Emotional Badass

What are betrayal bonds and how do they affect your mental health? In this episode, discover how trauma bonding impacts highly sensitive people and learn practical steps to address it. We explore the signs of betrayal bonds, the role of self-security, and the importance of personal responsibility in healing our mental health. Inspired by the book: The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships by Patrick J. Carnes PHD. Join us for insights and strategies to recognize and break free from these destructive relationships, enhancing your mental health and personal growth.If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is for the moments we want to give up because we feel angry, exhausted, activated, and out of control. How to find more emotional rope when we thing our emotional rope’s run out. A very important lesson on the healing path.If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What makes The Gathering Place in Denver, CO a sanctuary for those facing poverty and homelessness? This unique organization in Denver offers a trauma-informed environment that supports women, transgender individuals, and their children with essential resources and a strong sense of community. From providing food and clothing to fostering creativity and mental health wellness, The Gathering Place addresses the multifaceted needs of its members. Explore the impact of their compassionate approach and how it transforms lives. Join us in supporting this vital mission to empower and uplift those in need.If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you struggling to embrace ease in your life? Exploring the reasons easy isn't easy for HSPs, Survivors, and Empaths, to gain inner permission to practice and invite more ease into this life that brings enough of it's own struggle. By owning these dynamics we no longer accidentally self sabotage with the limiting belief that ease is lazy and struggle is right. Allowing ease is the ultimate self care strategy. Many highly sensitive people and trauma survivors find ease challenging due to cultural beliefs, generational trauma, and codependency. Understanding why ease feels wrong is crucial for healing and improving mental health. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How often do you embrace wonder in your daily life? Wonder and simplicity are available to all of us. These are powerful tools of lightness, joy, and peace that can (believe it or not!) slow down the experience of time to make us feel as if we have more. These tools help us increase the quality of each moment of living. This is healing. This is growth. This is thriving. Embracing wonder can significantly enhance mental health, especially for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs). Light and love and wonder.Whether it's watching a squirrel's antics or meditating on a bag of lemons, wonder can recharge us in ways rest cannot. Tune in to learn how you can cultivate this practice to improve your mental health and personal growth.If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feeling overwhelmed by heartbreak and emotional pain? In this week's episode I discuss the difference between story and feeling and how to get to the other side of a highly sensitive broken heart as quickly as possible. Healing is learning to love ourselves through the toughest of human feelings while letting go of the stories that bind us. How and why I allowed myself to open up to love again after 2 divorces. Explore how to enhance your mental health by embracing your feelings and letting go of harmful stories. Highly sensitive people (HSPs) often face challenges in separating emotions from narratives, but mindfulness and self-love can make all the difference.If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can you cultivate a safe space within for better mental health? A guided meditation for seekers desiring to deepen their connection with self and cultivate a safe space within. You count you matter, your healing is important. This meditation is an exercise for the mind muscle to strengthen our ability to control thought and fear instead of thoughts and fear controlling us. This guided meditation session offers techniques to create a personalized, peaceful environment that promotes emotional healing and self-love. By practicing visualization and deep breathing, you can release tension and build a trusting relationship with yourself. Learn how regular meditation can transform your inner world and enhance your overall mental health.If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever questioned the efficacy of "safe spaces"? You're not alone. If you’ve ever been in a supposed safe space that didn’t feel so safe, this episode is for you! In accepting what IS over an IDEAL, we empower ourselves to do the real work of becoming safer within. We delve into the limitations of external safe spaces and the importance of cultivating internal safety through self-love and self-respect. By fostering self-trust and developing self-regulation skills, Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) can find true safety within themselves, leading to better mental health and resilience. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you know the best way to communicate with highly sensitive children? Communication holds much of our connection. In this week's episode we explore the art form of communication from adult to child or adult to inner child through curiosity, hope, empathy, love, sharing, seed planting, sensory memory, and silly goose-ing (a Nikki-ism, for sure.) Discover how validating their experiences, fostering empathy, and nurturing curiosity through mindful dialogue can make a difference. This episode highlights the importance of providing age-appropriate information and practicing self-compassion in parenting. Nikki Eisenhauer shares tips on building emotional muscles and overcoming defensiveness, offering practical strategies for anyone interested in mental health and supporting HSPs. Enhance your communication skills and deepen your connections with highly sensitive individuals by tuning in.If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and join in the community. https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineJoin the Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you struggling with grief and loss? I hope this week's episode shines light on the subtle ways we may be grieving as we say goodbye to 2020. Understanding the five stages of grief—denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance—is crucial for mental health, especially for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs). A simple review of the stages of grief and a simple exercise to face our personal truths in healing and move through the pain of loss to get to the other side. Light, love, and we made it! See you in 2021!If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadassResources:Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routineCommunity & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% OffMapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% OffBrain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free monthJoin our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletterCheck out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditationsFollow us on Social Media:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadassIG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badassFB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadassTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadassPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadassThank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices