The challenge of befriending yourself with kindness and compassion can have a positive effect on your life as you practice it. Try reaching for the top of the world for yourself and practice self-kindness and compassion without worrying about others.
The speaker shares how self-defense training helped her find a new center and ability to connect with other people, even those who were once a threat to her. She recalls teaching a self-defense class to a group of women in Tijuana who were subjected to prostitution.
The speaker talks about how sports and combat sports helped him discover and be himself, but also stresses the importance of learning the necessary level of violence and the responsibility that comes with it.
Being accountable to others helps build confidence in oneself by following through with commitments and making a positive impact for others.
In this episode, the host shares how procrastination can be a root cause of stress, anxiety and failure, and how learning self-defense can help in mitigating those issues. By prioritizing the right things, and applying self-defense techniques, one can make rational decisions and lead a better life.
This episode discusses the drive to prove doubters wrong and the consistent hard work that comes with it, resulting in self-confidence but also potentially causing inner turmoil.