Emotional Badass

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  The Lindsay Clancy Case. When Empathy Becomes Bias: Signs Compassion Has Lost Emotional Intelligence 20.09.2026 57min

  Outside a courthouse, women gathered to defend a mother who strangled her own three children, and I could not stop asking what that revealed about empathy itself. Over empathy can block natural consequences, a kind of codependency wearing empathy's clothes. Real emotional intelligence means holding more than one truth at once. That wider way of caring, without losing yourself inside it, is the kind of empathy I want for all of us. Sign up for this years Boundaries Intensive: https://soulcare.emotionalbadass.com/boundaries?coupon_code=BADASS50 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Rare Combination Every Great Therapist Needs 13.09.2026 26min

  High sensitivity can become an extraordinary instrument, but only if you learn how to play it. I explore what actually makes a therapist effective, and it has nothing to do with how much you have suffered. The real work is combining a soft, tender heart with a strong spine, staying close enough to feel someone's pain without rescuing them from it. Labels do not heal. Presence does, and so does holding the lantern without walking their path for them. Sign up for this years Boundaries Intensive here: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/boundaries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  What Does it Actually Take to be a Good Therapist? 06.09.2026 47min

  Being highly sensitive and deeply empathetic feels like it should qualify you to help others heal, but wanting to help people as a therapist takes more than good intentions. It takes emotional maturity, boundaries, and backbone. I unpack what real empathy actually requires beyond performative empathy, and why compassion without backbone quietly turns into something else. You cannot teach someone their worth while proving you have not yet learned your own. https://www.emotionalbadass.com/boundaries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Toxic Relationships and Your Nervous System - Part 2 30.08.2026 50min

  Toxic relationships train you to distrust the parts of you that already know something is wrong. This episode looks at how survivors confuse guilt with wrongdoing, lose access to clean anger, and slide into an automatic yes before they even process the ask. Peacekeeping starts to feel like peace, but it never is. Healing begins when you stop waiting to be saved and start trusting your own no again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Mother Wound Behind Hayden Panettiere's Public Unraveling 23.08.2026 51min

  Hayden Panettiere was performing before she could speak, and the applause taught her something dangerous, that praise felt like being loved. This episode traces the mother wound I kept seeing beneath her public unraveling, the same performance based self worth so many of us were raised on, where love got confused with being useful. What are you still carrying that feels too heavy to name? Healing begins the moment you finally set it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  What Toxic Relationships Actually Do to Your Nervous System - Part 1 16.08.2026 47min

  Toxic relationships don't just drain our energy or violate our boundaries. They change our relationship with ourselves. For those of us who are highly sensitive, toxic dynamics condition our nervous systems to believe that having a boundary will cost us everything. So we stop trying. We go along to get along. Naming how this conditioning works is how we get clarity on what needs healing and start the work of coming back to ourselves. - Intro To Boundaries ⁠https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro⁠ - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive ⁠https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Why Life Keeps Getting Easier the Older you Get 09.08.2026 26min

  Turning 46 means listening back to the woman I was at 39, before she knew what was coming. I trace how the emotional muscles built through years of healing changed the way hard things land, and how grief and grace can share the same reflection. For years I believed life simply happened to me. This is about claiming our birthright, the truth that we build the lives we love through countless small choices, and growing older can mean growing freer. Sign up for this years Boundaries Intensive here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Health Crisis Hiding Inside Your Stress Habit 02.08.2026 27min

  Stress has become so normalized we call it smart, even loving, when it is actually wearing down every organ in the body. Learn how stress hormones move through the body with every unresolved worry, and why highly sensitive people are especially prone to this pattern. Chronic stress has shortened lives I love. Real peace begins with recognizing this pattern and finally choosing something different, one precious life at a time. - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive ⁠https://soulcare.emotionalbadass.com/boundaries?coupon_code=EARLYBIRD Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Toxic Load No One Warns People About 26.07.2026 37min

  Waking up to the toxic load built into lives we were told are common, safe, and totally normal can feel frightening. Everyday microplastics, seed oils, and even toxic people quietly drain your energy. Learn the small changes that protect your peace and health. What I've learned in 20 years is that a good life is rarely built in one dramatic overhaul. It grows through small, deliberate acts of self-respect. When perfectionism takes the wheel, we freeze or burn out. Channel that fear into grounded action, trust your own authority, and make one cleaner choice today. Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Your Nervous System Is a Passenger. It Doesn't Get to Drive. 19.07.2026 29min

  Healing was never meant to mean I feel calm all the time. In part two, I take apart the misconceptions that keep sensitive people stuck, starting with the belief that a trigger tells me something true about someone else. Often it reveals where my own window still needs cleaning. When a dysregulated nervous system drives the bus, fear makes our decisions for us. Your wisdom belongs in the driver's seat, and I want to help you get it there Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Fleeing Discomfort is Keeping you Stuck | PART 1 12.07.2026 22min

  Nervous system advice has become mental health fast food, quick slogans that teach you to flee every uncomfortable feeling. But sometimes discomfort is danger, and sometimes discomfort is growth. Wisdom is learning the difference. When avoidance becomes your belief system, you're building your life on a foundation of fear and calling it regulation. I reframe common misconceptions to help you emotionally strength train through the discomfort instead of around it. RESOURCES THE BOUNDARIES INTENSIVE: https://EmotionalBadass.com/boundaries WORK WITH ME 1:1:⁠⁠ https://EmotionalBadass.com/coaching INTRO TO BOUNDARIES https://EmotionalBadass.com/intro 30 DAYS TO PEACE: ⁠⁠https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://EmotionalBadass.com/narc THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE: ⁠⁠https://EmotionalBadass.com/morning PATREON: https://patreon.com/emotionalbadass WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:⁠⁠ https://EmotionalBadass.com/newsletter PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://getpatternscapes.com⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Your Gut Health, Serotonin, and What Dr. Arwen Podesta Sees That Other Doctors Miss 05.07.2026 57min

  Most people walk out of a psychiatrist's office with a prescription and not much else. Dr. Arwen Podesta works differently, looking under the hood for root cause instead of just managing symptoms. We get into the gut and brain as a power couple, why more serotonin lives in your belly than your head, the amino acids your stressed system might be starving for, and how to come off medications safely when you've been on them too long. If you've ever felt dismissed, over-medicated, or like your body knows something your prescription doesn't, this one is for you. Dr. Arwen Podesta Resources: Website: ⁠www.podestawellness.com Website: www.drarwen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podesta.wellness Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodestaPsychiatry/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/arwen-podesta-md-8a396042 Hooked Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1457546078 Emotional Badass: WORK WITH NIKKI 1:1:⁠⁠ https://EmotionalBadass.com/coaching INTRO TO BOUNDARIES https://EmotionalBadass.com/intro THE BOUNDARIES INTENSIVE: https://EmotionalBadass.com/boundaries 30 DAYS TO PEACE: ⁠⁠https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://EmotionalBadass.com/narc THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE: ⁠⁠https://EmotionalBadass.com/morning PATREON: https://patreon.com/emotionalbadass WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:⁠⁠ https://EmotionalBadass.com/newsletter PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://getpatternscapes.com⁠⁠ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emotional-badass/id1363543523 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60zP5sp5hWdFFuL5CFtu5m FOLLOW US: YT:⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@EmotionalBadass IG:⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK:⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  You Shame Yourself First, So They Can't 28.06.2026 30min

  Shame is the swampy, cracked foundation underneath every boundary that keeps crumbling on you, and most people have no idea it's there. Understanding where your shame came from, even knowing it belonged to the people who hurt you, rarely dissolves it. We learn to shame ourselves first, a twisted attempt at control that only buries us deeper. Real change asks for something far more human than knowledge: the slow, layer-by-layer work of emotional strength training that lets peace become your foundation again. Resources: - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive ⁠https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  10 Ways Shame Sabotages HSPs 21.06.2026 18min

  Shame rarely walks into the room and introduces itself. It hides as anxiety, hypervigilance, the survival mode that lingers no matter how much work you've done. We sensitive types get exceptionally good at noticing what's wrong with us and mistake that scanning for self-awareness. Real self-awareness doesn't wear us out. Come sit with the ten ways shame disguises itself, because there's so much joy waiting on the other side. - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive ⁠https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  5 Affirmations to Help HSPs with Overwhelm 14.06.2026 33min

  Highly sensitive nervous systems take in far more than a fair share, and overwhelm slowly becomes a groove we practice until it feels like who we are. I keep coming back to one idea: overwhelm is an invitation, and every invitation can be declined. The moment we stop treating ourselves as overwhelm's victim, simple affirmations can reprogram those old patterns and return us to the peace that is our birthright. Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass⁠ - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  10 Reasons Some HSPs Grow and Others Stay Stuck 07.06.2026 32min

  Why do some highly sensitive people grow while others stay stuck for years? After two decades of holding space, I've come to see that readiness matters more than suffering. So many of us have read every book and saved every post, yet our nervous systems never got the memo, because information is not transformation. We explore emotional strength training and choosing becoming over appearing, so you can land the plane you keep circling. Work with me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  I Entered a Burro Race as a Beginner and Outran My Fear 31.05.2026 44min

  What if a stubborn, snack-loving donkey named Bonita could teach me more about my own anxiety than years of overthinking ever did? I entered a mountain burro race as a complete novice, and my anxious parts ran a full propaganda campaign about every way I might fail. What I found on that trail was the discernment between fear that protects me and fear that quietly shrinks my life. My confidence didn't grow from theory or talk. It grew through doing the hard thing while my scared parts watched my wise woman take the reins. Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  A Cozy Fireside Guided Meditation for Highly Sensitive People 24.05.2026 34min

  Come sit with me by the fire. After two recent retreats reawakened something in me that had gone dim, I'm offering you a guided meditation inspired by what I felt there. We are ancient creatures in modern conditions, and our chronic overstimulation leaves so many of us exhausted, fried, frazzled, raw. The fire knows what to do with what is finished. Release the burdens you were never meant to carry alone, and come home to yourself. Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Music Attribution: 718704__muyo5438__atmospheric-landscape-for-meditation-relaxation-and-yoga.mp3.mp3 url: https://freesound.org/s/718704/ license: Attribution 4.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  How to Articulate Your Thoughts & Communicate More Effectively 10.05.2026 40min

  Communication is an art form, and most adults were never given the education to treat it that way. How you communicate reflects your conditioning, your default settings, and patterns you may never have known to question. When we stay loyal to a fixed identity, our communication fails us in the moments that matter most. My hope is to help you become a student of your own communication and grow a bigger toolbox of choices Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  How to Fix Your Cruel Inner Voice 03.05.2026 36min

  The critical voice inside a highly sensitive person runs like a constant commentary, and understanding why it exists doesn't make it stop. We were shamed into absorbing critical messaging as if it were wisdom, and now we people-please our own destructive self-talk because dismissing it feels painfully rude. Peace becomes possible when we give our wisest self real permission to step in and lead with loving firmness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices