Be intentional about how you show up in this world: not who your emotions want you to be, or even who the stories that are bigger and older than you make you out to be. Use this week's tool as a framework for emotional sobriety, growth and transformation ❤️ Listen in to use the Self Actualization pyramid and:

💌 Explore Self-Awareness;

💌 Play with your Self-Knowledge and Self Realization;

💌 Empower yourself to Actualize how you intend to show up in this world!

What you'll get:

0:00 Empowered Human Throwback Intro
4:10 Beginning of the Original Episode
8:30 Tool: Self Actualization Pyramid
9:50 Self-Awareness, Self-Knowledge, Self-Realization and Self Actualization
12:00 Diversity

🎁Self Actualization Pyramid

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Empowered Human with Nina Garcia is an episodic journey for self justice, personal freedom, and lifelong liberation. We can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that don't serve our lived experience as a human being. 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's okay too. Stay curious. We'll see you later, or in the next episode friend. New episodes Wednesdays, with a tool for Empowerment in each one: subscribe for notifications!

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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, and moving forward. Your tool for today's episode: Spectrum/Continuum Thinking. Listen in to:

💌 Explore diversifying your options;

💌 Play with your Spectrum / Continuum Thinking;

💌 Empower yourself to expand your perspective!

What you'll get:

0:00 Empowered Human Throwback Intro
4:10 Beginning of the Original Episode
4:38 Polarized Thinking
7:49 Tool: SPECTRUM / CONTINUUM THINKING
12:16 Examples: Runner, Breakups, Anxious

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Empowered Human with Nina Garcia is an episodic journey for self justice, personal freedom, and lifelong liberation. We can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that don't serve our lived experience as a human being. 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's okay too. Stay curious. We'll see you later, or in the next episode friend. New episodes Wednesdays, with a tool for Empowerment in each one: subscribe for notifications!

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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 human to human moment;

💌 Play with the “Standing By Continuum” as a tool;

💌 Empower yourself to turn hard conversations into teachable moments.

What you'll get:

0:00 Empowered Human Throwback Intro
4:10 Beginning of the Original Episode
7:10 Standing by Continuum
10:07 Story: Intergenerational Challenges
19:02 Where are you on the Standby Continuum?

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*** Reminder: we are in a throwback episode phase while Nina writes the book: she’ll be listening in with you to see how things have transformed over the years! ***

Empowered Human with Nina Garcia is an episodic journey for self justice, personal freedom, and lifelong liberation. We can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that don't serve our lived experience as a human being. 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's okay too. Stay curious. We'll see you later, or in the next episode friend. New episodes Wednesdays, with a tool for Empowerment in each one: subscribe for notifications!

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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 for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. For example, a person might be born appearing to be female on the outside, but having mostly male-typical anatomy on the inside. Or a person may be born with genitals that seem to be in-between the usual male and female types. Listen in to this episode to:

💌 Explore non judgmental stance (Google this for more!)

💌 Play with your own judgment(s)

💌 Empower yourself to develop a practice of Non-Judgment!

What you'll get:

0:00 Empower Human Throwback Intro
4:10 Beginning of the Original Episode
7:40 Story: "Charlotte & The Parts That Don't Go"
14:18 Education: Nonjudgmental Stance
16:50 Steps to achieve nonjudgmental stance

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*** Reminder: we are in a throwback episode phase while Nina writes the book: she’ll be listening in with you to see how things have transformed over the years! ***

Empowered Human with Nina Garcia is an episodic journey for self justice, personal freedom, and lifelong liberation. We can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that don't serve our lived experience as a human being. 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's okay too. Stay curious. We'll see you later, or in the next episode friend. New episodes Wednesdays, with a tool for Empowerment in each one: subscribe for notifications!

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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 and vibrantly express your Human truth: before your wolf-like emotions speak a Triggered Truth for you. Get ready to:

💌 Recognize your emotions,

💌 Play with how you empower your emotions, and

💌 Empower yourself to CHOOSE to be an Empowered Human!

What you'll get:

0:00 Empower Human Throwback Intro
4:10 Beginning of the Original Episode
4:45 Story: Two Wolves
7:24 Inner Conflict
16:00 Explore your emotions

🎁 LISTEN for More on Inner Conflict & Emotions: Empowering yourself to pull rank: My homeless neighbor Repost from Sep 27 2020

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*** Reminder: we are in a throwback episode phase while Nina writes the book: she’ll be listening in with you to see how things have transformed over the years! ***

Empowered Human with Nina Garcia is an episodic journey for self justice, personal freedom, and lifelong liberation. We can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that don't serve our lived experience as a human being. 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's okay too. Stay curious. We'll see you later, or in the next episode friend. New episodes Wednesdays, with a tool for Empowerment in each one: subscribe for notifications!

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Originally for this episode we asked "Have you ever practiced 'being human' to a person who's houseless? It's not something we're ever asked to do, just 'be human'. We're constantly being asked to be smarter, faster, stronger, donate, give - but what does it really mean to you to practice being human?" What's occurred to Drama Therapist Nina since then is the reality that we really need to be asking: what does is mean to be the kind of human who dares to say they are working on their Empowered Human self, honoring their own truth without oppressing themselves and others? Get ready to:

💌 Explore what it means to empower yourself to speak your Human to Human Truth

💌 Play with your own truth

💌 Empower yourself to be an EMPOWERED HUMAN

What you'll get:

0:00 Empower Human Throwback Intro
4:10 Beginning of the Original Episode
6:00 Story: My Homeless Neighbor
11:00 Practice Being Human
12:55 How to Empower Yourself

🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings

*** Reminder: we are in a throwback episode phase while Nina writes the book: she’ll be listening in with you to see how things have transformed over the years! ***

Empowered Human with Nina Garcia is an episodic journey for self justice, personal freedom, and lifelong liberation. We can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that don't serve our lived experience as a human being. 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's okay too. Stay curious. We'll see you later, or in the next episode friend. New episodes Wednesdays, with a tool for Empowerment in each one: subscribe for notifications!

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I am forever saying "Can't nobody tell you what you're feeling but YOU". YOU are #1 and YOUR #1 Healthy Self can be a choice you make - if you're willing to gain new skills and perspectives. Get ready to:

💌 Recognize that you are a priority.

💌 Play with exploring your body and what it is telling you.

💌 Empower yourself to be a healthy self - and CHOOSE to acknowledge what your body is telling you!

What you'll get:

0:00 Empower Human Throwback Intro
4:10 Beginning of the Original Episode
5:44 Your body doesn’t lie
10:11 Story: History of sexual trauma
18:29 Acknowledge your body

🎁 LISTEN for More: Body Awareness & Interpreting Review

🎁 Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings

*** Reminder: we are in a throwback episode phase while Nina writes the book: she’ll be listening in with you to see how things have transformed over the years! ***

Empowered Human with Nina Garcia is an episodic journey for self justice, personal freedom, and lifelong liberation. We can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that don't serve our lived experience as a human being. 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's okay too. Stay curious. We'll see you later, or in the next episode friend. New episodes Wednesdays, with a tool for Empowerment in each one: subscribe for notifications!

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Been triggered lately? We get really specific about the trigger continuum in this review from an Audience Ask, and share a little about one of my own Level 5 triggers. Get ready to:

💌 Recognize your personal triggers,

💌 Play with exploring the trigger continuum, and

💌 Empower yourself to determine your level - and CHOOSE how you want to show up!

What you'll get:

0:00 Empower Human Throwback Intro
4:10 Beginning of the Original Episode
5:44 Review: TRIGGER CONTINUUM
10:32 Story: Road Rage
16:59 Recognizing your tiggers

🎁Know Thy Trigger(ing Continuum)

🎁Trigger Continuum Review

🎁Trigger Continuum Sensations Manual

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*** Reminder: we are in a throwback episode phase while Nina writes the book: she’ll be listening in with you to see how things have transformed over the years! ***

Empowered Human with Nina Garcia is an episodic journey for self justice, personal freedom, and lifelong liberation. We can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that don't serve our lived experience as a human being. 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's okay too. Stay curious. We'll see you later, or in the next episode friend. New episodes Wednesdays, with a tool for Empowerment in each one: subscribe for notifications!

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