In the Empowerment Self Defense universe, we focus so much on discovering our strength and learning to believe that in spite of hearing...

The more I tell you about the MyPwr App, the more I notice the giant elephant in the room. (Or maybe I should say the little green...

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...

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...

Last year, during a panel at the first Violence Prevention Education Conference, my friend and colleague Carrie Slack said, “There is so...

It’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...

Every Friday morning after visiting the mikvah (ritual bath), a young man comes home to a million kinds of craziness. His little kids...

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...

It is so important to begin every self-defense class with assessment. How’s everybody feeling today? Who showed up today? What are their...

I, 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...

I’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...

Last week, in a conversation with a group of master instructors, somebody brought up the question of “what are the boundaries of...

One of my current projects is going through the El HaLev instructor manual and making sure the language reflects the spirit of what we...