Why Asking for Help is So Hard: Overcoming Pride and Shame for Better Mental Health

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Are pride and shame holding you back from seeking help? Discussing pride, help, shame and how to get out of our own way to receive help when we need it. This episode confronts the long arm of low self worth and helps us confront our do-it-yourself-demons that conspire to keep us in an old pattern of struggle. I announce our newest Patreon-Pay-It-Forward recipient & largest donation to date, Denver's own The Gathering Place. TGP provides safe, practical support, respect, and hand-ups. Valuable insights into the role of community support and practical help in mental health recovery. 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, community, and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	Hello, welcome to Emotional Badass where Moxie meets Mindful.
1:00.0	I'm your host, Nicky Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist, and on today's episode, I'm your host Nicky Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist.
1:03.6	And on today's episode, I'm discussing pride, help,
1:07.3	hunger, and our Patreon Pay It Forward to Denver's the Gathering Place. I want to start by simply defining pride. When I looked it up online some of the
1:39.1	simple definitions that I found were pride, a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's
1:46.7	own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from
1:51.9	qualities or possessions that are widely admired.
1:55.8	An example is the team was bursting with pride after recording a sensational victory.
2:02.0	Similar words are similes to pride, pleasure, joy, delight, gratification, fulfillment, satisfaction,
2:11.3	sense of achievement, comfort, contentment.
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