Emotional Badass Podcast

Where Moxie Meets Mindful

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.

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  • Hosted by Nikki Eisenhauer M.ED. LPC, LCDC, International Life Coach and Psychotherapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Yoga and Meditation Teacher. Emotional Badasses are survivors, thrivers, seekers, healers, HSP’s, and empaths! Expand and awaken to your higher purpose, be more present and authentic, find strength in spirituality, quiet the monkey mind of modern society with a weekly wellness podcast, spiritual tips, healing lessons of wisdom, meditations, mantras, and interviews.

    Connect deeply with yourself and safe others. In this mental health podcast, we let go of what doesn't serve us to heal old wounds, find our voice guilt-free, and learn to be the hero in our own story. Embrace guerrilla self-care, and laugh with lightness on the personal development, and mental health path.

    This podcast is designed to mindfully be the emotional education so many of us crave, and where we learn to love ourselves without apology. Emotional Badass is where Moxie Meets Mindful. To get exclusive episodes visit our Patreon.

    • Top 10 in Mental-Health

    • Top 50 in Health & Fitness

    • Top 1000 Podcasts of All Time on iTunes

    • Downloaded in over 100 countries

    • 🏆Semifinalist Health | People's Choice Podcast Awards 2020

  • Nikki Eisenhauer is an International Life Coach, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Psychotherapist, from New Orleans. She continues building a global healing community on the podcast 'Emotional Badass’, downloaded in over 100 countries and ranked in the top 10 Mental Health podcasts on iTunes in 2020. Nikki was recently featured as a mental health professional on the nationally syndicated TV show, ‘The List’. Learn More

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Deep Healing Meditation for Winter Relaxation and Tranquility

In this episode, I delve into the transformative journey of mental wellness, moving away from traditional mental health care's illness model towards a wellness approach that emphasizes thriving over surviving. I discuss the limited role of pharmaceuticals in mental health healing and invite listeners to a guided winter meditation, emphasizing the power of mindfulness.

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Rediscovering Yourself Through Existential Exercises: Moving Through The Ages

In this episode we introduce an existential exercise called "Moving Through the Ages.” The exercise is a deep, reflective journey through one's life stages, aiming to bring about self-understanding and awareness. It starts from the participant's birth, moving through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and even projects into future ages the participant has yet to experience.

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How 'Detaching with Love' Can Transform Your Life

We focus on 'detaching with love' a strategy for self-improvement and better relationships. It emphasizes mindfulness to break unhelpful patterns, self-reflection for emotional understanding, questioning attachments for emotional clarity, and setting boundaries to avoid self-sabotage.

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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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The Power of Language: How Our Words Shape Our Thoughts

Our childhood experiences and the messages we receive over time program us, shaping our self-talk and internal conversation. We often develop a critical internal voice that tends to highlight our flaws and mistakes, rather than offering us compassion and support. Today, let's do some positive reframing of our internal dialogue so we can attract a happier mindset.

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The Normalization of Alcohol in our Society, an Interview with Casey McGuire Davidson

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.

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Conquer Unhealthy Habits with Dry January: 8 Step Guide to Success

I'm discussing the concept of dry January and how it can help you conquer unhealthy habits. This is an actionable tip to get real and honest about the role that unhealthy habits play on your body and mind. Dry January is an opportunity to take on a challenge and find your true self. It gives us a framework, a community, and a challenge.

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The importance of mental health on a physical health journey

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

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Becoming a Boundaries Artist

In this week's episode, Nikki breaks down what you need to become artful with boundaries to be able to give yourself structure, security, and sanity. Understand the power of prioritizing peace and nervous system regulation while letting go of energy zapping people pleasing. Grow self worth and esteem as well as insight and compassion to avoid the codependent trap of approval seeking.

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The Breathing Self

Simplifying mind body work is, I recognize sort of what I do. Getting to know ourselves by getting out of the mind and into the body--this is in large part where I believe healing and growth happens. I want to do this today by asking you to consider your relationship with your mind, your body, and spirit.

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Satisfaction

Whoohooo 2022! In this week's episode we embrace the feeling of satisfaction. Self care and learning to live with more ease through flexing the muscle of satisfaction.

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The Space Between Meditation

Believe it or not, you don't suck at meditating! I hope this week's meditation episode helps you let go of frustration & resistance to meditating. This is a do less, be effortless, practice ease, and let go of effort-ing kind of meditation. This meditation will be a part of season 3 stripped down meditations available on the Emotional Badass store, release TBD. You can check out Season 1 & 2 right now if you want (Patreon members get our discount code) Light & love! https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass

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Our Courses

  • The Boundaries Course

    Learn to create and maintain boundaries, to help cultivate peace and relieve stress.

  • Actionable Soul Care Strategies

    Tips, tricks, and videos of actionable steps and strategies you can implement to improve your mental health.