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Your Ultimate Winter Personal Safety Guide

As it gets dark out earlier and snow begins to fall, it’s important to retain your vigilant mindset into the winter and follow Christmas safety shopping tips. This is so you can avoid the many potentially dangerous situations that come with the colder months. Below, we outlined the key safety tips for Christmas shopping, or for traveling anywhere this winter—whether it’s a long road trip, or to your local grocery store.  Prepare Before You Drive Anywhere First things first, it’s

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profile of a predator

More Than Pepper Spray: Understanding the Profile of a Predator

Human predators are all around us, whether you know it or not. Predators are not just bullies—they can also be quite charming, yet manipulative. That’s why it’s important to understand the profile of a predator. However, all predators have one thing in common—they experience gratifying emotional payoffs when they successfully manipulate their prey’s emotions or relationships.  That’s why it’s more than just pepper spray on college campuses. Learn more on how to understand the multi-layered profile of a predator, and

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how men can help women feel safer

Men, It’s Time to Be A Part of the Solution

Women are often told, “don’t look at your phone when walking,” “don’t wear headphones,” “don’t dress a certain way,” “don’t get too drunk,” etc. But our question is; how can men help women feel safer? While some of these are valid safety precautions, it’s time to focus on men and how they can be a part of the solution. Let’s Stop Victim Blaming Common safety tips have been drilled into us girls since we can remember. Ways that we need

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performance coaching for professionals

3 Ways Professional Performance Coaching Can Help You

“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.” — Bo Bennett.  The process of turning your dreams into a goal, whether personal or for your organization, is no easy undertaking.    Professional Performance Coaching empowers your leadership team to grow both individually and collectively. Additionally, it equips you with the resources needed to effectively achieve your performance goals.  Below, we outline the top 3 ways Professional Performance Coaching can help turn your organization’s dreams into reality. 1.

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campus safety tips

Campus Safety: Escaping the “Red Zone”

First-time college students rely on various campus safety tips to navigate their first year. The first few weeks of the fall semester consist of making new friends, navigating campus, staying on top of classes and trying to find downtime in between. During this time, college students typically experience stress over the new and unfamiliar surroundings.  While completely natural, these feelings can take focus away from staying vigilant in your personal safety. According to a 2016 study done by the Bureau

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talking to your child about safety

Let’s Talk About Vigilance

We live in a scary world, but we don’t have to be scared.  Being vigilant means being careful, and in doing so we can protect ourselves and others from danger. Learning how to be vigilant is an important skill to master whether we think we are in a vulnerable situation or not.  Having a discussion with our children, young adults, and even college aged kids about the reality of the world we live in and teaching them vigilance and safety

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how to walk with purpose

Walk Like You Always Know Where You’re Going—Even if You Don’t

Learning how to walk with purpose is extremely helpful in this day and age, even if you’re not sure where you’re going. Did you know that almost half of all women feel unsafe when walking alone after dark?  Whether you’re alone or with someone after dark, or in the middle of the day, these safety tips can help you in any situation where you feel unsafe.  How to Walk with Purpose: Confidence is Key Whenever you feel unsafe while walking,

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safety tips for women

How to Prepare, Prevent and Protect Yourself This Summer

There is never a more important time to share safety tips for women than in the summertime. Summer means lots of beach days, music festivals, refreshing drinks on restaurant patios, and exploring new cities in the United States (or abroad). Regardless of your summertime activities or where they are, it’s important to advocate for your personal safety, especially if you’re flying solo. Here’s a few essential tips on how to Prepare, Prevent, and Protect yourself this summer. 1. Prepare: Know

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Ways to Promote Wellness in the Workplace - Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month 2022: 3 Easy Ways to Promote Wellness in the Workplace

Here at Stiletto Agency during Mental Health Awareness Month 2022, we value the discussion surrounding mental health. We especially value it as a way to promote safety and wellness in the workplace. Whether it’s a large corporation or a small business, promoting wellness is an important part of every workplace. This can come in many forms, and it starts with removing the stigma in the workplace surrounding mental health.  Removing the Stigma According to Peldon Rose, 72% of employees want

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How to Improve Personal Safety

Hey, You! You’re in Charge of Your Own Personal Safety

Learning how to improve personal safety is something we talk about a lot here at Stiletto Agency. You may feel that carrying pepper spray around in your purse is all you need. However, we’re here to tell you that personal safety is about way more than just pepper spray. Personal safety takes consistency and only YOU can learn how to protect yourself. Below, we outline a few ways you can take personal safety into your own hands. How to Improve Personal

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how to protect yourself in public

The 3 Danger Signs: How to Recognize What’s Happening Isn’t Okay

In today’s world, you need to know how to protect yourself in public. The potential of being the victim of an active shooter, digital stalker, date rape, or sex trafficking is a very unfortunate, but valid, reality that Americans face everyday. However, there are ways to proactively protect yourself, even if you find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time. How To Protect Yourself Against Everyday Threats In Shelley Klingerman’s book, “Vigilance: The Savvy Woman’s Guide to Personal

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How to Protect Yourself on Social Media

Learning how to protect yourself on social media is vital nowadays. In this day and age, predators use social media and the internet to find and learn about their victims. Pew Research found that roughly 4 in 10 Americans have encountered online harassment in some form. How can you keep yourself safe on the internet and social media? Below, we outline several tips that you can use right now to protect yourself online. How to Protect Yourself on Social Media

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