Checking In..

It's been a long time since I've written anything on here, in fact, pre-covid.  The reality of my personal journey with self defense coaching is that the creativity and excitement slows down when I am not doing it, and living in a time when people are not often gathering and groups and not back into their offices in full capacity changes the amount of opportunities I have to help people.  Another element that has affected my writing frequency was my to move to a much nicer neighborhood in Tacoma than where I was when I lived near Baileys Crossroads, VA, nothing bad happened there, but I certainly had more odd encounters that would provide great writing material and self defense teaching points for students. 

I was recently re-inspired by a group of women that hired me for a private self-defense class.  What was interesting to me about it is how things have changed in scale in certain areas. They all lived in a really nice neighborhood near Lake Tapps Washington, were all intelligent and aware, and asked good questions, but they shared similar fears based in their recent experiences.  As a side note, I do a lot of personal development work for myself. Working on my mindset and doing things to help me experience the things I want in life, so I'm pretty tuned in when I meet people and can usually identify whether someone has an abundant vs scarcity mindset, and these women were not of a scarcity or fear-based mindset. These women are being harassed, accosted, and sometimes aggressively approached and feel unsafe when they go to a shopping center and all report that this has been occurring on a more frequent basis.  It was great to get hands on, in person, and provide some insight on how to operate day to day tasks with a bit more safety and strategy, and to give them an introduction to self-defense concepts they can chose to work on.