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Strategies for Survival
Holiday Breaks
13 Ways to Stay Safe During the Holidays
Written by Susie Kahlich and Eve Parmiter
I am taking a two-week break from publishing here on Medium while I work on creating new content for the New Year. The next article will be published on 2 January — mark your calendars!
Meanwhile, the holidays are here for many people around the world. While that can mean reuniting with family, celebrating beloved traditions and making new memories, some people may be facing the holidays with dread: domestic violence tends to spike during holiday periods, and this year with looming threats of more lockdowns triggering the trauma of Christmas ’21, it can be a particularly harrowing time for people living in domestic abuse situations.
Here is a re-print of 13 Survival Strategies that I wrote with my friend and colleague Eve Parmiter, for anyone who finds it useful during this time.
You can also download the Pretty Deadly Self Defense app for free, for iOS or Android, and find more easy-to-remember and effective moves for staying safe that you can learn in >1-minute video clips.
