Periagoge
Scenario

When Teaching Safety Reveals Your Own Vulnerabilities

I teach self-defense classes but I freeze up every time someone actually grabs me during demonstrations, and I feel like a fraud for teaching something I can't do myself.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your role as protector exposes the gap between intellectual knowledge and embodied response under pressure.

Your guide for this
Hypatia
Hypatia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Personal Safety & Emergency Preparedness?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.