What I've Learned From My Clients PART 1: Why Trauma Survivors Need Humor to Heal and Thrive to Improve Mental Health

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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With 17 years of experience in the field of psychotherapy, I've witnessed my clients' strength and resilience while learning the power of connection, intuition and humor in overcoming trauma. What role does humor play in healing trauma and improving mental health? Uncover the transformative power of humor and human connections for trauma survivors and HSPs, with insights from Nikki Eisenhauer's extensive experience in mental health. Highly Sensitive People will find valuable lessons on how humor can lighten the burden of trauma and foster resilience. By embracing humor and going with the flow, trauma survivors and HSPs can find new paths to healing and personal growth, turning pain into a source of strength. In this episode you'll learn: 1. How my clients have been my greatest teachers 2. What I've learned about going with the flow 3. How the funniest people gone to hell and back with their trauma 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

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to emotional badass where Moxie meets Mindful.
0:05.2	I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist.
0:08.9	And on today's episode, I'm discussing what I've learned from my greatest teachers, my clients.
0:15.5	My clients have truly been some of my greatest teachers. I was an interning therapist in 2005 in New Orleans,
0:44.3	and that's the year that Katrina hit. I became a working counselor in 2006. That means 2023 makes 17 years that I have been in this field.
0:56.0	I have had countless interactions in individual therapy and group therapy environments.
1:01.9	I have worked in hospitals.
1:03.3	I have worked in private practice.
1:05.2	I have worked in adolescent homeless shelters.
1:10.2	I've worked in high schools.
1:11.6	I've had my own little yoga studio.
1:14.6	The people that have come and gone in my life
1:17.6	have been such opportunities of growth for me.
1:21.6	There's this Buddhist idea and teaching
1:24.6	that people come into our lives for a season to teach us something,
1:29.7	for us to learn something, and then they move on. Growing up in New Orleans and in the
1:34.6	South, I call it a fraternity or a sorority mindset, that we sort of grow up with this very
1:41.3	quiet, not spoken expectation that the people that we meet in life
1:45.8	are just going to be with us forever and ever till the end.
1:49.9	And that has felt hurtful to me a lot of times in unfolding or unraveling that quiet expectation
1:59.8	that I didn't even realize that I had.
2:02.0	This Buddhist teaching has brought me a lot of peace.
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