Aware And Prepared
Hello! This is the Aware and Prepared podcast. I'm your host, Mandi Pratt, a trained domestic violence advocate. I teach women and vulnerable populations how to be street smart. I'm a mom with a gnarly backstory from almost two decades ago. The FBI showed up at my door one day to alert me that my abusive ex had become wanted for multiple bank robberies. Our story was in the news (a few times). I was tired of feeling vulnerable and learned how to keep myself and my son safer. I wish when I was a young woman I'd known about red flags to watch for in relationships, and had learned how to be street smart. This podcast is for 15-year-old me and is meant for families and community groups to listen to together. After all, women's safety is a community issue. I'll share with you stories like mine and interview detectives, psychologists and many other experts to NOT only hear their jaw-dropping stories, but also what we learn from them to prevent harm for our every youth and grown up listening. I don't want anyone else to have to go through what I did - scared, vulnerable and needing decades of counseling and healthcare to heal. I want you to feel safer with less fear and more power!
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Announcement: Less Lethal Self-Defense Class Coming in January
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Exciting update about an in-person class scheduled for the end of January in Southern California! This will focus on a less lethal self-defense option for those who may not feel comfortable carrying a gun. The host emphasizes the importance of learning how to feel safe in your body as well as feeling safe while out and about, and highlights the benefits of this self defense tool she will share. Stay tuned!
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Welcome back to the aware and prepared podcast. Today I'm popping in with a special message for you. I am wishing you all a very happy holiday, Merry Christmas, all of the holidays, happy new year. I know that you're busy. And so am I, so I'm going to take a little break until the next year, which is only a couple of weeks. And also wanted to give you a heads up. That the end of January, I will be offering an in-person class, which I haven't done in awhile.
And this will be on a less lethal option for self-defense. So here at women, Oh, where and prepared we talk about different options, different things we can do to stay safe, both inside. And calm our nervous system as well as outside when we're out and about. And we want to stay safe. So I'm putting together a special class.
I need a little bit of time to do that. And this class I'm really excited about because I have been. Um, experimenting with researching a less lethal option. So those who may not be as comfortable carrying a gun, but still want a very good option to be able to protect themselves. Um, I found something great. And I am excited to share that with you the end of January. So I'll be putting that together for you.
Please make sure that you are on my email list. I will put a link in the show notes here. If you go to aware and prepared. Dot life. You'll see where you can sign up at the bottom and be notified of anything coming through. Like this class, the end of January. And that way you stay in the know. So I realize that. A lot of people have different needs. At the moment.
So some of us have different capacities. Some of us have different abilities. Some of us have different situations, right. And so some people may be more comfortable with. This less lethal option, which is still a very strong option. Um, more than, you know, the others that we have talked about in the past.
So those that I've shared this with are super excited about this and ready to jump on the bandwagon here. So, um, make sure that you are in the know on the email list@awareandprepared.life. I believe also you can send us a text message here. Um, if you go to the show notes, the first thing you see is send us a text message. So if you're too busy, just say, uh, count me in or, uh, include me. And I will make sure that you're included on the information. So again, wishing you the happiest of holidays
and I'm excited to serve you next year and just a couple of weeks, 2025 take care.