Discover the profound impact grief can have on reshaping our perspectives and teaching us the true value of life. Through a heartfelt conversation between Nikki Eisenhauer and Duane Osterlind, delve into personal stories grief, loss, resilience, and recovery, highlighting the transformative mental health journey from deep sorrow to finding purpose and strength.

In this episode Nikki Eisenhauer sits down with Lenore Skenazy, the face behind the Free Range Kids movement, to delve into the transformative power of free range parenting. Together, they explore how this approach not only challenges the prevailing culture of overprotection and safetyism but also significantly contributes to early childhood education and early childhood development by fostering resilience, independence, and a deeper trust in children's capabilities.

In this insightful conversation, we dive deep into the world of painting, healing, and the enduring influence of Bob Ross with Bram Bevins. Bram shares his journey from experiencing childhood trauma to discovering solace and self-expression through painting, illustrating the profound impact that the medium has had on his mental well-being.

Dive into an intimate conversation with Amber Sears as she shares her transformative journey from breast augmentation to breast implant illness, to explant surgery and finally, self-reclamation. Explore the emotional depths of societal pressures, self-worth, and the power of how we perceive ourselves.

Andrea Dunlop embarks on a journey to unravel the mystery of Munchausen by Proxy and help others affected by the emotionally-rewarding and deadly form of child abuse. Andrea Dunlop is an author, consultant, and member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children's Munchausen by Proxy committee.

Meet Casey McGuire Davidson, a sober coach and host of the Hello Someday podcast. Casey is going to share her inspiring story, the steps she used to become sober and achieve awareness and support. Casey speaks to the struggle of coping with alcohol, and how it is so normalized in our society that we don't talk about it.

On Todays show I'm sitting down with Eric Zimmer from The One You Feed Podcast, where we discuss addiction, growth, and recovery.

Nikki chats with Crystal to discuss the need for discernment in healing relationships, marketing, pressure sales, the importance of trusting and acting from intuition, healing after falling into the web, subtle gas lighting and values misalignment. This episode may be of particular interest to therapists and coaches who see, feel, and help others through the discombobulation of subtle manipulation.

In This week's episode, Soul Care Coach Crystal Catalina and Nikki dive deeply into Crystal's expertise and journey on the importance of peace, presence, environment, celebrating progress and not perfection, and future self identity. Come hang out with both of us, participate by submitting a question for a Special Bonus Livestream at the $5 level at https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Wednesday 8/24/22. Book with Crystal or get on Nikki's waiting list now at https://www.emotionalbadass.com/coaching

Another special episode, Sharing and Soul Care #2 with our Soul Care Coach Crystal Catalina. We discuss lessons from our parents, the healing powers of work ethic, self discipline and compassion, and the art of letting go.

Welcome to this special bonus episode. I made an announcement a few episodes back introducing ya'll to my new Soul Care coach Crystal Catalina.

PART 2 of an incredibly honest deep dive conversation with Leslie Leslie Pate Mackinnon, L.C.S.W. She's a seasoned and well-respected therapist in both the adoption community and MPE community (Misattributed Parentage Experience)--finding out you were adopted and your biological parents aren't the people you thought.

An incredibly honest deep dive conversation with Leslie Leslie Pate Mackinnon, L.C.S.W. She's a seasoned and well-respected therapist in both the adoption community and MPE community (Misattributed Parentage Experience)--finding out you were adopted and your biological parents aren't the people you thought.

I am excited to share Gillan Tietz to discuss her journey to sobriety. Biochemist by day, Sober Powered Podcast host and producer by night, we discuss the brain and body science behind our addictions. She shares how drinking affected her mental health, and how she developed the emotional resiliency to recover from alcoholism.

Nikki has fun and gets excited about science and music with Brain.fm CEO, highly sensitive person, and brain training enthusiast, Dan Clark. For a free 30 day trial visit: https://www.brain.fm/redeem/emotionalbadass To get 20% off your subscription use code: emotionalbadass

This week I interview Lisa Tahir LCSW, intuitive psychotherapist, glass artist, host of All Things Therapy, author of The Chiron Effect: Healing Our Core Wounds through Astrology, Empathy, and Self Forgiveness. I'm excited to share the amazing woman who has mentored my healing path and helped me grow into the person I am today. Find her at https://www.nolatherapy.com

Today I Interview Kelly Tobin from The Gathering Place in Denver. We discuss the help they provide to those experiencing poverty, homelessness, and the underserved in Denver, and how we can all pitch in to help.

I'm excited to share this interview with friend, colleague, fellow empath Crystal Catalina LMSW to discuss her mind-body Covid transformation. We discuss mental health & body, toxic diet culture, understanding the pitfalls of the cultures we happen to find ourselves in, meeting ourselves right where we are with love as necessary catalyst to transformation.

Interview with Tracie Collins of National Black Doulas Association and support for Black Lives Matter. This interview was recorded a week or so before protesting began in the US. I hope this episode shines light on the broader issues beyond police brutality and violence that affect Black people, like 5x higher birthing mortality rate. The healing we must do as a country is immense and it is happening. I'm committed to teaching about change, personal responsibility, and the inner family dynamics of the white racist police family--I come from one--and what it takes to evolve and shed the poison as we move forward as individuals and as a society. Things always seem darkest before dawn, as the saying goes. I plan to be here for the clean, bright, morning we are all ready for. Find Tracie Collins, learn, give or receive support at https://www.blackdoulas.org and spread her life saving message.

In this episode we read The Book Of Possibility Understanding the primal ways we are programmed to look for problems helps us understand our task to mindfully shift to possibility in the modern world. Honored to read ya'll a book! Find Courtney Cox Smith's The Book of Possibility, now available on Amazon.