EMPOWERED HUMAN with Nina Garcia

Why did I develop an Empowered Human role, lifestyle, and movement? Listen in as we explore the reason for creating this podcast, the transition from TRIGGERED to EMPOWERED HUMAN, and some of the top Empowerment skills you can start using today. 🤓 Get ready to:💌Play with developing self awareness around your own humanity.💌Challenge yourself to align your thoughts, feelings and behaviors.💌 Empower yourself to choose Courage over cowardice, Healing over harming, and Belonging over rejecting.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A8:55 Story: Triggered to Empowered Human21:50 Education: Self Actualization Pyramid25:50 Education: Alignment29:30 Education: Courage, Healing, Belonging34:55 Education: Empowerment Spectrum42:20 Adventure Challenges: Follow on IG, Subscribe on YouTube & Listen to the Throwback Episodes Resources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings  🎁 Self-Actualization Pyramid🎁Empowerment SpectrumEmpowered 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!Support the show

Is this who I am…Or is this who I've been conditioned to be? Listen in as we explore Identity, the Roles you may be playing, and how to embrace your most vibrant Self by adding new lived experiences that ENHANCE the way you human. 🤓 Get ready to:💌Play with developing self awareness around your identity.💌Challenge yourself to embrace new opportunities to expand.💌 Empower your “Survivor” self to be open to peace & thriving despite moments of hardship.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A07:37 Story: Dating My Man16:13 Education: Diversifying Your Identity18:33 Adventure ChallengesResources:🎁Individual Culture Reel🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings  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!Support the show

When is it appropriate to transition from Empowered…to Powered? Plot twist! Listen in as we explore responding when somebody in your system might be in harm’s way. 🤓 Get ready to:💌Play with developing self awareness and transparency.💌Challenge yourself to own your responsibilities.💌 Empower yourself to use Powered moves *when necessary*.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A07:55 Story: Caregiver Withholding18:51 Education: Transparency, Responsibility, and Accountability (TRA)29:54 Adventure ChallengesResources:🎁TRA One Pager🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings  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!Support the show

How do you empower an adult to stop bullying you? Listen in as we explore how to hold others accountable for their behavior. 🤓 Get ready to:💌Play with developing self awareness and transparency.💌Challenge yourself to own your responsibilities.💌Empower yourself to hold others accountable *when necessary*.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A04:11 Story: Louisa & Her Feelings16:04 Education: Transparency, Responsibility, and Accountability (TRA)28:32 Adventure ChallengesResources:🎁TRA One Pager🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings  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!Support the show

When you have conflict with someone in your life, how much value do you put in what you're comfortable with versus what they are comfortable with? Listen in as we explore how Individual Culture matters when reimagining conflict 🤓 Get ready to:💌Play with developing self awareness in individual culture.💌Challenge yourself to reimagine conflict.💌Empower a relationship in your life.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A03:52 Story: Forrest and the Cruise Ship Debacle10:46 Education: Individual Culture20:00 Adventure ChallengesResources:🎁Individual Culture Reel🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

How do you support and show up for somebody in your life when either you don't want them there -or- they don't want YOU to be there? Listen in as we explore how standing your ground first requires you to actually know what your ground is 🤓 Get ready to:💌Play with developing self awareness in conflict.💌Challenge yourself to own multiple truths.💌Empower a relationship in your life.CW: We have nuanced conversations on this podcast through the lens of Nina, a neurodivergent human. You’re invited to play - and as with all invitations - you are able to decline the invite. The choice is yours 💌What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A06:00 Story: Louisa and Her Little12:24 Education: Standing Your Ground19:00 Adventure ChallengesResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

Welcome to Empowered Human 2024, where we explore how to own your truth WITHOUT invalidating yourself & others 🎉 Through the sharing of genuine human stories and universal skills, l invite you to join me in choosing courage over cowardice, healing over harming, and belonging over rejecting. 💌 Join us on February 7th as we launch into human moments that explore courage, healing, and belonging: equipping you to show up for yourself, others, and the world at large ❤️What you’ll get:00:06 Welcome to Empowered Human01:05 Interdependence as Wellness2:40 WHY THIS SEASON IS JUICY2:55 3 Core Principles: Courage, Healing, Belonging05:30 Little e versus Big E: EmpowermentResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

"Aside from monetary wealth, what are some wonderful ways to create, nourish, and live a rich and abundant life?" YOU asked, and I am answering! Listen in as we explore a visualization tool you can use during this holiday season to create, nourish, and live an abundant life. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of self-actualization. 💌Explore how to live a vibrant life - consistently. 💌Challenge yourself to courageously commit to change or maintenance in your own life.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A03:13 Self-Actualization Pyramid04:01 Step 1: Self-Awareness07:30 Step 2: Self-Knowledge08:43 Step 3: Self-Realization11:32 Adventure ChallengesResources:🎁 Self-Actualization Pyramid🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

Imagine yourself as a most valuable property…whoever you invite onto the land better be adding to the value, friend. Listen in as I explore knowing your value and owning your worth. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of personal value and self worth. 💌Explore being your own most valuable property. 💌Challenge yourself to truly belong.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A04:38 You as a most valuable property08:26 Adventure ChallengeResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

It’s the holidays, which means lots of opportunities for STRESS! Have you ever asked yourself if you are stressing trying to respond to the idea of something scary…or the reality of something dangerous? Whichever it is, listen in to recognize more opportunities to feel Empowered dealing with stress instead of just Powered as you move through the holiday season, and life in general!*Re-post from November 30, 2022*Get ready to:💌 Explore how to own your truth without oppressing yourself or others.💌 Play with controlling what you can control.💌 Challenge yourself to own whether you are engaging in Powered or Empowered ways.Resources:🎁Get Empowered Now: OfferingsWhether it's you who struggles with these moments as a trigger or someone you know - we can all use tools to recondition cultural beliefs that aren't realistic or helpful to our personal 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.TRIGGERED TOPICS TO PLAY WITH: Powered vs. Empowered - Control - Honoring Multiple Truths. Be sure to subscribe, share, and rate/write a review if this is your jam friends. New episodes Wednesdays, ~30 minutes to match your next tea break with a takeaway in every episode: subscribe for notifications. Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music at https://www.purple-planet.com. Support the show

How does a city girl react when she's invited to a “Redneck Thanksgiving”? Listen in as I share my recent Thanksgiving experience, calling myself in to do “the work”, and how you can practice courage, healing & belonging on the human journey. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of fears. 💌Explore how to lean into your edge with scary VS dangerous. 💌Challenge yourself to move beyond the cliff of fear.CW: We have nuanced conversations on this podcast through the lens of Nina, a neurodivergent human. You’re invited to play - and as with all invitations - you are able to decline the invite. The choice is yours 💌What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A3:19 Story: My Redneck Thanksgiving7:37 Dangerous VS Scary10:16 Find comfort in the discomfort13:00 Bonus: What’s beyond the cliff?18:41 Healing and Belonging19:33 Adventure ChallengesResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

How do you let someone go when you know that they are not good for you and you've been trying to leave, but you don't know how? Listen in as I share my experience of loving myself enough to let someone go. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of letting go. 💌Explore how to own your truth. 💌Challenge yourself to truly belong to you.CW: We have nuanced conversations on this podcast through the lens of Nina, a neurodivergent human. You’re invited to play - and as with all invitations - you are able to decline the invite. The choice is yours 💌What you'll get:0:00 Welcome Q&A04:05 Story: Come from a place of “I”05:06 Own your truth05:45 Powered and Empowered10:14 Empowering YOU & Others14:26 Adventure ChallengeResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

Are you ready to get ahead of your holiday stressors?! Listen in as I share how to survive the holiday stress and create a perfect plan for your upcoming holiday (or next stressful event!) And YES: you can love the holidays and still acknowledge they can be STRESSFUL 🤯 Get ready to 💌Play with the reality of stressful events (like the holidays). 💌Explore how to survive your upcoming holiday. 💌Challenge yourself to courageously exist.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome4:04 Powered Dynamic4:54 Empowered Dynamic5:40 Story Time9:56 What is a Before, During, After Plan?10:17 Before Plan12:11 During Plan16:27 After Plan20:00 Identify the Weak Points21:08 Adventure ChallengeResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings🎁Intensive Therapy OfferingEmpowered 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!Support the show

Are you ready to explore setting & maintaining your boundaries? Listen in as I dive into a creative way for you to examine your present boundaries (or lack thereof), spaces where new boundaries can be set, and how to maintain boundaries when you have THAT person come on by and p-u-s-h. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of boundaries. 💌Explore how to “know your property” & what boundaries it needs. 💌Challenge yourself to courageously exist as you need to exist - even if that means removing yourself from a situation.CW: We have nuanced conversations on this podcast through the lens of Nina, a neurodivergent human. You’re invited to play - and as with all invitations - you are able to decline the invite. The choice is yours 💌What you'll get:0:00 Welcome03:00 Know Your property03:30 Take a Personal Inventory07:35 Story Time Examples08:34 Testing Boundaries12:13 Pushing Boundaries17:25 The “Three Times Rule”21:18 Adventure ChallengesResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

“I know I should be grateful but I don’t FEEL grateful - what’s wrong with me?!” Listen in as Nina explores how to practice gratitude in your relationships. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of gratitude. 💌Explore how to genuinely feel gratitude - even in terrible circumstances. 💌Challenge yourself to courageously embody gratitude.What you'll get:0:00 Welcome03:53 Thoughts04:04 Feelings04:15 Behavior04:34 Alignment05:40 Gratitude as Nourishment07:04 Obligation is not liberation08:39 Story Time20:04 Post Traumatic Growth22:29 Adventure ChallengeResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

How can we transform from the limitations of pain into the limitlessness of healing? Listen in as Antonia shares her lived experience of pain, rage, shame, and how she practices riding a wave of healing on the human journey. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of self-awareness. 💌Explore how to have a deeper sense of safety. 💌Challenge yourself to heal your humanity.CW: We have nuanced conversations on this podcast through the lens of Nina, a neurodivergent human. You’re invited to play - and as with all invitations - you are able to decline the invite. The choice is yours 💌What you'll get:0:00 Welcome03:48 Antonia defines Empowered Human04:56 Dialectic07:05 Emotional & Physical Contractions09:28 The Body Keeps the Scores10:46 Check your Thoughts, Feelings, Behaviors13:58 Intergenerational Trauma15:00 Safety as a Privilege20:11 Negotiation vs Confrontation22:26 Powered Confrontation25:15 Empowered Confrontation33:00 Antonia's Takeaways36:38 Your Adventure ChallengeResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings🎁Antonia’s Website - Tribe to CollectiveEmpowered 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!Support the show

“OMG - THEY GHOSTED ME!" You asked, and I delivered in this final episode of the four part mini-series with MINI HALLOWEEN STORIES, because showing up as yourself can be SCARY y'all. In this episode, you'll play with moments where YOU may be ghosting others, or may have been ghosted yourself, due to avoiding Confrontation. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of ghosting. 💌Explore your relationship to post date fears. 💌Challenge yourself to gain perspective on why Ghosting may be occurring in your life…whether you’re the person ghosting or being ghosted.*Re-post from October 29, 2021*What you'll get:0:00 Welcome04:52 Scary story10:45 Empowered Confrontation Tool18:00 Adventure ChallengeResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

How do I stop ghosting people…and how do I exorcise ghosts in my life? Listen in as Nina shares how to give yourself a way to be a real, in the flesh human being. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of dating. 💌Explore how to move beyond ghosting situations. 💌Challenge yourself to close the loop instead of ghosting/being ghosted.CW: We have nuanced conversations on this podcast through the lens of Nina, a neurodivergent human. You’re invited to play - and as with all invitations - you are able to decline the invite. The choice is yours 💌What you'll get:0:00 Welcome03:48 How do I stop ghosting people?07:01 Story Time: Four Ghastly Dates16:43 Why do people ghost?18:28 Adventure ChallengeResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show

People aren’t objects - yet so many of us are living (and maybe even expected) to somehow make it to Robot Status in our work & personal lives. How do we put the human back in human performance? Listen in as human performance consultant Vanessa Broers shares her knowledge about how she practices courageous existence on the human journey. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of emotions. 💌Explore how to show up as your fullest, human self. 💌Challenge yourself to courageously exist as you are.CW: We have nuanced conversations on this podcast through the lens of Nina, a neurodivergent human. You’re invited to play - and as with all invitations - you are able to decline the invite. The choice is yours 💌What you'll get:0:00 Welcome04:00 Vanessa defines Empowered Human05:55 Emotional Bench Pressing07:15 Healing VS Expansion10:15 Put the human back in human performance17:30 Sacred Rage Alchemy28:15 Emotional Sobriety & Sovereignty29:21 Embodied Experience of Rage44:52 Adventure ChallengeResources:🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings🎁Vanessa Broers CoachingEmpowered 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!Support the show

You’ve fallen into that dark corner again, unsure of where to turn, helpless as to how to change the impending sense of doom…Lean in, Empowered Human. Create magic in some of your most difficult, darkest spots by listening in to Walt Yu-Martzen. Share in his adventure, finding ways to experience your own magic, and learn how Walt practices healing on the human journey. Get ready to 💌Play with your idea of cultivating magic. 💌Explore how to reshape your darkest moments. 💌Challenge yourself to courageously exist & HEAL ❤️CW: We have nuanced conversations on this podcast through the lens of Nina, a neurodivergent human. You’re invited to play - and as with all invitations - you are able to decline the invite. The choice is yours 💌What you'll get:0:00 Welcome05:45 Walt's Intro08:09 Walt defines Empowered Human29:26 The world is inherently unstable32:32 Explore Courage38:33 How to Cultivate Magic41:03 Walt's Takeaways43:26 Walt's Adventure Challenge44:40 Nina's Adventure Challenge52:57 Get in Touch with WaltResources:🎁Walt's Instagram Account🎁George Martzen's Blog🎁Get Empowered Now with Nina's OfferingsEmpowered 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!Support the show