EMPOWERED HUMAN with Nina Garcia

Send us Fan Mail You ever feel like the odd one out...the "Black Sheep" so to speak? Lee Hopkins shared "I had the opportunity to move to California...feel like a new person, feel very welcome. But I still felt disconnected, the people who knew me didn't really know me, I couldn't tell them my deep thoughts and secrets..." In this episode - we're inviting you to...

Send us Fan Mail Are you building Empowered bridges? "Powered Dynamic always suggest that I can take something from you or I can give something to you and that you are inherently worth less because you do not have these things." Listen in for more, as we invite you to practice using an Empowered Dynamic & building bridges ❤️ Get ready to: 💌 Explore how to build a bridge of understan...

Send us Fan Mail "How can we take the narrative tracks that we've been taught - the stories that we've been taught to believe about ourself, about other people, and about groups of people - and actively switch the tracks?" Listen in for more, as we invite you to use bubble hopping to disrupt unhelpful narratives and bias ❤️ Lean in to hear Nina's guide to self-exploration...

Send us Fan Mail Got bias? You're not alone. "I have a bias here...that I had not really been invited to realize until this moment..." Listen in for more, as we invite you to hold yourself accountable, and own your truth in playful ways ❤️ Lean in to hear Nina's personal experience of being triggered by a particular idea - only to realize she needed to own her truth in order to...

Send us Fan Mail How do you deal with a trigger that’s years - maybe even decades - old? Ann Hince shared how a moment thinking “I was this fearful mother and they told me I had done something wrong..." led to an onslaught of emotions regarding her childhood. In this episode - we're inviting you to play with freeing your emotions ❤️ Lean in to listen to Ann's story about how she fou...

Send us Fan Mail “This is a human thing...Resilient, strong, badass people can also struggle with suicidality." And in this episode - we're inviting you to play with normalizing conversations around mental health and wellness when some part of you is so triggered it affects You as a whole ❤️  Lean in to listen to Nina's story about how suicidality crept in during her divorce - and h...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like you're on a merry go round of trauma & drama - like it just keeps coming back around to get you? “That was the pattern that I created - that I stamped into my psyche and repeated over and over again!" Talk about triggered ❤️ help yourself to heal from the pattern you want to get out of. Lean in to listen to Bo Bissett talk triggers, tap into that intui...

Send us Fan Mail “I was fired from my job...like, epic firing: it shakes you to your core, that kind of thing..." Talk about triggered ❤️ trying to find yourself again after an unexpected loss. Lean in to listen to Ivan Bodley talk triggers and going back to what you know to be true at your core, Empowered Human! Get ready to: 💌 Explore the cultural struggles of the performance industry. 💌...

Send us Fan Mail “I’m either well or somethings wrong with me…right? Not necessarily ❤️ When we think about the concept of Liberation, I want to talk to you about Powered vs. Empowered Dynamics in mental health. Lean in, Empowered Human! Join me in our First Episode of our May series of episodes, inviting you to liberate your mental health. Get ready to: 💌 Learn Powered Dynamics & Empowered D...

Send us Fan Mail * Please note - there is one curse word dropped at the very end of this episode. From "I can't imagine having sex again" to "I'm jumping in too soon": Nina and Liz have you consensually covered. Join us in the final episode of our April series, inviting you to lean in to move forward empowering your Sexual Self! Get ready to: 💌 Explore owning your tr...

Send us Fan Mail NOTE: This Podcast Episode is a Replay from Season 2. Empowering ourselves to say no is for Us primarily: others benefit secondarily from our ability to hold or flex that boundary. This episode taps into the importance of actively engaging in saying no, and how powerful that can be even when circumstances violate that boundary. We continue to support the idea that saying no can be...

Send us Fan Mail "I keep exploding...I keep imploding! What do I with all these triggers?!" You lean in, Empowered Human. Join me in Part 2 of our April series of episodes, inviting you to lean in to move forward. Gain skills to enhance your self knowledge and realization in this episode of "Triggered: Can we play with that?" Get ready to: 💌 Explore a Triggered moment to enhan...

Send us Fan Mail "If I ask enough questions, I can figure out why you were assaulted - and then it won't happen again, to you or me, or anyone else..." Alas, if only this were true. Many of us will question a survivor out of fear - when really we could be coming from a place of courageous love. Join me in Part 1 of our April series of episodes, inviting you to lean in to self awaren...

Send us Fan Mail "What was he supposed to do - not stand up for Jada?...Oh come on it was just a joke!" Regardless of whether or not you caught this moment of the Oscars: if you've ever been triggered by someone else's behavior toward someone you love - it's time to explore what might have inspired such an emotional hijacking. Join me in Part 4 of our March series of episo...

Send us Fan Mail "Did it take losing my home for me to realign...or realigning to not lose my home?" If you've ever been triggered by the idea that "this wasn't supposed to happen to you..." - it's time to get your Alignment on. Join me in Part 3 of our March series of episodes, all about helping you get into embodying Alignment, and empowering you to control wha...

Send us Fan Mail Would you say you practice Avoidance more - or Approach more? Genuinely, I want you to ask yourself if you're the kind of person who utilizes Avoidance as a skill more often - or Approach as a skill more often - and whatever your answer is: is this skill benefitting You AND the people around you? Join me in Part 2 of our March series of episodes, all about helping you get int...

Send us Fan Mail Do you notice when something's "off" - and do you believe you have the power to fix it? A lot of people believe that things happen "to" them, and struggle with the idea of "controlling what you can control". But what if you really could manifest alignment - pragmatically? Our March series of episodes is all about helping you get into embodying Al...

Send us Fan Mail For our adult audience: How comfortable are you, really, with exploring your relationship to s3x and love? Whether you're leaning into self love, dating love, monogamous love, or polyamorous love - love is love. Join me & Zach Budd in this episode of "Triggered: Can we play with that?" to explore your relationship to the idea of s3x & love❣️ it's a lot...

Send us Fan Mail What if the fairytale you'd been sold - didn't quite play out the way you were told? (Check out that rhyme scheme!) Whether you struggle with self love, lost love, or unrequited love, this episode of "Triggered: Can we play with that?" is for you❣️ Get ready to: Grant yourself the gift of self compassion. Redefine what it means to own & express your truth (...

Send us Fan Mail What if one of the greatest ways to show love was to set a boundary...could you set it - and hold it? Whether you struggle with boundary setting, or struggle with respecting boundaries, this episode is for you❣️ Get ready to: See yourself and conflict in a whole new light. Own your "individual culture island". Set a boundary that's personalized to what you need - no...

Send us Fan Mail COULD YOU LOVE SOMEONE ENOUGH TO LET THEM GO...And could you love yourself enough to move on? How would you restory your life post-divorce? The reality is the possibilities are endless, but it may not feel that way depending on the way love has been packaged in your life. And humanity warning: I cry in the first ten minutes. If you want to explore your experience of Love, then pla...

Send us Fan Mail WHAT'S YOUR LOVE PACKAGE LOOK LIKE? Alright that actually seems suggestive, but what we're really playing with this month is the idea of diversifying Love, so we can move beyond our Love Triggers - and "packaging" is the metaphor of the moment my friend. In this episode, you'll be invited to play with a multidimensional Love spectrum and come away with:  C...

Send us Fan Mail ARE YOU ENGAGING YOUR "SELF JUSTICE" WARRIOR? Many of us are familiar with social justice warriors - but very rarely is the Self Justice Warrior part spoken about, because of the fearful notion that it's "self-centered". But what if Self Justice was really just about what was in your best Self Interest? Learning how to play with perspective is a key tool f...

Send us Fan Mail Are you owning your truth...and letting others own theirs? Learning how to play with perspective is a key tool for more effectively noticing and addressing potentially oppressive moments of yourself & others. In this episode, you'll be invited to play with "resisting the box" by "owning your truth". Struggling with shame around this? Practice nonjudgme...

Send us Fan Mail ARE YOU POWERED - OR EMPOWERED? Learning about the Empowerment Spectrum is a huge part of redefining our idea of empowerment, and reconditioning our relationship to power dynamics. In this episode, you'll be invited to play with some spaces where you or others may be not be aware of how Intention is different than Impact. Explore your relationship to identity, culture, and di...