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by Nikki Eisenhauer
Hosted by psychotherapist Nikki Eisenhauer, M.Ed. LPC, LCDC, this show provides essential emotional education on Mental Health, HSP (Highly Sensitive People), Narcissists & Manipulative personalities, healing from Trauma and PTSD, calming your nervous system, inner child work, and setting healthy boundaries. 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. Let go of what doesn't serve you to heal old wounds, find your voice guilt-free, and learn to be the hero in your own story. Embrace guerrilla self care, and laugh with lightness on the self development path. Nikki Eisenhauer is an International Life Coach, Licensed Professional Counselor, Yoga and Meditation Teacher. This show is designed to mindfully be the emotional education so many of us crave.
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- 6 days ago36 min
The Toxic Load No One Warns People About
Waking up to the toxic load built into lives we were told are common, safe, and totally normal can feel frightening. Everyday microplastics, seed oils, and even toxic people quietly drain your energy. Learn the small changes that protect your peace and health. What I've learned in 20 years is that a good life is rarely built in one dramatic overhaul. It grows through small, deliberate acts of self-respect. When perfectionism takes the wheel, we freeze or burn out. Channel that fear into grounded action, trust your own authority, and make one cleaner choice today. Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago28 min
Your Nervous System Is a Passenger. It Doesn't Get to Drive.
Healing was never meant to mean I feel calm all the time. In part two, I take apart the misconceptions that keep sensitive people stuck, starting with the belief that a trigger tells me something true about someone else. Often it reveals where my own window still needs cleaning. When a dysregulated nervous system drives the bus, fear makes our decisions for us. Your wisdom belongs in the driver's seat, and I want to help you get it there Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago21 min
Fleeing Discomfort is Keeping you Stuck | PART 1
Nervous system advice has become mental health fast food, quick slogans that teach you to flee every uncomfortable feeling. But sometimes discomfort is danger, and sometimes discomfort is growth. Wisdom is learning the difference. When avoidance becomes your belief system, you're building your life on a foundation of fear and calling it regulation. I reframe common misconceptions to help you emotionally strength train through the discomfort instead of around it. RESOURCES THE BOUNDARIES INTENSIVE: https://EmotionalBadass.com/boundaries WORK WITH ME 1:1: https://EmotionalBadass.com/coaching INTRO TO BOUNDARIES https://EmotionalBadass.com/intro 30 DAYS TO PEACE: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP: https://EmotionalBadass.com/narc THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE: https://EmotionalBadass.com/morning PATREON: https://patreon.com/emotionalbadass WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: https://EmotionalBadass.com/newsletter PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK: https://getpatternscapes.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago56 min
Your Gut Health, Serotonin, and What Dr. Arwen Podesta Sees That Other Doctors Miss
Most people walk out of a psychiatrist's office with a prescription and not much else. Dr. Arwen Podesta works differently, looking under the hood for root cause instead of just managing symptoms. We get into the gut and brain as a power couple, why more serotonin lives in your belly than your head, the amino acids your stressed system might be starving for, and how to come off medications safely when you've been on them too long. If you've ever felt dismissed, over-medicated, or like your body knows something your prescription doesn't, this one is for you. Dr. Arwen Podesta Resources: Website: www.podestawellness.com Website: www.drarwen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podesta.wellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodestaPsychiatry/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/arwen-podesta-md-8a396042 Hooked Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1457546078 Emotional Badass: WORK WITH NIKKI 1:1: https://EmotionalBadass.com/coaching INTRO TO BOUNDARIES https://EmotionalBadass.com/intro THE BOUNDARIES INTENSIVE: https://EmotionalBadass.com/boundaries 30 DAYS TO PEACE: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP: https://EmotionalBadass.com/narc THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE: https://EmotionalBadass.com/morning PATREON: https://patreon.com/emotionalbadass WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: https://EmotionalBadass.com/newsletter PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK: https://getpatternscapes.com LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emotional-badass/id1363543523 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60zP5sp5hWdFFuL5CFtu5m FOLLOW US: YT: https://www.youtube.com/@EmotionalBadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jun 28, 202629 min
You Shame Yourself First, So They Can't
Shame is the swampy, cracked foundation underneath every boundary that keeps crumbling on you, and most people have no idea it's there. Understanding where your shame came from, even knowing it belonged to the people who hurt you, rarely dissolves it. We learn to shame ourselves first, a twisted attempt at control that only buries us deeper. Real change asks for something far more human than knowledge: the slow, layer-by-layer work of emotional strength training that lets peace become your foundation again. Resources: - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jun 21, 202618 min
10 Ways Shame Sabotages HSPs
Shame rarely walks into the room and introduces itself. It hides as anxiety, hypervigilance, the survival mode that lingers no matter how much work you've done. We sensitive types get exceptionally good at noticing what's wrong with us and mistake that scanning for self-awareness. Real self-awareness doesn't wear us out. Come sit with the ten ways shame disguises itself, because there's so much joy waiting on the other side. - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jun 14, 202632 min
5 Affirmations to Help HSPs with Overwhelm
Highly sensitive nervous systems take in far more than a fair share, and overwhelm slowly becomes a groove we practice until it feels like who we are. I keep coming back to one idea: overwhelm is an invitation, and every invitation can be declined. The moment we stop treating ourselves as overwhelm's victim, simple affirmations can reprogram those old patterns and return us to the peace that is our birthright. Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - Join the Patreon Community: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jun 7, 202632 min
10 Reasons Some HSPs Grow and Others Stay Stuck
Why do some highly sensitive people grow while others stay stuck for years? After two decades of holding space, I've come to see that readiness matters more than suffering. So many of us have read every book and saved every post, yet our nervous systems never got the memo, because information is not transformation. We explore emotional strength training and choosing becoming over appearing, so you can land the plane you keep circling. Work with me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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About Emotional Badass
Hosted by psychotherapist Nikki Eisenhauer, M.Ed. LPC, LCDC, this show provides essential emotional education on Mental Health, HSP (Highly Sensitive People), Narcissists & Manipulative personalities, healing from Trauma and PTSD, calming your nervous system, inner child work, and setting healthy boundaries. 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. Let go of what doesn't serve you to heal old wounds, find your voice guilt-free, and learn to be the hero in your own story. Embrace guerrilla self care, and laugh with lightness on the self development path. Nikki Eisenhauer is an International Life Coach, Licensed Professional Counselor, Yoga and Meditation Teacher. This show is designed to mindfully be the emotional education so many of us crave.
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