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. New episodes are released every Sunday.

Where Moxie Meets Mindful

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10 Ways to Disarm an Emotional Manipulator

This episode offers a vital exploration of ten strategies for Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) to disarm emotional manipulators, particularly in relationships with narcissists. We dive into the complexities of emotional abuse and manipulation.

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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.

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Manipulation and Discernment in Coaching and Therapy

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.

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Recovering People Pleasers and Mindset Motivation to own Big Days

This week's episode feels like a PSA for People Pleasers. It comes out of the countless times I have held space for clients who's families have absolutely ruined their big days with chaos, negativity, competition, shaming, control issues, demanding their way, manipulation, drama tornados and passive aggressiveness. If you struggle with energy vampires or come from a moderate to severely dysfunctional family, you might want to give this a listen before planning your next big day or celebration.

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Running Away Vs Choosing to Leave

Nikki offers prompts to guide us through the confusion of the questions, 'Am I choosing to leave or am I running away?' Dealing with emotional manipulation, and permission to run like hell when we spot sociopathy.

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