"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is wisdom.  Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."

                                                                                                   - Lao Tzu

This power is already within you.

Several times each year I have the honor to co-facilitate, with my business partner, Theresa Byrne, our life-changing personal empowerment workshops we call, Higher Self-Defense. 

Higher Self-Defense (HSD) is an adrenal self-defense training where adults/teens from various backgrounds, life experiences and skill levels come together to experience what they tell us is a truly life changing event. 

In the HSD workshops, students go through scenario-based training that begins with staged verbal assaults (80% of physical assaults begin with verbal confrontation/intimidation) against a teacher/attacker called a "woofer" (me). 

In these scenarios, students are supported by their "coach" (Theresa) and t...