In this episode, Lora interviews retired Green Beret & Instructor Chris Cypert of Citizens Defense Research about:
- How to find good training; what to look for in a trainer/instructor 
- Different tools for different missions 
- Backwards planning and how to apply it in your life 
- CDR's The Armed Parent/Guardian training 
- Managing & assessing risk in your everyday life 
- Looking at problems through the lens of probability & severity 
- What it means to truly be well rounded in self preservation 
- Thinking about the off ramps of verbal agility & de-escalation 
- What is mental agility and how does one develop it? 
- Training under stress: ideas to test your training 
- Why some people more easily stay calm and clear minded under stress 
- What sells isn't always what's needed 
- Why knowing your on demand skills and capabilities is imperative to self preservation 
- A challenge for the 2A community 













