380 Best of - Safe and Solo: Empowering Women to Play Outside Alone and Feel Great About It (Nicole Snell, self-defense expert)
Ready for solo adventure? Feeling safe?
Getting out there by yourself can feel like a real safety risk. I absolutely love going out alone, but I know it comes with pros and cons.
But it doesn't mean I don't go. It just means I go empowered.
Nicole Snell, a safety expert and owner of Girls Fight Back who specializes in self-defense in the outdoors, has a different idea. In this episode she shares her best tips and tricks to empower you to get into nature solo while also staying safe.
Hear Nicole talk about staying stafe outside in this "best of" episode.
Connect with this episode:
Visit Nicole’s Girls Fight Back website
Watch Nicole’s Outdoor Defense YouTube series (it’s really good!)
Book a one-on-one session with Nicole
Connect with Nicole on LinkedIn
Follow Nicole and Girls Fight Back on Facebook
Follow Girls Fight Back on Instagram
Join the Humans Outside Challenge
Follow Humans Outside on Facebook
Follow Humans Outside on Instagram
Some of the good stuff:
[4:06] Nicole Snell’s favorite outdoor space
[4:52] How Nicole became someone who likes to go outside
[7:16] How she got into self-defense
[14:05] Why people (often women) feel unsafe alone outside
[20:12] What self-defense tools should people use?
[26:54] What we mean when we say “use your words.”
[28:55] Why she didn't say “I’m sorry”
[31:57] The role of intuition
[37:41] How to make the outdoors more safe for everyone
[41:10] Top three tips for self-defense in nature
[44:41] Nicole’s favorite outdoor memory
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