Content Warning: There is conversation about spousal homicide and attempted sexual assault. If you would like to avoid this content, please see exact timecodes below.

If you watch any news or doom scroll for 20 minutes, you expose yourself to all kinds of worst case scenarios. And those are dramatic and often terrifying. Gavin de Becker is a leading expert on the prediction and management of violence who says managing fear is surprisingly simple. He also, importantly, talks about intuition - the center of his work - which he calls our personal nuclear defense system and our body’s communication method for survival. They also talk about the influence of news media on our psyche and why governments love division in society.

If you have questions or guest suggestions, Ali would love to hear from you. Call or text her at (323) 364-6356. Or email go-ask-ali-podcast-at-gmail.com. (No dashes)

Trigger Warning Timecodes:

AFTER AD BREAK 1

Hearing of “serial rapist” in news = 20:58 - 21:29 

Spousal homicide / pre-incident indicators = 21:30 - 22:50

AFTER AD BREAK 2

Ali’s experience of attempted sexual assault = 32:41 - 34:11

If you need help -

RAINN & Sexual Violence Help Line: (800) 656-4673 (HOPE)

Resources: The Joyful Heart Foundation

Links of Interest:

Gavin de Becker & Associates

Book: The Gift of Fear

Master Class on Personal Safety

**Go Ask Ali has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Interview/Talk Show Episode! Please vote for her and the whole team at https://bit.ly/415e8uN by April 20, 2023!

CREDITS: 

Executive Producers: Sandie Bailey, Lauren Hohman, Tyler Klang & Gabrielle Collins

Producer & Editor: Brooke Peterson-Bell

Associate Producer: Akiya McKnight

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