Sharing some of my own road through poverty, struggle, and humbling myself in the name of survival. I hope it helps anyone who is out there facing economic uncertainty, fear, and (hopefully not) desperation. I name the societal shame trap of facing 'taking a job that's beneath me,' and that financial hardship is a major player in suicidal ideation and a continuation of anxiety/depression and PTSD symptoms. As many enter (or deepen) financial uncertainty within our covid economy, I want to keep talking about money, hope, resiliency, surviving to thriving, understanding these deep and tender, generational and worth-impacting dynamics. For the record, our worth as individuals does not change. My worth and your worth remain, fixed, no matter our financial value or comfort, if there is one dollar or millions, even when our feelings try to say otherwise. Visit https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass for exclusive episodes

There’s so much for us to learn by observing our relationship to irritability, anxiety, and making mistakes as we evolve, break cycles, and grow emotional intelligence for introverts and extroverts. I hope there’s something in this episode to help us own what needs owning and help us let go of what doesn’t serve us. Might want to pull out a journal for this one!

If you wait for courage before you act, then this episode is for you! I share how I found courage through the experience of skydiving--I hope it helps you understand your own relationship with bravery and challenge.

Slowing down is essential in healing and easier said than done. This longer meditation supports rewiring and retraining the nervous system with mindfulness, intention, and grounded calm to slow down to integrate mind and body. Strongly recommended for anyone experiencing, FNET Fear of Not Enough Time and healing performance based esteem or perfectionism.

Chris encouraged me to post this publicly instead of exclusively on our show's Patreon. He said it's important. Some of my more personal stories feel more contained there than on the iTunes feed. Big breath. He's right. I hope there's something useful to you in the complexity of the story. It's about love, respect, personal choice, spiritual connection, letting go while in fear & unknown, and calling & dealing with some very real shit. Thank you for holding space for me within my vulnerability & truth.

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.

So. I want to offer a check in with your inner child and a sneaky little powerful trigger for HSPs and Survivors within this pandemic. If you grew up with uncertainty, emotional/physical neglect, spiritual disconnection, high tension, high fear, high stress, and feel a general sense in life of waiting for the other shoe to drop, then I'm feeling called to create this episode for you. For exclusive episodes visit https://www.patreon.com

Nikki discusses Dynamics of Love, Trust, Trauma Bonding, Addiction, hope, healing, childhood abuse, enmeshment, disentanglement, Stockholm syndrome, work ethic and workaholism, comfort vs. complacency, manipulation, security, earning trust, self respect, self trust.

Thank you Instagram for inspiring this episode! www.instagram.com/nikkieisenhauer A few months ago I made a post about insecurity and so many of you reposted and liked it--insecurity is a hot topic! I hope I honored the inspiration and expanded on the post in this week's episode of Emotional Badass. Would love to hear your thoughts!

How we double down on hurting our esteem, worth, and resiliency when we’ve been betrayed. How to address these to improve our Mental Health and Wellness.

How to stay emotionally grounded and manage our feelings through this crisis. The world is more connected than ever while practicing social distancing through the Coronavirus pandemic. We'll engage in a strength and capability meditation exercise to help us maintain good mental health during this COVID-19 outbreak.

A Meditation to cultivate more safety, security, comfort, and a soft place to fall. Let go of hyper-vigilance accumulated from trauma, abuse, and bullying.

Increasing understanding of bullying group think, online bullying, mindfulness and permission, and tips about how to practice resiliency and choose peace.

Nikki Interviews Tony Overbay, The Virtual Couch Podcaster, discuss how to handle porn addiction, men and feelings, sex, sexuality, religion, shame removal, compulsive sexual behavior, relapse, triggers, masturbation.

Acknowledgement, dysfunctional family systems theory, collective dysfunctional unspoken agreements, willful denial, truth speaking, letting go of false supports to redefine support system, recovery in action.

Using the Four Agreements to combat unwanted criticism, healing for codependency and people pleasing, dealing with shame based judgement, using stubbornness positively, rejecting vs. accepting. Find us online at https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass

Letting go of hyper vigilance, sneaky codependency issues, self worth, self love, self esteem, manifesting expansion, processing mistakes.

How to use mindfulness to heal mind, body, and life. Stress management to increase peace and calm by taking responsibility for what we practice. Help keep the show commercial free by supporting us at patreon.com/emotionalbadass

How triggers show up in the mundane moments for HSPs, Empaths, Survivors, PTSD, Anxiety, Recovery, ; Nikki teaches by sharing a story about getting triggered and freezing in public.

Nikki Interviews Lindsey Mathews CEO of Birthfit. They chat about healing, feminine and masculine energies, empowering women to own birthing in all forms and trust the divine wisdom of our bodies.