EMPOWERED HUMAN with Nina Garcia
By Nina L. Garcia
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Here, you're invited to play with being human, and you'll be given the skills to transform hard conversations - around your identity and diverse human narratives - into teachable moments. Empowered Human with Nina Garcia: an episodic journey to your most vibrant self, with new episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe now 🎉
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Why High-Achieving Men Keep Losing in Love (And How to Stop) with Kevin Palmieri
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Are You Emotionally Secure? The Final Step to Stronger Relationships, Part 6 of 6
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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The Pain of Losing Someone Who Couldn't Meet You Emotionally, Part 5 of 6
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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How Emotional Availability Can Change Your Life and Deepen Every Relationship, Part 4 of 6
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Name It So You Can Tame It: Why Emotional Literacy Changes Everything, Part 3 of 6
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Emotionally Unavailable or Just Confused? How to Stop the Painful Cycle with Emotional Awareness, Part 2 of 6
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Are You Emotionally Unavailable? 3 Steps to Start Connecting Again, Part 1 of 6
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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How Real Security in Life and Love Begins Inside YOU
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Why The Success of Your Relationships ALWAYS Starts with You
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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A Bridge Back to Courage 🥳 we're back November 5th!
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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The Empowered Human Book Break
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Feeling Insecure? Let’s Get You Back in the Green Zone
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Are Your Relationships Draining or Growing Your Emotional Bank?
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Leveling Up Emotionally: Building Strength, Flexibility, and Resilience
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Master Your Emotions and Map Your Inner World for Growth
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Feeling Powerless? Here’s What You Can Do to Make a Difference
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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How to Work with People Who Don’t Respect You
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Are You Building Connections or Real Relationships?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Men, Intimacy Isn’t Weakness—It’s Your Superpower
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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"Take Action Now" & Lean Into Your Edge with Chris Garcia
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Get Confident & Secure in Your Emotional Arena
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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ALL NEW SEASON How to Reset a Relationship in 1 Week with “Thought Fasting”
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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5 Ways to Own Your Power in the New Year Repost from Aug 02 2023
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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3 Steps to a Rich & Abundant Life in the New Year Repost from Dec 27 2023
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Know Your Value & Own Your Worth Repost from Dec 20 2023
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Holiday Survival Guide for the Emotional Gremlin Repost from Nov 23 2022
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Holiday Hold Up: Scary vs Dangerous Repost from Nov 30 2022
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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MY REDNECK THANKSGIVING: Challenge Your Fears & Lean In Repost from Dec 06 2023
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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“Freedom Beyond Trauma” with Ann Hince Repost from June 01 2022
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Disrupting Avoidant Patterns with Bo Bissett in “The Wanderer” Repost from May 18 2022
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Crawl Before You Walk: Talking Sex with Liz Dubé Repost from April 27 2022
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Know Thy Triggers: Leaning in with Nina Repost from April 13 2022
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Where are you on the Alignment Spectrum? Repost from March 23 2022
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Targeting What's "Off" In Your Life Repost from March 16 2022
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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The Alignment Challenge Repost from March 9 2022
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Gameify Sex & Love with Zach Budd Repost from May 02 2022
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Recovering from the Fairytale Ending with Hilary Bryant Repost from Feb 22 2022
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Own Your Truth: Empowering Individual Culture Repost from Jan 21 2022
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Empowering Individual Culture Repost from Jan 6 2022
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Dating While Divorcing: Playing with Insecurity Repost from Oct. 01 2021
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Nickolas Natali in "When I Moved Into My Car": Playing with Debt & Mental Health Repost from Sept 17 2021
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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The "I Don't Believe in Divorce" Trigger: Playing with Divorce Repost from Aug. 20 2021
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Amanda Chavez Plays with Vulnerability Valley: Use HALTS Repost from Aug 6 2021
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Relational Trauma: Mental Health Awareness Week 4 - Repost from May 28 2021
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Recognize Your Trauma: Mental Health Awareness Week 3 - Repost from May 21 2021
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Channel Your Emotions: Mental Health Awareness Week 2 - Repost from May 14 2021
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Racism as a Disorder: Playing with Racialization - Repost from April 30 2021
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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NEW* How to Not Be Hijacked by Your Emotions
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Become an Emotional Jedi: Mental Health Awareness
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Building a Practice of Saying No, Part 1 - Repost from Feb 28 2021
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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"The Elusive White N Word": Playing with Oppression- Repost from Feb 21 2021
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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"I'm Not Your White Friend": Playing with Race - Repost from Jan 24 2021
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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The Self Actualization Pyramid- Repost from Jan 10 2021
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Polarized Thinking: An All or Nothing Trap - Repost from Dec 27 2020
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Standing By Your Values: A Continuum - Repost from Dec 13 2020
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Nonjudgmental Stance at the Intersection of Sin and Gay Intimacy - Repost from Dec 09 2020
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May 29, 2024 |
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Empowering Your Wolf Pack Review Repost from Nov 01 2020
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May 22, 2024 |
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Empowering yourself to pull rank: My homeless neighbor Repost from Sep 27 2020
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May 15, 2024 |
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Your Body Doesn't Lie: Why you really are #1 Repost from Sep 20 2023
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May 08, 2024 |
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How to know you've been triggered: A road rage vignette- Repost from Sep 02 2020
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May 01, 2024 |
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Playing with your triggers: A moment in Harlem - Re-post from Sep 13, 2020
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Pausing to Write the Empowered Human Book: Throwback Episodes Coming Soon!
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Who You Were Meant to Be: Embracing Your Most Vibrant Self
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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I’m Learning How to Be the Crazy Ex
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Baby Mama Drama, Part 2: Stop the Bullying
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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To Be Topless or Not To Be Topless...Dealing with Conflict
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Baby Mama Drama: Part 1
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Welcome to Empowered Human 2024
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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3 Steps to a Rich & Abundant Life in the New Year
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Know Your Value & Own Your Worth
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Holiday Hold Up: Scary vs Dangerous - Re-post from November 30, 2022
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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MY REDNECK THANKSGIVING: Challenge Your Fears & Lean In
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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How to Love and Let Go
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Holiday Stress Buster: Create Your Perfect Plan
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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How to Set & Maintain Boundaries Like a Boss
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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How to Practice Gratitude in Your Relationships
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Healing Yourself with Antonia
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Playing with Ghosting in "They Call Me Ghost": The Dating Scaries, Part 4 - Re-post from October 29, 2021
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Stop Dating Ghosts: Halloween “Ghosting” Special
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Challenge Perfectionism & Humanize Your Emotions with Vanessa Broers
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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FINDING MAGIC IN YOUR DARKEST MOMENTS with Walt Yu-Martzen
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Now Accepting Clients in Houston: Music Therapist Anysia Palmer
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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3 STEPS TO AUTHENTIC YOU: Get Aligned Today
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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SURVIVING NARCISSISTIC ABUSE with Susan Gold
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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DEMYSTIFY SUICIDE: A New Way to See Our Most Hidden Parts
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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HOW TO BELONG EVERYWHERE YOU GO
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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HEAL YOUR INDIVIDUAL CULTURE: Choosing Healing Over Harming
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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HEAL YOURSELF with Francisca Hernandez of Breathe Connect Thrive
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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OWN YOUR DARKNESS with Jessie FierceGrace Torres
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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PRACTICING COURAGE: How to Lean In to Scary vs Dangerous Moments
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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HOW TO: Identify Powered VS Empowered Moments Immediately
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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GET EMPOWERED: Five Ways to Own Your Power
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Intro to Empowered Human with Nina Garcia
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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STRUGGLING WITH BETRAYAL: Healing with Dr. Debi Silber
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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From TRIGGERED to EMPOWERED HUMAN: The Re-Brand is for You!
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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SURVIVING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Healing with Amanda Blackwood
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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DEFINING & REDEFINING AMERICAN: The ‘Where Are You From’ Trigger
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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HIRING & MISMATCHED JOB WIRING with Meqa Smith of The Unforgettable Agency
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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TRIGGER BUTTONS: Healing Your Humanity When “Others” Trigger You
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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FRIENDSHIP DATING APPS: Disrupting Shame Around Loneliness
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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QUEERING QUEST: Playing with Queer Triggers In June
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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How to Live with Loss After Owning Your Truth
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May 31, 2023 |
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Unmasking Neurodivergence & Neuroqueerness with Pasha Marlowe
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May 24, 2023 |
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Fear of Losing Control: Taking Risks with Nina Garcia
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May 17, 2023 |
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Mother’s Day Healing: Repairing Wounds from Mothers Who Were Absent, Unavailable or Harmful
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May 10, 2023 |
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Healing Your Own Ruptures with Nina Garcia: Keynote Speech from the “Breakups & Loss Summit”
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May 03, 2023 |
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Powered to Empowered, Step 3: Accountability
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Powered to Empowered, Step 2: Responsibility
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Powered to Empowered, Step 1: Transparency
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Embrace Transparency & Unleash Your Fullest Self with Nancy Pickard
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Beginning Your Transition from Powered to Empowered with Nina Garcia
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Disowning & Owning Hidden Identities with Nina Garcia
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Moving Beyond Victimization with Nina Garcia
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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When Stress & Anxiety Hijacks You with Eric Leffler
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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From Middle-Aged Princess to Warrior Queen with Cheryl Ilov
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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How to Own Your Truth: Securely & Insecurely
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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"The Unavoidable Catastrophe": Exploring Individuality with Pranjali Chauhan
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Owning Your Truth: Honesty Triggers
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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“My Mom, Your Mom…They Ain’t the Same” with Yielded
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Love Yourself First
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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"Life isn't fair...nor should it be" with John Mendez
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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“Not Emotionally Sober” with Nina Garcia
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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“Abandonment No More” with Kathleen Bossart
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Emotionally Sober Badass: A Reminder
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Be An Emotionally Sober Badass in 2023
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Emotional Warriors: Get Your Tools Here
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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#BoundaryBaby to #BoundaryBoss
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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“You thought you broke me”: Exploring Empowerment
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Holiday Hold Up: Scary vs Dangerous
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Holiday Survival Guide for the Emotional Gremlin
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Co-Parenting Jackass VS Badass: Roadmap to Co-Parenting with Partners in 5 Stages
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Emotionally Hijacked? Know Your Protocol
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Toxicity Pulling You Back In: Playing with Boundaries
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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A Sea of Red Flags
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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The Haunting: When Old Triggers Return
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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My Husband's New Girlfriend: Playing with Insecurity
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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“If These Scars Could Talk” with Kathryn Scurry
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Triggered by the Truth
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Triggered by Lack of Closure
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Triggered by the Binary...Get Liberated
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Triggered by An Inner Judge
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Triggered by Being the Villain in Your Own Story
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Own Your Story: Are you the Hero?
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Why You're Triggered AF
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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When Loved Ones Fail You Over And Over Again…
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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You Might Know A Supremacist If...
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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When Family Bonds Break: Challenge Your Binary Thinking
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Dear SCOTUS: Is the Overturn Powered or Empowered?
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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The NO Trigger: Parenting Edition
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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"Courage is a Skill" with Kevin Palmieri
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Fitting In VS Belonging with Lee Hopkins: PRIDE Special
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Am I Powered or Empowered?
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Bubble Hopping to Challenge Bias
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Challenging Your Bias with Nina Garcia
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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“Freedom Beyond Trauma” with Ann Hince
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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“When Suicidality Creeps In” with Nina Garcia
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May 25, 2022 |
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Disrupting Avoidant Patterns with Bo Bissett in “The Wanderer”
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May 18, 2022 |
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“Get Back to What You Know” with @funkboynyc
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May 11, 2022 |
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Liberate Your Mental Health
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May 04, 2022 |
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Crawl Before You Walk: Talking Sex with Liz Dubé
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Actively Saying No - Replay from Season 2
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Know Thy Triggers: Leaning in with Nina
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Get Courageous with Sexual Assault Awareness
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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"Slap Heard Round the World"
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Where are you on the Alignment Spectrum?
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Targeting What's "Off" In Your Life
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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The Alignment Challenge
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Gameify Sex & Love with Zach Budd
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Recovering from the Fairytale Ending with Hilary Bryant
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Got Boundaries?
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Love, Grief & Tarot Post-Divorce: Playing with Love is Love
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Playing with Love is Love: February's Triggered Topic
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Self Justice: Empowering Individual Culture
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Own Your Truth: Empowering Individual Culture
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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The Empowerment Spectrum: Empowering Individual Culture
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Empowering Individual Culture: January's Triggered Topic
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Playing with Ghosting in "They Call Me Ghost": The Dating Scaries, Part 4
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Playing with Patterns in "A Never Ending Story": The Dating Scaries, Part 3
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Playing with Fear in "Dead Silence": The Dating Scaries, Part 2
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Playing with Fear in "The Final Destination": The Dating Scaries, Part 1
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Dating While Divorcing: Playing with Insecurity
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Personal Autonomy VS Power: Playing with the Texas Abortion Ban
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Nickolas Natali in "When I Moved Into My Car": Playing with Debt & Mental Health
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Triggered by "The Homeless": Playing with Fear & Disgust
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Mari Reisberg in "Cosmic Humor": Playing with Breakups
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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The "I Don't Believe in Divorce" Trigger: Playing with Divorce
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Amanda Chavez Plays with Vulnerability Valley: Use HALTS
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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How to Play with Triggers: Practice Approaching
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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"When Brown = Dirty": Playing with Colorism & Stereotypes
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Yes, You Are Diverse: Playing with Identity
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Anti-Supremacy: What is it?
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Trace Pool Plays with Coming Out in "Aliens are real? Ok: so is your son." - Pride Week 4
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Zach Budd Plays with Empathy & Rage in "Unnecessarily Cruel": Pride Week 3
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Leaning In with Intention: Playing with LGBTQI+ Pride Week 2
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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"They Just Love Each Other": Playing with LGBTQI+ Pride Week 1
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Relational Trauma: Mental Health Awareness Week 4
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May 28, 2021 |
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Recognize Your Trauma: Mental Health Awareness Week 3
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May 21, 2021 |
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Channel Your Emotions: Mental Health Awareness Week 2
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May 14, 2021 |
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Emotional Jedi: Mental Health Awareness Week 1
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May 07, 2021 |
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Racism as a Disorder: Playing with Racialization
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Amy Lin Plays with Cancer in "Teamwork Matters"
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Actively Saying No, Part 2: Playing with Rape
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Building a Practice of Saying No, Part 1
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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"The Elusive White N Word": Playing with Oppression
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Peyton Welch Plays with Fear in "Quality of Life"
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Chris Garcia Plays with Setbacks in "When the Writing Comes Off the Wall"
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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"I'm Not Your White Friend": Playing with Race
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Dear Listener: Share your story!
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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The Self Actualization Pyramid
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Restorying in the New Year
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Polarized Thinking: An All or Nothing Trap
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Conscious Leadership: A Race & Culture Vignette
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Standing By Your Values: A Continuum
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Nonjudgmental Stance at the Intersection of Sin and Gay Intimacy
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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The Gift of Perspective: Wise Mind
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Relatively Human: What kind will you be?
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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The Intention Continuum: Humanizing Post-Election
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Empowering Your Wolf Pack Review
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Body Awareness & Interpreting Review
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Playing With Your Triggers Review
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Noticing Your Triggers Review
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Trigger Continuum Review
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Empowering yourself to pull rank: My homeless neighbor
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Your Body Doesn't Lie: Why you really are #1
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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Playing with your triggers: A moment in Harlem
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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How to know you've been triggered: A road rage vignette
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Know Thy Trigger(ing Continuum)
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Bonus: Missing in Action
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Intro to Triggered: Can we play with that?
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Jun 17, 2020 |