ABOUT US
Dolphin Learning is purpose-driven with a training and education focus. We teach self-defence - simple and effective ways to be safe in a fun and dynamic learning environment. Once we know how, we really can defend ourselves.
In 2025, we launch our new course on how to Flourish in Uncertain Times. This is an practical exploration of brain power we all possess but didn't know about. Small changes in how we think can bring us improved health, better luck and increased abundance. All based on science. It turns out, we're more powerful than we knew!
My Story
Debra Handler
Instructor
I teach women how to thrive and survive! I’m on a mission to teach about power so you can create the life you dream of.
I teach interesting workshops on empowering topics, and I make it fun.
This year, I'm delighted to share a new course on how to Flourish in Uncertain Times. This is a practical discovery of the brain power we all possess. You'll learn how small changes in how you think can give you improved health, better luck and increased abundance. There's incredible creative power in a positive yet realistic mindset. We explore acceptance, gratitude, luck, optimism, and wonder ("AGLOW"). Then we apply this can-do mindset to our inner Fountain of Youth. This is about increasing health span, which is living healthy longer. That's the goal. Did you know that dance, playfulness and grip strength all help us live healthier for more years? Sounds crazy, but science-based. We all have more power than we knew to create the life we want.
I taught self-defence to women, children and teens in Ontario and Quebec from 1990 to 2004. It's fulfilling to return to this empowering work. In the fast-changing and uncertain times we live in, I'm very grateful to have useful knowledge and skills to share. This workshop increases confidence because women feel able to defend themselves if necessary. Women learn how to fight back with a range of simple techniques, both physical and verbal, that are based on the reality of assault against women.
In recent years, I've worked in community services at non-profit organizations, the province and municipalities in southern Ontario. Now I'm delighted to return to the work I dream of doing: teaching empowering topics. I've been working towards this goal for the past decade. I returned to University a few years ago. and got a second bachelor degree in Adult Education. I also have a degree in Commerce.
I've dealt with unwanted advances throughout my life. We've all been harassed. The verbal and physical techniques I teach really work. I didn't create the self-defence course but over the years have made it my own. We teach what we need to learn, as they say. The course was originally created by the Montreal Assault Prevention Centre, where I taught for many years.
This know-how allows me to live a bold life. My freedom is based on a solid ability to spot and get out of dangerous situations. These are the skills we all want to have in our back pocket.
Dolphin Learning is my "passion project." I love sharing empowering information that enables people to achieve their dreams and be safer and more confident. In ACTION Self-Defence, I teach women to defend themselves. I've taught these simple and effective methods to thousands. Feedback from participants attest to the excellence of this dynamic workshop. Women are astonished to find that self-defence is within their reach! Once we know how, by focusing on what works and what we can do, we really can defend ourselves.
Swimming with Dolphin ♥
Why Dolphins?
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Everyone likes dolphins and for good reason!
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They genuinely like us!
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They are curious, playful and love learning
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They are smart and funny :)
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They're great communicators
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They work together
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They defend themselves
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Dolphins don’t just survive... they support, protect, and love each other
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Dolphins are an inspiration for a fun learning experience
40 Dolphin
Animal Medicine Cards
by Jamie Sams and David Carson
If Dolphin has appeared to you ... you are to be a link to some solution for the Children of Earth.
This can mean a time of communication with the rhythms of nature. You are put on notice to be mindful of your body rhythms and the pattern of energy being fed to you from the Creator.
Imitate Dolphin and ride the waves of laughter, spreading joy in the world. Breathe and experience the manna so freely given. Know that we are all whole in the eyes of the Everliving One."
Mission and Values
Our Mission
THRIVE AND SURVIVE!
Our mission is to help people to flourish and thrive by providing dynamic training and education. We teach people self-defence so they have greater safety and freedom. We teach ways to flourish, even in these crazy times, to more easily reach our goals and dreams.
