EMPOWERED HUMAN with Nina Garcia

Send us Fan Mail It's one thing to want to empower your team - it's another thing altogether to know how to do it. And when cancer's on the team - where's the playbook on that? Amy Lin of www. HealEveryDay.org wants to help you create that playbook. Listen in to hear Amy as she shares her personal empowerment journey as a Caregiver: from her partner's cancer diagnosis to r...

Send us Fan Mail 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 practiced like any other skill, and I offer a persona...

Send us Fan Mail Saying no can be hard, but we believe it's vital to living a full life. This episode offers the idea that saying no can be practiced like any other skill, and we'll go over five different ways we've done it - and how you can too. It starts with you, so have a journal on hand or a good friend to dialogue with what comes up for you in this episode. And if you can&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode begins with a running start, asking "Am I OK with being an Oppressor?" Tune in to hear how your fellow Humans Erika & Nina wrangle racism at the dinner table - and how you can too. It starts with you, so have a journal on hand or a good friend to dialogue with what comes up for you in this episode. And if you can't play with this today? That...

Send us Fan Mail Join Drama Therapist Peyton Welch as he winds his way through a conversation session with Host Nina, sharing what it's like to be a Therapist and Runner at the intersection of brain cancer, surgery, epilepsy, and OCD…and the courage it takes to acknowledge the fear behind the “What Ifs”. Tune in to hear how your fellow Human engages with images of both Fear and Hope - and how...

Send us Fan Mail Join Bao Bros Bistro owner Chris Garcia as he embarks on a conversation session with Host Nina, sharing what it's like to open a restaurant in the middle of the Covid pandemic...only to discover the heart of it has decided to stop beating. Tune in to hear how your fellow Human struggled with loss, came to find the silver lining - and how you can too. TRIGGERED TOPICS TO PLAY...

Send us Fan Mail Our first interview of the season, supported by Erika Garcia: a conversation session with Host Nina, as she shares what it's like to not identify as a race in a world that expects you to fit in the category you've been assigned...only what happens when some of us don't check all the boxes? TRIGGERED TOPICS TO PLAY WITH: Race - Ethnicity - Othering. Submit your own m...

Send us Fan Mail An invitation to put your own triggers into perspective, and share them - whether that means acknowledging it to yourself alone at this point, or reaching out to share with others. Train your humanity with this week's tool as a framework for self growth and transformation. TOOL: Sharing Continuum. Submit your own moments, and view each of the Triggered tools offered at https:...

Send us Fan Mail Our first episode of Season 2 & a reminder of our foundation: Be who you decide you'd like to be in this world - not who your emotions, or stories bigger and older than you, make you out to be. Train your humanity with this week's tool as a framework for growth and transformation. TOOL: Self Actualization Pyramid. Submit your own moments, and view each of the Trigger...

Send us Fan Mail Resolve to restory by critically reflecting on moments and roles from your own life. We can't change the past - but we can change how we relate to and perceive it. TOOL: Restorying. Submit your own moments, and view each of the Triggered tools offered at https://houstoncreativeartstherapy.com/triggered.  Be sure to subscribe, share, and rate/write a review if this is your jam...

Send us Fan Mail When all or nothing, "take it or leave it" thinking gets in your way: going from two options to more may be your best bet to lightening up the pressure. TOOL: Practicing Continuum Thinking. Reach out, and view each of the Triggered tools offered at https://houstoncreativeartstherapy.com/triggered.  Be sure to subscribe, share, and rate/write a review if this is your jam...

Send us Fan Mail Are you consciously leading the saga that is your life? Listen in for an example of how to reframe hard conversations into teachable moments, and how to lead consciously in your own life. TOOL: Conscious Leadership Paradigm - catch the tool we reference in the Conscious Leadership Group's video here https://conscious.is/video/locating-yourself-a-key-to-conscious-leadership ....

Send us Fan Mail Whether online or in-person, when family gets together, you'll probably be talking to someone who will say or do something you may not agree with. You may disagree with it so much in fact, that it leaves you triggered. Listen in to explore a real moment, and how to use the Standing By Continuum as a tool that can help you turn hard conversations into teachable moments. TOOL:...

Send us Fan Mail Judgment comes easily to most of us - at best, it can help us survive. At worst, it can leave us so triggered we can't function. Listen in to explore a real moment, and how to use Nonjudgmental Stance as a tool that can turn hard conversations into teachable moments. Post-Note: This episode uses the term "intersex", defined by isna.org as "a general term used f...

Send us Fan Mail As a Therapist, one of the greatest tools we offer is Perspective: in this episode, I invite you to consider the difference between Emotion Mind, Rational Mind, and Wise Mind. When we are playing with perspective, we are able to question our own beliefs, and increase acceptance of others having different beliefs. This isn't an invitation to adopt the beliefs of others - but a...

Send us Fan Mail Every day, you engage in a variety of choices. What intention are you allowing to color the choices you make? This episode doesn't ask you to be good or bad - it invites you to challenge polarized thinking, and develop an understanding of what's happening in the moment - context - with continuum thinking. TOOL: Intention Continuum. View each of the Triggered tools offere...

Send us Fan Mail Every day, you engage in a variety of choices to move forward. But as you move forward, what intention are you allowing to color the choices you make? This episode doesn't ask you to consider who's right or wrong - just whether or not you can discern how empowering or disempowering someone's messages are, including your own...will you accept the challenge? TOOL: Int...

Send us Fan Mail Let's imagine your emotions are wolves - can you play with that? In this episode, we explore what it means to empower your inner wolf pack to express your Human truth - before your wolves/emotions speak a Triggered Truth for you. TOOL: Self-Empowerment, Speaking Truth. Got something you want to share on this episode? View the diagrams all at once at https://houstoncreativeart...

Send us Fan Mail Can't nobody tell you what you're feeling but YOU! After all, the conversation you're willing to have with yourself is the one that informs all others - but how clear is the conversation you're having? TOOL: Bodyful Awareness. Got something you want to share on this episode? View the diagrams all at once at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1164650/ and e-mail Nina@Ho...

Send us Fan Mail Empower yourself to CHOOSE how you want to show up - before your emotions choose for you. This is a review of Episode 3, and you can find the image for this tool on our IG @hcatwellness. TOOL: Role Playing. Got something you want to share on this episode? View the diagrams all at once at https://houstoncreativeartstherapy.com/triggered and e-mail Nina@HoustonCreativeArtsTherapy.co...

Send us Fan Mail First step to deescalating your triggers is noticing them: know thyself human! TOOL: Trigger Continuum Sensations Manual . Got something you want to share on this episode? View the diagrams all at once at https://houstoncreativeartstherapy.com/triggered and e-mail Nina@HoustonCreativeArtsTherapy.com for more info. Be sure to subscribe, share, and rate/write a review if this is you...

Send us Fan Mail Your emotions should be inspiring you, not running your life! Utilize the Trigger Continuum for greater self awareness, supporting you to make choices inspired by what moves you. This episode is a review of Episode 1: Know Thy Trigger(ing) Continuum. Got something you want to share on this episode? View the diagrams all at once at https://houstoncreativeartstherapy.com/triggered a...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever practiced "being human" to a person who's homeless? It's not something we're ever asked to do: be smarter, faster, stronger, more compassionate, donate, give - but what does it really mean to you to practice being human, to be a better human? In this episode, we explore what it means to empower yourself to speak your Human to Human Truth - be...

Send us Fan Mail I am forever saying "Can't nobody tell you what you're feeling but YOU" - and in this episode, I'm going to explain why I have found that to be both professionally AnD personally true. For the purposes of this episode, you ARE #1 and your #1 Healthy Self can be a choice you make - if you're willing to try. After all, the conversation you're willi...

Send us Fan Mail Adults have to play too, and this episode breaks down how you can empower yourself to play with challenging moments. In a nutshell...At any given point in your day you are playing one of three roles: the one you intend to be; the one someone has thrust upon you; or the I-Don't-Know one. Listen in for more on how to notice these, and empower yourself to CHOOSE how you want to...