Warrior Mind Podcast – Dr. Ruthless Interview

In this edition of the Warrior Mind Podcast I interviewed a fantastic and VERY powerful woman, Melissa Soalt.

Melissa Soalt aka Dr Ruthless: Is an award-winning women’s self defense expert.  She is the author and producer of the acclaimed Fierce & Female DVD.  Melissa is also in the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame.

Melissa also has extensive training as a psychotherapist, specializing in and working with trauma and assault survivors.

Melissa is best known and respected for her practical PRIMAL, uncomplicated, no-nonsense self defense and self awareness methods.  She has an emotional depth and deep reverence for the Female Warrior Spirit.  She call’s for ALL women to repossess their innate capacity for aggressive self protection, killer instinct and learn to bring this to bear…not for the sake of destruction, but for preserving and protecting life.  

You can find out more about Melissa at:

http://dr-ruthless.com/

Facebook Fan Page:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Dr-Ruthless/123771709667

Some of the items we covered where:

• How you got into this… where this “FIRE” comes from. Was it born of the rub between your love and fury for personal empowerment?

• You mentioned in your essay “Women as Warriors – Fierce Love The Heart of the Female Warrior” that the classic warrior mindset is part of a male paradigm.   My definition of a warrior is, “A person who conquers oneself.” This means controlling and using your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual parts of yourself.  How do you see this definition fitting into your philosophy, female paradigm?

• Can you talk about
  • Women’s “emotional body” and  its’ complexities; 
  • Women’s empathic instincts
  • The bigger picture of “fierce and female” purpose…
  • The ultimate goal is to create far more equitable and compassionate societies–– versus to conquer, destroy, make em pay or other “warrior or territorial instinct.” 

• Having traveled extensively how to do see the current conditions of violence against women in general, i.e. improving, and worsening? 

• Can you get into some specifics self defense techniques? 

Take a listen to the interview and please share this with any ladies in your life…the information is extremely important!

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