Zipporah kicks off Episode 75 with the observation that our bodies can do anything, prompting Susie to talk about her return to #Crossfit after a 5 year break, and what she likes and what she's learned about the body through the high intensity training approach of Crossfit.

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S5 Episode 75: Do Epic Shit: Crossfit & Self Defense | Pretty Deadly Podcast

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It's no secret that men and women are socialized differently, including how they learn. Susie and Zipporah explore in what ways we can share our strengths and weaknesses with each to build a better world together.

S5 Episode 77: What Men and Women Can Learn from Each Other | Pretty Deadly Podcast

"Be Yourself" -- possibly the most annoying advice in this history of human advice. How do you "be yourself" exactly, and what does that look like in self defense? Zipporah and Susie talk about learning to move with power rather than precision, and how each of them adapts techniques to their own bodies in order to achieve stability and strength.

S5 Episode 76: Be Yourself | Pretty Deadly Podcast

Susie and Zipporah talk about the need for vulnerability when learning, and why learning in all-female environments can be more productive for women and girls. Special shout out to @WriteGirl where Susie first learned this statistic, and Happy 20th Anniversary to all the fearless WriteGirl pioneers!

S5 Episode 78: It's All In Your Head | Pretty Deadly Podcast

What is the price of being nice? In what ways are women encouraged to be nice as a form of control? What do we gain? What do we give up? What do we have to lose if we're not nice? Zipporah and Susie talk about the price women pay for NOT being "nice" and how we can rebalance power. Spoiler alert: Coach Z is ON FIRE in this episode!

S5 Episode 79: The Price of Being Nice | Pretty Deadly Podcast

What does is feel like to KNOW you can defend yourself? Zipporah and Susie chat about the feelings of confidence and independence Pretty Deadly has given each of them, and how it's opened up their lives.

S5 Episode 80: What Knowing You Can Defend Yourself Feels Like | Pretty Deadly Podcast

Zipporah and Susie travel back in time to look at how protecting ourselves from childhood fears laid the groundwork for strategic thinking skills we use as adults.

S5 Episode 81: How Childhood Fears Can Grow Into Strategic Thinking  | Pretty Deadly Podcast

What exactly ARE your innate rights? Do you have the right to clean air? do you have the right to breathe? Do you have the right to occupy your own space? Susie and Zipporah discuss what it means to occupy your space and the simple fact of our existence.

S5 Episode 82: You Have the Right to Occupy Your Own Space  | Pretty Deadly Podcast

Welcome to an all-new season of the Pretty Deadly Podcast. Hosted by Pretty Deadly founder Susie Kahlich and co-host Tavia Benjamin, a Kingston-based poet and the author of "Words Beyond the Page" and "The Social Entrepreneur."

What do the lives of women in Jamaica look like?

When Americans think of Jamaica, do they think of anyone beside Bob Marley? Tavia introduces the strong women-centered culture in Jamaica.

S6 Ep 83: Self Defense in... Jamaica?

Emotional strength is the ability to respond openly and vulnerably when confronted with overwhelming emotions. It is the feeling of trusting yourself and your body and knowing that you'll have to give it your all, whatever it looks like. This episode teaches us how to develop it through self defense training.

S6 Ep 84: Emotional Strength through Self Defense

Women are all about empowerment, but some actively shun any association with self defense. Susie and Tavia explore racism, classism and misogyny in self defense.

S6 Ep 85: Women vs Women

A podcast about realistic self defense for women. Hosted by Pretty Deadly founder Susie Kahlich and journalist Kate Leismer, we're addressing common misconceptions about self defense, why we think self defense should be part of self care, and sharing tips, tricks and stories.

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