Emotional Badass
Nikki Eisenhauer
Where Moxie Meets Mindful
- 44 minutes 16 secondsAmerica is a Breeding Ground for Epstein's List and Predators
American culture is a breeding ground for predator's like Jeffrey Epstein and his cohorts because the powerful are protected by corruption and our collective cowardice. The Epstein list reveals how predators curate alibis by surrounding themselves with people who'd never suspect, choosing bystanders as strategically as victims. American culture doesn't help because it sends contradictory sexual messages at young people, creating confusion predators exploit. Most bystanders who suspect abuse choose easy over right, justifying silence with "it's not my place" while children get hurt.
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15 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 38 minutes 53 secondsLife Lessons from Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh | My Spiritual Father
Today I'm honoring one of my spiritual fathers , Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, who died in January 2022. He was a peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, and is recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism. Known as the "father of mindfulness" his words have held me through so much healing. Spiritual mothers and fathers can come from almost anywhere, not just proximity, and if you come from toxic or inadequate parents like me, this matters. We've been conditioned to avoid all suffering, to demand safe spaces externally, but the only real safety is what you cultivate inside yourself with your own inner child. Remember that breathing is the bridge between mind and body - just being is your birthright. Light and love, and I hope you enjoy this throwback episode and the lesson in it.
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8 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 55 minutes 50 seconds9 Signs You’re Truly an Empath
You might be an empath if you walk into rooms knowing who's lying before they speak. If small talk drains you like sandpaper against your soul because you crave depth. If you love people while secretly not liking most - that paradox nobody admits. If you confuse intuition with anxiety because childhood taught you to ignore your screaming gut and just spin. This gift becomes an asset when we trust ourselves as our own authority.
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1 February 2026, 3:00 pm - 1 hour 13 minutesHealthy Relationships after a Toxic Relationship
Toxic relationships don't always look toxic from the outside, keeping too many stuck way longer than necessary. The missing ingredient isn't love, it's willingness to address issues and compromise instead of that "take it or leave it" vibe. Safety to broach hard conversations without table flipping energy matters more than anything. Your best self emerging or your worst self taking over tells you everything you need to know. Owning your part without over functioning or making yourself the scapegoat is how sensitives heal and build relationships that work. Light and love. WORK WITH NIKKI 1:1 : https://EmotionalBadass.com/coaching 30 DAYS TO PEACE: https://EmotionalBadass.com/peacePATREON: https://Patreon.com/emotionalbadass NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE : https://EmotionalBadass.com/morning Services, Products & Content: WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/newsletter PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK: https://getpatternscapes.com BRAIN FM: https://www.brain.fm/emotionalbadass
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25 January 2026, 3:00 pm - 26 minutes 50 secondsMy Best Friend Has Cancer: Managing Anticipatory Grief
One of my best friends is battling cancer, the kind where you make sure your paperwork is in order. Watching from the sidelines feels like trying to put out a house fire by spitting. That sneaky bastard perfectionism keeps whispering "I can control outcomes", but really it's just hypervigilance I've known since I was a little girl wearing grown-up clothes. Remember that our worth stays fixed even when feelings lie and scream you're worthless. The critical voice wakes up whenever we're depleted like an old dysfunctional friend. As HSPs, we can build a wise part that holds us through waves of grief and says there's nothing to fight right now, just breathe. Surrender means accepting some questions have no answers and showing up imperfectly is okay and honest.
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18 January 2026, 3:00 pm - 44 minutes 28 secondsWe Need to Talk About Age Gap Friendships
Loneliness chips away slowly, not like a crisis you can diagnose with an MRI. Making friends as adults feels impossibly hard because we don't realize childhood forced us together, creating friendships that seemed magical but were really just proximity. Age-gap friendships carry a weird taboo, like something's inherently wrong with befriending people outside your generation, yet these connections offer nutrients your soul desperately needs. I share a personal story about a 20-year-old waitress that meets a couple in their 60s who show her what kindness looks like through small acts.
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11 January 2026, 3:00 pm - 33 minutes 13 secondsAre you operating in the Light or the Dark?
Archetypes carry light and shadow attributes that show up in your daily life. The Companion brings loyalty until it betrays confidences or loses identity in codependency. The Samaritan helps people you'd ignore until they're recording good deeds for social media validation. Servants give freely until they're carrying people with functional legs, building resentment. Mentors refine character until they stomp on students who surpass them. The Avenger balances justice until righteousness becomes cancel culture. Shadow work isn't optional because rainbow-and-bunnies healers miss half the human experience. Resources:
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4 January 2026, 3:00 pm - 29 minutes 46 secondsHow to Stop Toxic Relationship Patterns in 2026
Why do gut instincts about toxic people get ignored and talked away despite screaming warnings? Highly sensitive people exhaust themselves doing emotional calculus to predict what's happening in everyone else's heads while energy vampires drain them completely. That intelligent narcissist will never get it no matter how many perfect explanations get presented because low empathy means growth and self reflection stay permanently off the table. Playing small and dimming your light becomes automatic after years of learning that accomplishments make others uncomfortable, so managing everyone's feelings turns into a full time job instead of actually living.
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28 December 2025, 3:00 pm - 31 minutes 34 secondsThe HSP Brain and Holiday Loneliness
Loneliness during holidays gets weaponized by shame in highly sensitive people, turning togetherness expectations into daggers stabbing at your worth. That fullness of isolation doesn't mean you're alone - billions are yearning for connection just like you. The dangerous pattern happens when loneliness runs to your head and creates cutting stories: "You must be the only person alone on Christmas." Society has zero positive templates for loners, confusing solitude with dysfunction. The shift requires forcefully changing gears - actively looking for places you fit instead of cataloging everywhere you don't. Real connection might be two actions away.
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21 December 2025, 3:00 pm - 51 minutes 42 secondsTrue Confidence isn't Arrogance
Confidence doesn't arrive before you do the thing, it shows up after your feet hit the ground. Nikki and Chris break down how insecurity actually works and why sensitive people often avoid confidence because they're terrified of becoming the arrogant narcissist who hurt them. They reveal the specific moments that built their confidence, from food poisoning disasters to stage fright at 17, and explain why pretending confidence actually creates real confidence over time. Chris shares the Tony Robbins technique for triggering confident states on command, while Nikki explains why your brain needs to do scary things while feeling weak to actually get stronger. They tackle a listener question about a boyfriend who won't let his girlfriend join his D&D campaign because he thinks she's too dumb, and discuss why that's either terrible communication or genuine arrogance.
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14 December 2025, 3:00 pm - 23 minutes 36 secondsSleep Meditation: The Winter Bear
A cozy guided sleep meditation to help you relax, unwind, and get in touch with your sleepy grizzly side. Perfect for a cold winter night tucked beneath the covers of your warm bed.
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