Your Guide To Raising Your Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is how we feel about ourselves. The words we use to describe ourselves reflect whether our esteem is high or not. It has very little to do about how we or others see as the physical presentation but how we feel toward ourselves.
A person could have high esteem regarding their weight but to another, with the same height and weight, feelings may induce low self-esteem. With this in mind, it would be unfair to state that everyone should possess the same physical qualities as another. Magazine articles and pictures of super slim models induce a standard that states beauty is having this particular size. Beauty manufacturers make millions each year selling products that are supposed to make you feel a particular way. Lifestyle critics will have you believe that by not having what their values on how to live is below standard.
These organisations make their money on preying upon our self-esteem. If a standard was not epitomised, then people would not readily spend their cash buying these products to 'enhance' their features, to reach the epitome. However, you may feel a slight or monumental increase in your esteem if you were of perfect weight, of perfect complexion and lived in a fantastic house but even all this would not guarantee long lasting self-esteem; because self-esteem relies solely on your feelings. There are many people who appear to have all the attributes to being happy but are not. Why is this? It is because how they feel about themselves is what influences their self-esteem, not what they may or may not have. 

How pressure points can level the playing field in women's self defense

Most intensive self defense classes for women will cover a number of topics. Typically, you will be taught to recognize potentially dangerous situations so that you can avoid them. You will probably be instructed in the use of non lethal self defense tools, such as stun guns, pepper spray and personal alarms. You will likely also learn several physical self defense tactical moves that you can use to get away from you attacker long enough to get to safety. This might include elbow jabs and shin kicks.

The one area that seems to be lacking in many self defense classes designed for women is the use of pressure points. Pressure points can be used to either loosen your attacker's grip, or to cause sufficient pain which will cause the attacker to let go.

A pressure point is defined as a point on the body that has a prevalence of nerves in it. Applying pressure to any of these points will trigger what is known as a pain withdrawal reflex. When pain is felt, natural reaction is to move away from the source of the pain.