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Emotional Badass

The Crime of Murder and Survivors Guilt, Shame, Grief, and Loss.

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Nikki discusses pain, survivor's guilt, grief and loss specific to the crime of murder, the normalization of rage online, and offers a constructive vs. destructive future topic for part 2. 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 hundreds of hours of bonus episodes, monthly video livestreams, discounts, and can join in the community. 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 Narcissistic Abuse Workshop: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Email 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to emotional badass where Moxie meets Mindful.

0:05.0

I'm Nikki Eisenhower, your host, life coach, and psychotherapist.

0:08.9

And on today's episode, I'm sharing my response to more school shootings, part one.

0:33.6

Music I've thought long and hard about the I've thought long and hard about the phenomena of school shootings and how school shooters develop

0:42.1

and how I can add something of substance to the conversation and honor my lens of growth and good mental health.

0:50.9

How do we talk about what is unspeakable?

0:54.6

When there is such pain, there is an infinite way to get it wrong.

1:00.7

But I know the wrongest thing I can do is let the fear of getting it wrong make me say nothing at all.

1:09.8

Something many survivors have told me over the years feels isolating and depressing, dismissive,

1:15.7

lonely, even another betrayal from the human tribe.

1:20.6

Let me start by telling you what this episode is not.

1:24.6

This episode is not necessarily for the victims or the families, even though, of course,

1:30.6

it is. And it is not in any way, any offered solution that can satisfy us. This episode is sort of

1:41.0

for the rest of us who feel heartbroken, saddened and powerless after awareness

1:47.8

of mass death and tragedy, violence. My heart and prayers are with you. All survivors of the

1:56.6

Evaldi assault and anyone who has been touched by violence.

2:02.1

This is one of those things that I have become an accidental expert over the course of my

2:07.3

career in working with the loved ones of murder victims to counsel them through their grief.

2:14.1

When you hear me get tearful in this episode it's because of course

2:20.5

I am saddened about the recent losses

2:23.4

and all of the losses

2:24.4

but also it's because

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