Learn practical strategies to build confidence and ensure personal safety as a professional woman. Discover how to project strength, enhance situational awareness, and set boundaries with our exclusive Women in Business Self-Defense Program.

Discover how to find joy in everyday moments. Learn what joy is, why it matters, and simple ways to invite more happiness and lightness into your life.

Build your confidence with small, powerful actions you can do every day. Try these simple habits to help you feel more empowered and self-assured.

Take control of your social media experience with these smart tips. Learn how to boost confidence, avoid comparison traps, and stay safe online.

Boost your confidence instantly with these power poses. Learn how stances like the superhero pose can make you feel strong, capable, and ready to take on the world.

Learn how to use your voice to defend yourself and be heard. This guide shares tips on verbal assertiveness and confidence-building for everyday and uncomfortable situations.

Stand tall and boost your confidence with these simple body language tips. Learn how posture and presence can help you feel powerful and reduce the chances of being targeted.

Learn how to spot healthy and toxic relationships in this guide for teens. Explore red and green flags in friendships, family dynamics, and romantic connections to protect your well-being.

Self-care isn’t selfish—it’s essential! Read for simple self-care tips to recharge and protect your mental health, even when life gets busy. Stay balanced and feel your best!

Learn how to say “no” confidently and kindly. Discover tips to set boundaries, protect your energy, and build healthier relationships without feeling guilty.

Learn how to set boundaries confidently and protect your energy with practical tips for creating healthy relationships and boosting your mental health.

In moments when something feels “off” or unsafe, your body often knows before your mind does. Here’s a simple, four-step process to help you tune into these signals and take action for your safety.

Assertive communication is speaking kindly and clearly, a skill that helps preteens grow in confidence, solve problems, and be understood. Read on to learn 3 ways you can help the preteens in your life and download an easy-to-use lesson plan.

This article examines the link between loneliness and increased vulnerability to bullying among students, highlighting the resulting mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.

Be Your Own Hero is our weekly kids’ program where we aim to empower children to become confident, resilient, and self-assured individuals who can handle life's challenges with strength and determination.

In today’s world, self-defense skills are more crucial than ever, especially for girls and women. Let’s talk about it.

Empowerment Self Defense (ESD) is a holistic approach to personal safety that provides participants with tools to combat the whole spectrum of violence, from verbal harassment to sexual and physical violence. It is a violence prevention system that teaches individuals how to interrupt violence by listening to their intuition, assessing their options, asserting boundaries, and using de-escalation strategies.

Arise is a culmination of my education, experience, and passion for empowering children and youth. One could say the seeds were planted many years before it all began, but each came into being at the right time…

We're excited to share an article written by Arise's founder, Jess Gordon, recently published in a peer-reviewed journal through the University of British Columbia (UBC). The article explores an area that's often overlooked in education but holds immense potential: the role of martial arts-based interventions in promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) and self-regulated learning (SRL).

Learn how Arise is revolutionizing the social and emotional learning (SEL) field through its unique movement-based approach.