Every time Marcia glanced up from her desk at the office, her co-worker across the room was staring at her. He didn’t say anything—he just looked at her in a way that made her feel as if he were trying to take her clothes off with his eyes. When she asked him to stop, he [...]

Personal safety skills are most powerful when you believe in yourself. When you believe in yourself, you are far more likely to: Trust your sense of what’s going on. Pay attention to the warnings your awareness and intuition can give you. Stand up for your rights. Respect your own boundaries and react when someone crosses [...]

As dozens of self-help books tell us, our belief in ourselves as valuable, powerful, competent people is essential to our emotional safety and can help us to get more of what we want in our lives. Unfortunately, like pollution, which can challenge our physical health, the negative attitudes and comments of others and the destructive [...]

Co-Author Dmitri Nadot (pictured right) is the Center Director of Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower of New York City, and he also has a martial arts practice. Recently, he brought the first Kidpower programs to Russia, teaching a number of workshops for adults and children. In this article, he also draws from his background as a former [...]