Emotional Badass Podcast
Regularly ranked in the top 100 of Mental Health Podcasts. Psychotherapist Nikki Eisenhauer, M.Ed, LPC, LCDC, discusses mental health, recovery, and emotional wellness tools for everyday life. She is occasional joined on-air by her husband, co-founder, and producer, Chris Iacono. New episodes are released every Sunday across all platforms.
Where Moxie Meets Mindful
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Hosted by Nikki Eisenhauer M.ED. LPC, LCDC, International Life Coach and Psychotherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Yoga and Meditation Teacher. Emotional Badasses are survivors, thrivers, seekers, healers, HSP’s, and empaths! Expand and awaken to your higher purpose, be more present and authentic, find strength in spirituality, quiet the monkey mind of modern society with a weekly wellness podcast, spiritual tips, healing lessons of wisdom, meditations, mantras, and interviews.
Connect deeply with yourself and safe others. In this mental health podcast, 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 personal development, and mental health path.
This podcast is designed to mindfully be the emotional education so many of us crave, and where we learn to love ourselves without apology. Emotional Badass is where Moxie Meets Mindful. To get exclusive episodes visit our Patreon.
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Top 10 in Mental-Health
Top 50 in Health & Fitness
Top 1000 Podcasts of All Time on iTunes
Downloaded in over 100 countries
🏆Semifinalist Health | People's Choice Podcast Awards 2020
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Nikki Eisenhauer is an International Life Coach, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Psychotherapist, from New Orleans. She continues building a global healing community on the podcast 'Emotional Badass’, downloaded in over 100 countries and ranked in the top 10 Mental Health podcasts on iTunes in 2020. Nikki was recently featured as a mental health professional on the nationally syndicated TV show, ‘The List’.
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- ADD 1
- Abuse 17
- Alcohol 3
- Anger 11
- Archetypes 1
- Bullying 6
- Childhood 38
- Codependency 11
- Covid 4
- Crystal Catalina 4
- Depression 15
- Detachment 2
- Disassociation 4
- Discomfort 1
- Emotions 75
- Existentialism 2
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- Family 28
- Fatigue 4
- Focus 3
- Gratitude 12
- Grief 14
- Guilt 2
- Healers 7
- Healing 52
- High Sensation 4
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- Hypervigilance 7
- Introverts 6
- Lonliness 10
- Love 3
- Manifesting 5
- Manipulation 20
- Masculinity 1
- Men 1
- Mindfulness 39
- Money 10
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- Overthinking 8
- PTSD 13
- Parenting 12
- People Pleasing 10
- Perfectionism 8
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- Relationships 23
- Resiliency 14
- Sadness 1
- Self Esteem 19
- Self Love 11
You’re Making Your Anxiety Worse Without Realizing It
What if the very things you do to reduce anxiety are quietly inviting it in? Highly sensitive people very often rehearse anxiety without realizing it.
Anxiety Will Never Fully Go Away. Do This Instead
Your intelligence can become an anxiety machine. The same sensitive mind that reads a room and anticipates consequences can build a convincing case for worry, and call that worry wise.
I Entered a Burro Race as a Beginner and Outran My Fear
How entering a burro race as a beginner calmed anxiety, retrained the nervous system, and built the kind of confidence highly sensitive people earn through experience.
The Opposite of Anxiety: What It Really Means to Feel Calm
HSPs often struggle to recognize peace because stress feels more familiar. Learn how to rewire your nervous system, embrace calm, and shift from anxiety to emotional balance.
Stop Absorbing Other Peoples Anxiety! How to Let it Go | Call In Show
HSPs and Empaths struggle with absorbing others’ emotions. Learn how to protect your energy, set emotional boundaries, and stop feeling overwhelmed.
9 Quick and Powerful Strategies to Stop Catastrophic Thinking & Uplift Your Mind!
Overcome the habit of catastrophizing with proven techniques that enhance mental health and emotional balance.
Why Anxious and Highly Sensitive People Struggle with Sleep and How to Fix It
Struggling with anxiety and poor sleep? Discover practical sleep hygiene tips for highly sensitive people to improve mental health and rest.
How Highly Sensitive People Can Turn Dread into Emotional Strength and Peace
Learn how Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) can manage dread, anxiety, and overwhelming emotions with practical mental health strategies for a more peaceful balanced life.
10 Ways to Manage Stress & Anxiety During Political Turmoil
Discover how to manage stress relief during political turmoil. Overcome fear and media-induced anxiety with critical thinking and practical strategies.
How Deep Breathing Can Shift Your Anxiety to Excitement
Uncover how deep breathing can ease anxiety for HSPs. Discover the pitfalls of shallow breathing and embrace breathwork for improved mental health and relaxation.
Dr. Camilo Ortiz: Tools for Excellent Parenting & Improving Childhood Mental Health & Anxiety
Guest Dr. Camilo Ortiz Ph.D., as he shares expert parenting tips & strategies to nurture resilience in children, focusing on mental health & combating childhood anxiety.
How Can Harnessing Instinct & Intuition Improve Our Mental Health and Relieve Anxiety?
Join us in this enlightening journey of self-discovery as we explore the intricate relationship between instinct, intuition, and anxiety, and their impact on mental health. In this episode, we delve into the essence of self-awareness, understanding the delicate balance between intuitive wisdom and intellectual knowledge.
Conquer Your Fears: 7 Ways HSPs Can Overcome Anxiety and Thrive
In this episode we explore the unique challenges Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) face in managing emotions, particularly fear. We emphasize the importance of emotional resilience and self-care, underscoring the lack of guidance in traditional education systems on handling complex emotions like disappointment, anger, betrayal, and anxiety.
Managing Anxiety: Navigating the Space Between Calm and Panic
In the journey between calm and panic, managing anxiety involves recognizing our innate power to control our response to stress. Embracing stillness, making decisions in a state of calm, and using mindful breathing are key strategies. Beyond seeking quick fixes, it's essential to fully feel and process our emotions.
How to Be Miserable
In the spirit of 'The Don't List' today we go over 19 easy ways to invite misery into your life, from embracing fear and overthinking everything, to politicizing your existence. Instead of promoting positivity and fulfillment, today we explore the practices that ensure misery, like self-sabotage and addiction to low vibe feelings.
Escaping the Cycle of Abuse and Surviving Manipulation: A Personal Story from Nikki - Part 2
Have you ever felt like you were in a toxic relationship but couldn't escape? Do you feel like you're in a situation you can't see a way out of? In this week's episode I share part 2 of my story of breaking free from an abusive marriage. This is a story of strength and resilience, and learning to trust myself and my intuition. I teach through how to take back our power in the face of manipulative and abusive relationships. If you're struggling with abuse, this episode will provide insight and hope that you can start the journey to freedom.
Escaping the Cycle of Abuse and Surviving Manipulation: A Personal Story from Nikki - Part 1
After experiencing years of manipulation and abuse, I learned how to begin decoding manipulation. As a highly-sensitive teenager I was on a desperate journey to break free and reclaim my life, learning the hard way that true freedom requires trusting my intuition and honoring my inner voice.
Speaking Up and a Story About Finding Voice
This week's episode is a story highlighting finding my voice, speaking up, racial tensions in Louisiana in the 90s, workplace family systems, work ethic, transmuting fear through experience.
Generalized Anxiety or Childhood Trauma Recovery
One of the big things I disagree with now, that I bought into earlier in my career, is generalized anxiety and social anxiety. I want to go over those medical criteria with you through my childhood trauma and neglect lenses.
My response to the recent school shootings in Uvalde
In this episode Nikki discusses pain, survivor's guilt, grief and loss specific to the crime of murder, the normalization of rage online, and offers a constructive vs. destructive future topic for part 2.
Our Courses
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The Boundaries Intensive
Learn to create and maintain boundaries, to help cultivate peace and relieve stress.
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30 Days to Peace
If you feel like no matter how hard you try, peace and calm always seem just out of reach, you’re not alone
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Actionable Soul Care Strategies
Tips, tricks, and videos of actionable steps and strategies you can implement to improve your mental health.