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Emotional Badass

How "I Spy" Can Help Highly Sensitive People Overcome Anxiety and PTSD Symptoms

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Ever wondered how a simple game can transform the way PTSD survivors and highly sensitive people manage anxiety and trauma? Discover the power of mindfulness through the "I Spy" game, a unique strategy that helps highly sensitive people shift from survival mode to a more balanced and fulfilling life. By focusing on positive environmental elements, this technique reduces hypervigilance and promotes emotional resilience. Learn how to harness the benefits of mindfulness to alleviate PTSD symptoms, improve mental health, and reclaim control over your emotional well-being. With practical insights and personal anecdotes, this episode offers valuable tools for HSPs and trauma survivors on their journey to recovery and self-improvement. Mindfulness brings awareness that gives us the space to make changes, to shape how we process our worlds actively vs. slipping into a powerlessness; we have such power to shape our world view and by proxy our moods, feelings, and mindset. I would like to invite you into my process by sharing my City gal self to show you how I've trained myself to lift myself up. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get bonus content and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Brain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free month Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: 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 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Advertising: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Get a chance to win an e-bike with Eso and see where summer could take you.

0:04.4

Perhaps you'll challenge a sea-guff to a race down the promenade.

0:09.2

Or ride through a festival moshpiet!

0:13.0

Or even just take the scenic route home

0:15.0

so you can stop off for an ice cream.

0:17.0

Just the one, please, mate. I'm riding.

0:20.0

Scan your nectar card at Eso or visit

0:22.8

S.O.co. UK to enter.

0:25.3

Swapping four wheels for two.

0:27.3

That's thoughtful driving.

0:29.4

Eso.

0:30.4

This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.

0:33.0

With the U-A for Champions League kicking off and a brand new format for the new season,

0:37.0

you've got to wonder, will anything ever be the same?

0:40.0

Well, one thing you can know for sure is that Pepsi Max, as proud sponsors of the

0:44.8

Men's and Women's Champions League, will be cheering from the sidelines like

0:48.3

never before. Pepsi Max, thirsty for more.

1:00.0

Hello and welcome to today's episode of Emotional Badass Where Moxie Meets Mindful.

1:02.0

I'm Nicky Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist, and on today's episode,

1:06.8

we are seeking inspiration everywhere as a mindfulness strategy to combat anxiety and depression. Many highly sensitive people and Empaths have PTSD-like symptoms and that makes

1:41.5

us hyper-vigilant. It makes us scan our world for

1:45.8

potential hurts, potential threats and how to be safe. That keeps us in a

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