S4E10: Tapping Into Your Greatest Self Defense Tool with Linda Leu - a podcast by Terri Lomax & Dr. Dominique Broussard

from 2019-12-06T05:00

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In this week’s episode, Terri and Dom are joined by Linda Leu, the Executive Director of IMPACT Bay Area. In Spring 2019 Dom and Terri participated in IMPACT’s first self-defense class specifically for women of color.

Linda led that course. In this conversation, the ladies reflect on that experience but more importantly, Linda shares information about self-defense techniques beyond the physical skills.

She also explains what happens to many of us who experience the freeze response and how we can work our way through it. This is definitely an episode you want to listen through to the end. 

 

Quote of the Day:

“If you don’t respect her, you obviously don’t deserve her.”

 

Takeaways:

“The best fight is no fight”

5 Best Practices for Self Defense

  1. Listen to your intuition 
  2. Use your voice 
  3. Practice using tools before having to use them
  4. Practice setting boundaries in small ways
  5. Do what you have to do to be comfortable 

 

Resources:

Website: Impactbayarea.org

Instagram: @impactbayarea

Melanin and Mental Health

Therapy for Black Girls 

Psychology Today

Therapy for QPOC

 

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