The Empowerment Podcast By Naga
By theempowermentproject
Interrupting the Cycle Violence through Self Defense.
Research proves that empowerment self-defense programs work. Participants are less fearful, more aware of their boundaries, and are able to speak up sooner when faced with manipulative or threatening situations.
Furthermore, for those who have experienced trauma in the past, evidence shows that empowerment self-defense training can interrupt the cycle of violence and decrease the likelihood of a future assault. Join host, Silvia Smart in this safe space. With over three decades on the frontlines, she’ll give you all the skills and knowledge you need to live your most fearless and empowered life!
Support this important work.
Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/silviasmart
Donate through my website: https://nagacommunity.com/product/support-the-empowerment-podcast-by-naga/
Join “The Empowerment Project” Group on Facebook. If you don’t answer the questions, we will not accept you into the group.
Special thanks to our producer/editor: Henry Smart-Denson
Research proves that empowerment self-defense programs work. Participants are less fearful, more aware of their boundaries, and are able to speak up sooner when faced with manipulative or threatening situations.
Furthermore, for those who have experienced trauma in the past, evidence shows that empowerment self-defense training can interrupt the cycle of violence and decrease the likelihood of a future assault. Join host, Silvia Smart in this safe space. With over three decades on the frontlines, she’ll give you all the skills and knowledge you need to live your most fearless and empowered life!
Support this important work.
Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/silviasmart
Donate through my website: https://nagacommunity.com/product/support-the-empowerment-podcast-by-naga/
Join “The Empowerment Project” Group on Facebook. If you don’t answer the questions, we will not accept you into the group.
Special thanks to our producer/editor: Henry Smart-Denson
Latest episode
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San Francisco State’s Empowerment Self Defense Program – An Interview with Stephanie Cyr
Stephanie Cyr has started an Empowerment Self Defense Program at SFSU that is rolling out in the Fall of 2024! In this episode, she’ll tell us all about it, share a wonderful self-defense success story and so much more. Our wide-ranging conversation … -
Success Story – Complying & Playing Along
Did you know that complying and playing along are essential tools you already have in your toolkit? It can help us buy time to get help or get to safety. Join host Silvia Smart as she shares how one person “played along” to stop an attempted rape and… -
GET EMPOWERED – An interview with Lauren Taylor
Host Silvia Smart and author Lauren Taylor discuss this newly released book which is an excellent resource for everyone – those interested in empowerment, in self-defense and instructors of ESD as well. Join Silvia and Lauren as they do some of the e… -
Success Story! What to Do: Attack from Behind
Smart shares one of her favorite success stories in which a person running solo through the woods gets free after an attack from behind. Connect with Silvia Special thanks to my editor, Collin Taber (@that2ndtaberkid) Resources: National Sexual Assau… -
Traveling Self Defense Stories
Join host Silvia Smart on the Camino de Santiago. Thank you, listeners, for 10,000 downloads! 😘 -
Finding Empowerment within the Upsetting Context of Mass Shootings – an Interview with SAC Kieran Ramsey, FBI Portland
There’s a clear uptick in mass shootings across the country leading to lots of fear, confusion, and anguish. Who better to talk to than the FBI? Join me and my guest, Special Agent in Charge of the Portland FBI, Kieran Ramsey. We discuss how regular … -
Florida is on the Frontlines – An Interview with Brandon Wolf the Press Secretary of Equality Florida
Folks, Florida is on the front lines right now. There are huge safety concerns brought on by the cruel laws, restrictions, rhetoric, and policies of Ron DeSantis and his friends that are affecting many people. Because of this, Equality Florida, along… -
Denial, Safety and Empowerment
If we’re gonna talk about Empowerment Self Defense, we have to talk about denial. When talking with survivors of sexual assault and survivors of other types of relational violence it is common to hear that the survivor had a funny feeling something w… -
Silvia’s Upcoming Zoom Classes
Hey listeners! If you haven’t had a chance to take an empowerment self-defense class and you want to, or if you know someone who’d like to, I’m teaching a beginning class in June on Zoom! I'd love to see you there! Also, if you’re at all interested i… -
Self Defense Success Stories - Meet Jill Shames
Meet Jill Shames, Empowerment Self Defense Instructor. Listen in as she and host, Silvia Smart, share a few self-defense success stories and talk about all the things the survivors did RIGHT! Find out why they recommend a perspective shift as you thi…
