NEW 1-DAY COURSE: EMOTIONAL SELF-DEFENSE - CLICK HERE!

Emotional Self-Defense:

 

There is a skill to staying steady when people try to move you.

First, you have to be able to see the subtle push when it comes. 

Sometimes it sounds like, “Come on, it’s not a big deal.”  

Sometimes it sounds like concern: “I’m only trying to help.”  

Sometimes it arrives as disappointment, relentless persuasion, criticism, obligation, or the quiet expectation that you will put everyone else first.

Over time, those moments can teach you to override yourself.

You agree when you do not agree. You explain decisions that need no defense. You weaken a boundary until it disappears. You question your own memory, instincts, or feelings because someone else insists they know better.

 

Date: Saturday, October 3rd

Start Time: 10:00 AM (Eastern U.S. time)

End Time: 3:00 PM (Eastern U.S. time)

 

Price: $150

This week only - $40 OFF!!

Price: $110

 

Emotional Self-Defense is a one-day practical training in hearing your own voice, regulating your own nervous system, and responding to the pushes, manipulations, demands, and assertions of others without getting pulled into a fight, a spiral, or an apology for being yourself.

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What You’ll Practice

This is not about becoming cold, confrontational, or suspicious of everyone around you. It is about becoming harder to pressure, confuse, guilt, or control.

Rather, you will learn how to:

• Notice when a conversation has shifted from a request into pressure.

• Separate someone else’s disappointment from your responsibility.

• Respond to guilt trips without suppressing your own feelings.

• Hold a “no” without turning it into a debate.

• Recognize manipulative framing, attempts at emotional coercion, and boundary testing.

• Stay oriented to your own experience when someone denies, minimizes, or rewrites it.

• Stop over-explaining, defending, and searching for the “perfect” justification.

• Handle persistent people without matching their intensity.

• Build boundaries that are clear, powerful, and sustainable.

• Regulate your own nervous system so you can use all of these skills in the moments that matter.

 

A Different Kind of Self-Protection

Think of this course less as learning clever comebacks and more as learning deep internal balance and strength. 

In martial arts, effective self-protection does not always mean meeting force with more force. Often, it means recognizing what is coming, staying centered, refusing to be thrown off balance, and responding in a way that maintains your peace, freedom, and wellbeing.

The same is true emotionally.

When someone pushes, guilts, criticizes, confuses, or insists, you do not have to absorb their version of reality. You do not have to prove that your limits are reasonable. You do not have to surrender your peace just because another person is uncomfortable with your choice.

You can remain calm and still mean what you say.

 

Who It’s For

This course is for anyone who regularly finds themselves managing other people’s reactions at the expense of their own wellbeing.

It may be especially useful if you deal with:

• A coworker who treats urgency as an excuse to override your limits.

• A family member who makes boundaries sound selfish or disloyal.

• A partner, friend, client, or authority figure who keeps pressing after you have answered.

• Social environments where saying “no” feels risky, rude, or exhausting.

• An inner habit of second-guessing yourself after difficult interactions.

You do not need to be in a dramatic or obviously toxic situation to benefit. Everyday pressure is enough. The goal is to recognize it earlier and meet it with more choice.

 

What the Day Includes

You can expect a clear, supportive, highly practical learning environment built around real situations—not vague theory.

You’ll receive:

• Straightforward explanations of how common pressure tactics work.

• Concrete language and response strategies you can adapt to your life.

• Useful handouts to help you remember and apply what you learn.

• Guided opportunities to identify your own patterns and boundaries.

• Caring, open-hearted interaction that makes room for practice.

• A starting point for putting these tools into action immediately.

 

Leave with Your Center Intact

By the end of the day, you will have a stronger sense of where you end and other people begin.

You will be better equipped to say yes with sincerity, no without collapse, and “I need time to think about that” without being rushed into an answer. 

You will have tools for staying connected to your own voice when others want to argue, persuade, blame, or destabilize you.

Because protecting your wellbeing does not mean becoming defensive. It means learning how to remain fully yourself—even when someone else wants you to be easier to move.

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MEET YOUR GUIDES

Raun K. Kaufman

 

Author, lecturer, and former CEO Raun K. Kaufman has worked with people on the subject of mental and emotional well-being, relationships, and dealing with extreme situations for the past 25+ years - and training others to do the same.

  • An international lecturer and graduate of the Ivy League’s Brown University with a degree in Biomedical Ethics, Raun has completed lecture tours in the U.S., United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Romania, France, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
  • He has been interviewed by media such as National Public Radio, BBC Television, Fox News Channel, The London Telegraph, and People Magazine.
  • Along with Kate C. Wilde, he pioneered the concept of the Neuro-Crash and the tools of S.O.S. (Signals of Stress) and Rise Above Questions.
  • As a child, Raun was diagnosed with so-called “severe” (non-speaking) autism and recommended for lifelong institutionalization. Instead, his parents worked with him in a totally new way they developed, enabling him to blossom, grow, and, ultimately, accomplish everything his parents were promised he would not. A book and television movie were made about his journey.
  • He is the author of the award-winning book, Autism Breakthrough: The Groundbreaking Method That Has Helped Families All Over the World.
Kate C. Wilde

 

Kate C. Wilde has spent the last 30 years on the subject of mental and emotional well-being, relationships, and dealing with extreme situations, as well as with therapists, educators, and schools.

  • Renowned for the courses she teaches throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Kate also speaks at worldwide online summits.
  • She has intensively trained and qualified more than forty professionals who have gone on to help thousands of families, children, and educators across the globe.
    Along with Raun K. Kaufman, she pioneered the concept of the Neuro-Crash and the tools of S.O.S. (Signals of Stress) and Rise Above Questions.
  • She is a columnist for Exceptional Needs Today and has written articles for such publications as Autism Parenting Magazine in the U.S. and SEN Magazine in the U.K.
  • She is the author of the acclaimed books, Autistic Logistics: A Parent’s Guide to Tackling Bedtime, Toilet Training, Tantrums, Hitting, and Other Everyday Challenges, The Autism Language Launcher: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Child Turn Sounds and Words Into Simple Conversations and Autism Abracadabra: Seven Magic Ingredients to Help Develop Your Child’s Interactive Attention Span.

MEET YOUR GUIDES

Raun K. Kaufman

Author, lecturer, and former CEO Raun K. Kaufman has worked with people on the subject of mental and emotional well-being, relationships, and dealing with extreme situations for the past 25+ years - and training others to do the same.

  • An international lecturer and graduate of the Ivy League’s Brown University with a degree in Biomedical Ethics, Raun has completed lecture tours in the U.S., United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Romania, France, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
  • He has been interviewed by media such as National Public Radio, BBC Television, Fox News Channel, The London Telegraph, and People Magazine.
  • Along with Kate C. Wilde, he pioneered the concept of the Neuro-Crash and the tools of S.O.S. (Signals of Stress) and Rise Above Questions.
  • As a child, Raun was diagnosed with so-called “severe” (non-speaking) autism and recommended for lifelong institutionalization. Instead, his parents worked with him in a totally new way they developed, enabling him to blossom, grow, and, ultimately, accomplish everything his parents were promised he would not. A book and television movie were made about his journey.
  • He is the author of the award-winning book, Autism Breakthrough: The Groundbreaking Method That Has Helped Families All Over the World.

 

Kate C. Wilde

 

Kate C. Wilde has spent the last 30 years on the subject of mental and emotional well-being, relationships, and dealing with extreme situations, as well as with therapists, educators, and schools.

  • Renowned for the courses she teaches throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Kate also speaks at worldwide online summits.
  • She has intensively trained and qualified more than forty professionals who have gone on to help thousands of families, children, and educators across the globe.
    Along with Raun K. Kaufman, she pioneered the concept of the Neuro-Crash and the tools of S.O.S. (Signals of Stress) and Rise Above Questions.
  • She is a columnist for Exceptional Needs Today and has written articles for such publications as Autism Parenting Magazine in the U.S. and SEN Magazine in the U.K.
  • She is the author of the acclaimed books, Autistic Logistics: A Parent’s Guide to Tackling Bedtime, Toilet Training, Tantrums, Hitting, and Other Everyday Challenges, The Autism Language Launcher: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Child Turn Sounds and Words Into Simple Conversations and Autism Abracadabra: Seven Magic Ingredients to Help Develop Your Child’s Interactive Attention Span.