Events · Public dates
Where The Momba shows up.
Public workshops, series and talks you can join — in Richmond, across Virginia and wherever a group brings me in. Private sessions are booked directly.
Coming up.
Each one opens its own page with the details, the venue and how to register. Some are run by the host, in which case registration happens on their side.
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Recently.
The last year of public sessions — gyms, shelters, libraries, brokerages, the Department of Veterans Affairs and a few rooms in between.
- Sep 2026 Women's Situational Awareness & Personal Safety Seminar — SYWO & MomBa Promotions SYWO Security Academy
- Sep 2026 Moore Gym - PREVAIL: The First 90 Seconds — Session 1 Moore Than Fitness
- Aug 2026 VA Women's Self-Defense Series #4 - first Carmen-led Veterans Affairs office
- Aug 2026 Janet Nowlin - 'What's Happening in Hanover' Info Session Atlee Library
- Jul 2026 SYWO Series #3 - Women's Situational Awareness Chesterfield VA
- Jul 2026 VA Women's Self-Defense Series #3 Veterans Affairs office
- Jul 2026 VA July 4th Car Show - Vendor Booth McGuire VA Medical Center
- May 2026 Women's Resilience and Self-Defense Class - Round 1 Second Arrow
- May 2026 VA Women's Self-Defense Series #1 Veterans Affairs office
- May 2026 SYWO Series #2 - Women's Situational Awareness 6431 Chesterfield Meadows Dr
- Mar 2026 SYWO Series #1 - Women's Situational Awareness & Personal Safety 6431 Chesterfield Meadows Dr
- Jan 2026 VA Women's Self-Defense Series #2 Veterans Affairs office
- Jan 2026 Bon Air Baptist - Women's Safety Series - Night 3 Bon Air Baptist Church
- Jan 2026 Bon Air Baptist - Women's Safety Series - Night 2 Bon Air Baptist Church
Where The Momba shows up.
Platforms Carmen has appeared on and keeps working with — in print, on air, on stage and on the mat.
Live · Workshops & single sessions
One room, one audience, one session
Girls For A Change’s Black Girl Rally, Diversity Richmond, Women’s Circle 22 and a Charlottesville women’s boxing and empowerment workshop — each built around the people in that room.
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Live · Ongoing programs & series
Recurring training, in depth
Hands-on seminar series with the Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services and the Richmond VA Medical Center. Repeat engagements with SYWO Security Academy and real estate brokerages including Williamsburg Realty and NextHome Integrity Realty. Ongoing workshop series with Empower Gym, The Well, Moore Than Fitness and Second Arrow.
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Published · Article & book
The Anxiety Tax™ · Personal Safety and Self-Defense in Volatile Post-Election Times
In Real Estate Agent Magazine, a performance-framed argument for treating agent safety as a brokerage production issue, built on peer-reviewed stress neuroscience. On Amazon, a practical, family-focused playbook for staying safer and better prepared.
Podcast · Investor Fuel, Real Estate Pros Show
Why Realtors Need Self-Defense & Situational Awareness Training
On how stress and unpreparedness quietly erode an agent’s confidence, decision-making and productivity — and what training reverses.
Listen →
Podcast · ASKITA, Episode 177
More Than A Pro Boxer
From collegiate athlete to professional boxer and resilience educator, and the psychological dimensions of martial arts training.
Watch →
Podcast · Our Family Invests, Episode 013
Gary + Carmen Gulliksen
Building discipline, resilience and purpose through career pivots, parenting and investing in health and mindset.
Watch →Bring a session to your people.
Tell me who they are and what worries you. Fifteen minutes is usually enough to work out the rest together.