Emotional Badass · Nikki Eisenhauer

What Makes the Female Mind Capable of Bullying?

October 12, 2025·33 min·3 clips
Nikki Eisenhower defines bullying as the act of denying another person's full humanity to make yourself feel larger and safer.
Psychotherapist Nikki Eisenhower explores why female bullying is particularly complex and damaging, using the metaphor that women's brains are like intricate webs while men's are linear. She contrasts healthy female love with how those same connective abilities can become weapons when used to bully, sharing personal stories and therapeutic insights about setting boundaries and overcoming internal criticism.

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A blunt, intimate look at women, bullying, and the fear underneath it.

Nikki Eisenhower uses Emotional Badass to look at what happens when women bully, and she keeps it grounded in her own long, uneasy history with both men and women.

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You want a frank, tender map of women’s dynamics, control, and disconnection.

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