Synopsis
Emotional Badasses are survivors, thrivers, seekers, and healers! Expand and awaken to your higher purpose, be more present and authentic, find strength in spirituality, quiet the monkey mind of modern society with meditation, and connect deeply with yourself and safe others. We let go of what doesn't serve us to heal old wounds, find our voice guilt-free, and learn to be the hero in our own story, embrace guerrilla self care, and laugh with lightness on the self development path. This show is designed mindfully to be the emotional education so many of us crave; Emotional Badass is where we learn to love ourselves without apology. Emotional Badass is where Moxie meets Mindful. Hosted by Nikki Eisenhauer, International Life Coach, Professional Psychotherapist, Yoga and Meditation Teacher.
Episodes
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Don't Give Up on Wellness and Mental Health! A Guide for HSP's to Embrace Resiliency
21/02/2021 Duration: 27minThis episode is for the moments we want to give up because we feel angry, exhausted, activated, and out of control. How to find more emotional rope when we thing our emotional rope’s run out. A very important lesson on the healing path. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Join the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share
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Kelly Tobin Interview: Essential Resources and Community Support at The Gathering Place: A Lifeline for Many
14/02/2021 Duration: 25minWhat makes The Gathering Place in Denver, CO a sanctuary for those facing poverty and homelessness? This unique organization in Denver offers a trauma-informed environment that supports women, transgender individuals, and their children with essential resources and a strong sense of community. From providing food and clothing to fostering creativity and mental health wellness, The Gathering Place addresses the multifaceted needs of its members. Explore the impact of their compassionate approach and how it transforms lives. Join us in supporting this vital mission to empower and uplift those in need. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-rout
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When Easy is the Struggle For Highly Sensitive People
07/02/2021 Duration: 31minAre you struggling to embrace ease in your life? Exploring the reasons easy isn't easy for HSPs, Survivors, and Empaths, to gain inner permission to practice and invite more ease into this life that brings enough of it's own struggle. By owning these dynamics we no longer accidentally self sabotage with the limiting belief that ease is lazy and struggle is right. Allowing ease is the ultimate self care strategy. Many highly sensitive people and trauma survivors find ease challenging due to cultural beliefs, generational trauma, and codependency. Understanding why ease feels wrong is crucial for healing and improving mental health. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.
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How My Grandfather's Backyard Taught Me the Power of Wonder and Simplicity
31/01/2021 Duration: 20minHow often do you embrace wonder in your daily life? Wonder and simplicity are available to all of us. These are powerful tools of lightness, joy, and peace that can (believe it or not!) slow down the experience of time to make us feel as if we have more. These tools help us increase the quality of each moment of living. This is healing. This is growth. This is thriving. Embracing wonder can significantly enhance mental health, especially for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs). Light and love and wonder.Whether it's watching a squirrel's antics or meditating on a bag of lemons, wonder can recharge us in ways rest cannot. Tune in to learn how you can cultivate this practice to improve your mental health and personal growth. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the
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How to Overcome Heartbreak: Rebuild Trust, and Resiliency for improved Mental Health
24/01/2021 Duration: 20minFeeling overwhelmed by heartbreak and emotional pain? In this week's episode I discuss the difference between story and feeling and how to get to the other side of a highly sensitive broken heart as quickly as possible. Healing is learning to love ourselves through the toughest of human feelings while letting go of the stories that bind us. How and why I allowed myself to open up to love again after 2 divorces. Explore how to enhance your mental health by embracing your feelings and letting go of harmful stories. Highly sensitive people (HSPs) often face challenges in separating emotions from narratives, but mindfulness and self-love can make all the difference. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help
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Guided Meditation: How to Cultivate Safe Space Within
17/01/2021 Duration: 23minHow can you cultivate a safe space within for better mental health? A guided meditation for seekers desiring to deepen their connection with self and cultivate a safe space within. You count you matter, your healing is important. This meditation is an exercise for the mind muscle to strengthen our ability to control thought and fear instead of thoughts and fear controlling us. This guided meditation session offers techniques to create a personalized, peaceful environment that promotes emotional healing and self-love. By practicing visualization and deep breathing, you can release tension and build a trusting relationship with yourself. Learn how regular meditation can transform your inner world and enhance your overall mental health. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resourc
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Getting Real About Safe Space: How to Create Them Within: Practical Tips for Mental Health
10/01/2021 Duration: 20minHave you ever questioned the efficacy of "safe spaces"? You're not alone. If you’ve ever been in a supposed safe space that didn’t feel so safe, this episode is for you! In accepting what IS over an IDEAL, we empower ourselves to do the real work of becoming safer within. We delve into the limitations of external safe spaces and the importance of cultivating internal safety through self-love and self-respect. By fostering self-trust and developing self-regulation skills, Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) can find true safety within themselves, leading to better mental health and resilience. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Join the
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Effective Parenting Strategies for Communicating with Highly Sensitive Children
02/01/2021 Duration: 34minDo you know the best way to communicate with highly sensitive children? Communication holds much of our connection. In this week's episode we explore the art form of communication from adult to child or adult to inner child through curiosity, hope, empathy, love, sharing, seed planting, sensory memory, and silly goose-ing (a Nikki-ism, for sure.) Discover how validating their experiences, fostering empathy, and nurturing curiosity through mindful dialogue can make a difference. This episode highlights the importance of providing age-appropriate information and practicing self-compassion in parenting. Nikki Eisenhauer shares tips on building emotional muscles and overcoming defensiveness, offering practical strategies for anyone interested in mental health and supporting HSPs. Enhance your communication skills and deepen your connections with highly sensitive individuals by tuning in. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will
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Acceptance in Grief: Moving Forward and Improving Mental Health for HSPs
27/12/2020 Duration: 24minAre you struggling with grief and loss? I hope this week's episode shines light on the subtle ways we may be grieving as we say goodbye to 2020. Understanding the five stages of grief—denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance—is crucial for mental health, especially for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs). A simple review of the stages of grief and a simple exercise to face our personal truths in healing and move through the pain of loss to get to the other side. Light, love, and we made it! See you in 2021! If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes
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How Hypervigilance Exhausts Your Emotional Resources and What to Do to Improve your Mental Health
20/12/2020 Duration: 24minDid you know Hypervigilance, a common symptom of trauma? It keeps the nervous system in a heightened state, making it difficult for HSPs to trust their gut feelings. Learn how to manage this exhausting emotional state and protect your mental health. We explore the pitfalls of hypervigilance & continued anger & outrage in advocacy, especially for people who are working to heal trauma & struggle to keep the body in a state of calm. To thrive as empaths we must understand how we react & take radical ownership over the state of our own mind-bodies. This year has shown me that the work of emotional boundaries & radical permission to do what's necessary to heal--even when it's unpopular--has never been more important. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.co
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Why Asking for Help is So Hard: Overcoming Pride and Shame for Better Mental Health
13/12/2020 Duration: 29minAre pride and shame holding you back from seeking help? Discussing pride, help, shame and how to get out of our own way to receive help when we need it. This episode confronts the long arm of low self worth and helps us confront our do-it-yourself-demons that conspire to keep us in an old pattern of struggle. I announce our newest Patreon-Pay-It-Forward recipient & largest donation to date, Denver's own The Gathering Place. TGP provides safe, practical support, respect, and hand-ups. Valuable insights into the role of community support and practical help in mental health recovery. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emot
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The Chiron Effect by Lisa Tahir: Embracing Synchronicity and Spirituality for Mental Health and Trauma Recovery
06/12/2020 Duration: 23minEver wondered how synchronicity and spirituality impact mental health? We explore empathy & compassion to manage pain & defensiveness. Synchronicity on the seeker's path has grown me, like the Universe reaching out to say, 'I see you & hold you.' I describe the impact of one of my Spiritual Mothers, friends, & colleagues Lisa Tahir. I'm grateful Lisa gave me permission to read a visualization from her book, The Chiron Effect: Healing Our Core Wounds through Astrology, Empathy, & Self-Forgiveness. Learn how therapy and genuine human connections play a pivotal role in overcoming trauma and fostering personal growth. Discover how embracing spirituality and self-love can lead to profound mental health improvements, especially for Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs). If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work wi
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Why We Must Love Ourselves and Embrace Our Dark Archetypes for True Growth and Mental Health
29/11/2020 Duration: 36minHow can understanding archetypes like the bully, victim and addict improve your mental health journey? By picking battles we can avoid burnout and have the energy to fight the ones we decide need fighting. We work to hold space for our light & dark selves with wholeness while letting go of taking things personally. In this work we stay connected to true self vs. chasing the unavailable ideal which is the essence of unconditional self love. Embracing both light and dark aspects of these archetypes can transform how you see yourself. By recognizing these internal characters, Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) can achieve unconditional self-love and navigate trauma with more resilience. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Down
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How to Re-frame Our Inner Critic
15/11/2020 Duration: 26minIs your inner critic sabotaging your mental health? I've never met a highly sensitive person who didn't have an overdeveloped inner-critic. This inner bully robs our progress, dis-empowers, and devalues who we are, especially when our energies are low. Without addressing the inner critic, we are at risk of digging mental health holes that become deeper and more difficult to crawl out of. You were never meant to be in a hole, rather, you were meant to stand tall and proud at the peak of the mountain of life. Learn how to reframe these thoughts for better mental health. This episode explores the impact of negative self-talk on Highly Sensitive People (HSP) and trauma survivors. We discuss mindfulness techniques to observe and counteract the inner critic's voice, replacing it with positive affirmations. Discover practical steps to enhance your self-care routine and promote emotional resilience. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where y
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How to Bloom: The Role of Intentional Self-Care in Personal Growth and Mental Health
08/11/2020 Duration: 16minThis weeks episode is about coming back to ourselves through the power of intention for our own mental health. I believe every human being can thrive and bloom. Our power to set ourselves up for emotional, mental, physical and spiritual success lies in our mindful choices as we learn more and more, year to year, about who we are and what conditions we can create to thrive. Explore ways to create favorable conditions for mental health and personal growth, embracing patience, gratitude, and joy along the journey. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes &
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Using our Age, Maturity and Wisdom, to Heal our Inner Child
01/11/2020 Duration: 27minAwakenings mature us, force listening & expansion that turns into wisdom. Other human beings help us trust reality & our experience. As we mature, old ideas of youth have fallen away, ideals replace reality. In healing, we learn to accept the inadequacies & immaturity of others & ourselves while we grow into more adequacy, efficacy, & responsibility. By therapeutically providing a positive energy & lessons for our inner children, we fill in our voids, & maturity expands. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalba
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Reclaim your Mental Health by Letting go, Grieving, and Getting to the Other Side
25/10/2020 Duration: 24minLot's in this episode, Ya'll! I hope this week's episode helps HSPs accept, with love, compassion, and kindness, that our gifts are unique. In letting go there is tremendous power as we experience rebirth through the process of awakening. We can fight ourselves and the world or we can let go and use that energy to heal, live, and expand. So much light and love to all the brave Seekers out there. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BAD
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Effective Boundaries to Heal Trauma from Adverse Childhood Experiences
17/10/2020 Duration: 39minMany of you have probably heard of the ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences Study.) Here, I break down the emotional and psychological effects of each adverse childhood experience, which completely muck up our natural, healthy boundaries and limits. Because of those experiences, we end up working a lifetime to re-calibrate them. This is one of the main reasons I teach the boundaries course. This episode explores the deep impact of childhood trauma on Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) and provides actionable steps to heal and improve mental health. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Communi
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The Space Between Guided Meditation: Practical Steps to Make Meditation Effortless for Highly Sensitive People
11/10/2020 Duration: 19minStruggling with meditation? Believe it or not, you don't suck at meditating! I hope this week's meditation episode helps you let go of frustration & resistance to meditating. This is a do less, be effortless, practice ease, and let go of effort-ing kind of meditation. This meditation will be a part of season 3 stripped down meditations available on the Emotional Badass store, release TBD. You can check out Season 1 & 2 right now if you want (Patreon members get our discount code) Check out our Guided Meditations available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emoti
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When will I feel the Superpowers of High Sensitivity?
04/10/2020 Duration: 18minFeeling overwhelmed by your high sensitivity? One of the most frequent questions I get asked is some variation of the question 'when will I feel the superpowers of sensitivity' or 'when will I stop resenting that I'm so sensitive' or 'when will this get easier, will it ever be easier?' Learn how to turn it into a superpower by embracing your sensory system and setting strong boundaries. (HSP) Highly Sensitive People can initially feel like this is burdensome, but with proper fine-tuning and acceptance, it becomes a unique gift. I hope this week's episode brings you a dose of more than self acceptance, and helps highly sensitive people fully embrace themselves to be able to feel the beauty vs. the burden and using it to enhance their mental health and emotional resilience. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunit