defense instructor, it is not my job to tell my students...
Yehudit Zicklin-SidikmanMar 172 minRespecting the Boundaries of Boundaries Last week, in a conversation with a group of master instructors, somebody brought up the question of “what are the boundaries of...
Yehudit Sidikman Mar 152 minThe Essence of our WorkOne of my current projects is going through the El HaLev instructor manual and making sure the language reflects the spirit of what we...
