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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From Victim Mentality to Resiliency, How Not to Fall into the Trigger Warning Trap

As a mental health advocate, I've seen the impact of the philosophy of victimhood and how it can leave us feeling powerless and stuck. Through this episode, we will dive into the role of mindfulness in retraining our brains to offer a different perspective, cultivating resilience, and empowering ourselves to overcome obstacles and challenges.

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Victims, Volunteers, Change

Exploring personal power and personal responsibility as cornerstones of good mental health through the quotes of best selling author, change artist, and mental health professional Dr. Robert Anthony.

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The Difference Between Surviving Trauma and Identifying with it.

I'm reintroducing myself to our new listeners and discussing the difference between surviving trauma and identifying with trauma, resisting victim mentality, the process of leaning in to learn, overtime, and the difference between intuition and anxiety to ultimately gain more energy by using intuition as the tool it was meant to be.

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Roadblocks, Mistakes, Shame, Opportunity

This episode is about taming the destructive victim story of the dysfunctional ego to use roadblocks, mistakes, and struggle to grow our worth, esteem, and resiliency. It is a sign of great maturity and emotional evolution when we can practice gratitude when things are not going our way. We do this work because life is struggle but we do not have to suffer. Visit https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass for exclusive episodes, videos, and Mental Health tips for HSP's, Highly Sensitive People, and Empaths.

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Why 'I Can't' is the poison that perpetuates toxic Victim Mentality

Letting go of victim mentality feels like pulling our own head our of our ass.....when we do we realize it's not so dark and gross. Your pain is not your life; pain is just your pain. One of my all time favorite lines from The Shawshank Redemption is 'Get Busy living, or Get busy dying.' What are you going to do this week, to live more? How will you show up for yourself? How will you face what you are justifying hiding from, and transcend your own limiting beliefs.

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