Emotional Badass · Nikki Eisenhauer
Building Intuitive Muscles to Repair Self Betrayal from Childhood Trauma
August 24, 2025·46 min·4 clips
Nikki Eisenhower defines people pleasing as a 'learned trauma response of self-abandonment' rooted in childhood survival.
As heard by us
A quiet lesson in turning intuition into a daily practice.
This episode treats self-betrayal less like a moral flaw and more like something that can grow out of trauma. It keeps coming back to a plain method for rebuilding intuition: make small, low-stakes choices before the mind has time to override them.
Why you'd press play
When your gut has been overruled for years, this helps you practice listening again, one low-stakes choice at a time.
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