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Self-Helpless

How Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) And Martial Arts Saved My Life with Alyssa Kurtz

Self-Helpless

Cloud10

Alternative Health, Science, Health & Fitness

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week, we are joined by Competitive Martial Artist and Founder of Kurtz MMA, Alyssa Kurtz. Alyssa opens up about her past trauma including being in and out of psychiatric hospitals as a teen and young adult, what her rock bottom looked like, the biggest turning point in her life, and how a combination of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Martial Arts literally saved her. Alyssa also walks us through some DBT exercises we can all practice, and offers martial arts-inspired tips for setting healthy boundaries and cultivating self-respect. *Some content may be difficult for trauma survivors to hear.  For exclusive rewards, and to influence content for the show, join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/selfhelpless Delanie: https://www.delaniefischer.com Kelsey: https://www.kelseycook.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Stop helpless! Hey everyone welcome to another episode of the self-helpless

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podcast I'm Delaney Fisher and today we are joined by a truly remarkable guest,

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Alyssa Kurtz.

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Alyssa is a competitive martial artist

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and founder and head coach of Kurt's MMA,

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where she combines martial arts, self-defense,

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and emotional intelligent skills into her training programs.

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During this episode, Alyssa opens up

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