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MVP106: Mary Stevens – Soft Skills in Violence Prevention & Management

Happy holidays!
I am joined once again by Mary Stevens, an accomplished martial arts instructor and also lead instructor at Violence Prevention & Management UK. Mary is a lifelong learner and incredible teacher, so I took the opportunity to pick her …

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MVP105: How to Stop Mass Killings with Mike Roche

In this episode I am joined by 40-year law enforcement officer and 26-year Secret Service veteran, Mike Roche. Mike is the author of Mass Killers: How you can identify workplace, school, or public killers before they strike 
 
In this interview we talk a…

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MVP104: Dr Mary Beth Janke – From Secret Service to Forensic Psychologist

Dr. Mary Beth Janke has over 30 years of psychology, security, and investigative experience and is one of the most respected females in the Executive Protection industry. Her career has been extremely impressive moving through time with the Secret Servic…

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MVP99: The Martial Art of Communication

In this interview I have a chance to share my take on modern conflict communication, verbal de-escalation, the importance of empathy, and why you should be training speaking as much (or more than) fighting.
Republished with permission from Finding the T…

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MVP96: Preventing Tragedy with Rick Shaw

Rick Shaw is the founder of Awareity, founder of First Preventers, leading Prevention Coach, author of The First Preventers Playbook, and trusted advisor to organization and community leaders. For 20+ years Rick has been researching failed preventions, p…

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MVP95: Violence Intervention with Dr Jim Cawood

Dr. Cawood is President of Factor One which is a California based corporation specializing in threat assessment and management, violence risk assessment, behavioral analysis, security consulting, and investigations. Dr. Cawood has worked in the field f…

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MVP94: The Safety Trap with Spencer Coursen

SPENCER COURSEN is a nationally recognized threat management expert and author of THE SAFETY TRAP. He is a combat veteran, former supervisory special agent, and private security professional who’s unique global experience has supported an exceptional rec…

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MVP93: Mark Hatmaker on Western Martial Arts and Rough’n’Tumble

Mark Hatmaker is a legend of the self-protection and martial arts world, and it was a great pleasure to listen to him speak about western martial arts, boxing, wrestling and rough’n’tumble. Support Mark’s websites here:
https://www.extremeselfprotection….

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MVP92: Dr Tammy Yard-McCracken – #500Rising for Women’s Self Protection

Dr Tammy Yard-McCracken has  25+ years as a therapist working with survivors of violence, anxiety and PTSD. Wanting to do more to prevent trauma and build opportunity for resilience, Tammy became an instructor in Krav Maga and started a journey into self…

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MVP91: The Ethics of Martial Arts Marketing with Ron Amram

In this episode I’m joined by good friend, martial artist, business consultant and academy owner, Ron Amram. We chat about the common pitfalls of marketing and reaching students, how easy it can be to compromise our ethics, and how the strategies that a…

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