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New episode of the Diamond Defense Podcast 🎙️

When Money Becomes Control: Financial Abuse with Dr. Merideth Thompson

Financial abuse is one of the most overlooked forms of abuse — but it can affect freedom, autonomy, safety, and a person’s ability to make choices for themselves.

In this episode, Lisa talks with Dr. Merideth Thompson about red flags, coercive control, financial autonomy, and practical support for survivors and loved ones.

💎 We hope this conversation offers language, clarity, and care to anyone who may need it.

🎧 Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2527179/episodes/19012678

Diamond Defense Podcast: Ep. 10 – Supporting Someone in an Abusive Relationship – A Conversation with Tiffiny Newton - Diamond Defense Podcast Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of emotional abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence. Please choose how you listen in a way that protects yourself.Think someone you love might be in an abusive relationship? Tiffiny Newton br...

Coercive control doesn’t usually begin with violence. It begins quietly — with restriction, isolation, and self-doubt.

In the latest episode of the Diamond Defense Podcast, Lisa sits down with Karin, who shares her lived experience of a long-term coercive control relationship. Together, they unpack how these patterns take hold, why they’re so difficult to recognize from the inside, and what it can look like to reclaim agency and safety.

This is a conversation about awareness, language, and the power of recognizing what isn’t love — so that more people can name what they’re experiencing and find support.

🎧 Listen now:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2527179/episodes/18348758-diamond-defense-podcast-ep-08-coercive-control-relationships

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The midtown studio is officially open for business (28th between O & N)! We’ve got all the ladies’ safety needs covered, from classes to personal alarms to pepper sprays to stun guns to the newest episode of the Diamond Defense Podcast. Stop by the studio or take a listen to the pod (🔗 in bio). We’re here to help you be your own hero out there.

Come on over and check out the new studio if you’re around Midtown today! We’re here until 4pm and can’t wait to show you around! Kellie Raines is also on hand to record your personal safety story, which could be featured in an upcoming episode of the Diamond Defense Podcast. 💎🎙️💪

💎 Diamond Defense Studio – Midtown Sacramento 💎 Diamond Defense empowers women through self-defense training, confidence-building, and real conversations that put safety back in your hands. The studio in the heart of Midtown Sacramento is where learning, strength, and community come together. 🎙️ And there’s more — we’re also recording mini self-defense journey stories from YOU on 9/13 at the studio. Share your experience, big or small, and your voice could be featured in a future episode of the Diamond Defense Podcast. Also DM us if you have a story for a full episode! ➡️ Come train. Come grow. Come be heard. Join us at Diamond Defense Studio and be part of a movement that inspires and protects. #selfdefense #diamonddefense #womeninpodcasting #womenpodcasts #sacramento #midtownsacramento

Had a fantastic time with this morning talking about the new Diamond Defense midtown studio opening!Thanks so much to , who is an incredibly quick study on these techniques, and sparring Bob was happy to take the brunt of her kicks. Thanks also to for helping us demonstrate some moves! Stop by the open house on Saturday from 10am-4pm if you get the chance, and meanwhile catch the live segments from this morning here: https://youtu.be/g6KZzG7kieY?si=p_fJl3GAVtlyNtqA

So grateful to Inside Sacramento, Jessica Laskey, and Aniko Kiezel for this lovely piece! (🔗 in bio) Immense thanks for bringing attention to the need for self-defense training. Whether with me or anyone else, the benefits you can feel after just one class are vast and many. And they stay with you, helping to keep you safe, for the rest of your life!

Can't wait to spend Thanksgiving week in the studio! Join a class and we promise zero family drama and all the empowerment you can eat! https://diamonddefense.com/classes