Diamond Defense Podcast
Diamond Defense Podcast shares real stories and practical strategies to help women protect themselves, trust their instincts, and stand strong in any situation.
Episodes
12 episodes
When Money Becomes Control: Financial Abuse with Dr. Merideth Thompson
Dr. Merideth Thompson joins the Diamond Defense Podcast to unpack financial abuse in intimate relationships: what it is, how it overlaps with coercive control, common red flags, safe exit planning, recovery, and how loved ones can help.
Supporting Someone in an Abusive Relationship: A Conversation with Tiffiny Newton
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 relat...
Mid-Season Recap
Eight episodes in, we pause to listen back—to the moments when instinct spoke, boundaries mattered, and survival took shape in real time. This mid-season recap revisits discussions of sexual assault, coercive control, and personal safety; nothi...
Coercive Control Relationships
Content Warning: This episode includes personal accounts of coercive control, emotional abuse, intimidation, and fear within a relationship.Understand coercive control relationships and the quiet patterns of emot...
Demystifying Self-Defense Training
Think self-defense is only for the strong or the fearless? Think again. In this episode, Lisa breaks down reality-based training, martial arts options, and the truth about awareness, boundaries, and using your voice as your first weapon....
Dating Parables and Red Flags
What do a race car driver, a wolf man, and a maybe–sex-cult recruiter have in common? They each taught a hard-earned lesson in intuition, boundaries, and the courage to walk away. Co-host Kellie turns three wild dating tales — Race Car Drive...
Active Compliance
Trigger warning: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault and violence with mentions of survival strategies and evidence preservation. Listener discretion is advised. Lisa breaks down “Active Compl...
Distraction Techniques
Content Warning: This episode contains a story referencing attempted sexual assault.In Distraction Techniques, actor Martha recounts an unsettling encounter that escalated quickly — and the split-second de...
Diamond Defense Podcast: Ep. 03 – Destination
In this episode of Diamond Defense, Lisa and Kellie explore how destination — where you’re headed, how you move, and the energy you project — can be a powerful tool for self-defense. Guest Jessica shares two gripping stories from her time in Pa...
Diamond Defense Podcast: Ep. 02 – Confidence
Diamond Defense Podcast: ConfidenceConfidence isn’t just a feeling—it’s action. Join Lisa and Kellie in Episode 2 of the Diamond Defense Podcast as we continue the conversation about women's self-defense & ways to keep...
Diamond Defense Podcast: Ep. 01 – Awareness
In our debut episode, we dive straight into the power of awareness and storytelling with a compelling feature of Aniko’s journey. She shares how real-life experiences with danger shaped her instincts and approach to staying safe, proving that o...
Diamond Defense Podcast: Your Best Friend in Self-Defense Trailer
Real stories. Real strategies. Real strength.More than fighting back — the Diamond Defense Podcast is about moving through the world with awareness, confidence, and strength. Join co-producers, co-hosts, and friends Lisa, a...