We’ve handed the megaphone to Molly Singer and Gabriela Rojas Lozano from ESD Global to talk about how they are using healing and self-defense training to empower women and marginalized communities around the world. ESD stands for Empowerment Self Defense, and it helps individuals develop easy-to-use techniques such as awareness, assertiveness, and verbal confrontation skills in combination with safety strategies and physical techniques to prevent, resist, and escape violent assaults. They envision a world where everyone at risk of interpersonal violence can live free of it. In this episode you'll learn; how ESD is applicable to combat all kinds of violence - not just physical, but economic, financial, social, etc. the regional capacity model they are using to really key into all different communities and serve them as best they can. what this training can do to improve each of our lives as well as those around us.

To learn more visit esdglobalselfdefense.org and follow them on social at; IG: @esdglobalselfdefense and TW: @ESD_Global This is a https://my.captivate.fm/growthnetworkpodcasts.com (Growth Network Podcasts) production. Our producers are Lynz Floren, Sari Weinerman, and Jeffrey Morris. Production Manager is Maura Murphy Barrosse. Original music, sound design, and mixing by Nicolas Fournier. Promotional support from Marsha Ord. Website by Nick Brodnicki. Mentioned in this episode: PodVoices.help In partnership with podvoices.help we encourage listeners to visit www.choice.crd.co for resources on safe abortion access.