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Are you protecting yourself so well that no one, not even you, can get in?

In this episode, Nina Garcia breaks down emotional unavailability through the story of Wolverine: strong, fierce, and deeply alone. Using this powerful metaphor, she explains how emotional armor might look like resilience on the outside, but often hides deep discomfort with connection. Nina shares three practical steps to help you move from shutdown to self-awareness, and reminds you that emotional security isn’t about staying safe, it’s about showing up. If you’ve ever felt alone in a crowded room or struggled to let people in, this episode is your starting place.

What you’re going to walk away with:
💌 How emotional unavailability shows up in real life (and why it's not your fault)
💌 Why connection can feel dangerous when you’ve been hurt
💌 Three small but powerful steps to start opening up
💌 What emotional fitness looks like and how to build it

What you’ll get:
(0:09) What emotional unavailability really is
(1:02) Why emotional growth is like going to the gym
(1:52) Story: Wolverine and the fear of connection
(4:59) The hidden cost of always staying strong
(6:22) How emotional avoidance can look like success
(11:18) Three steps to move from unavailable to aware
(14:44) Take the emotional security quiz to find your profile

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Can you really feel safe with yourself if you're always trying to control everything around you? In this episode, Nina Garcia shares a powerful story about a man named Harry: successful, driven, and emotionally lost. You’ll walk through the six stages of emotional security and learn how real confidence isn’t about fixing the weather, it’s about learning how to stand in the storm. Using the metaphor of your emotional landscape, Nina shows how most of us are unknowingly performing emotional strength while missing the core skills that actually build it. If you’ve ever felt like something’s still missing, even when everything looks good on paper, this episode is for you.

What you’re going to walk away with:
💌 The six emotional security profiles and what they look like in everyday life
💌 How performance can replace true emotional safety
💌 What emotional fitness vs. emotional wealth means
💌 The one equation that unlocks long-term confidence

What you’ll get:
(0:50) Why gripping tighter builds control, not courage
(1:16) The six emotional security profiles explained
(3:15) Story: “Harry” and the hidden cost of success
(6:10) From unavailable to aware to emotionally literate
(8:11) What emotional availability actually looks like
(9:04) Emotional vulnerability and how to go deeper
(9:49) What emotional security sounds and feels like
(10:29) The equation: Emotional fitness + emotional wealth = emotional security
(14:41) Self-check: how to spot where you are on the spectrum

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Can you truly love someone who doesn’t know how to protect you from themselves? This episode is a deeply honest look at what happens when success on the outside masks insecurity on the inside. Through personal stories and professional insight, Nina explores why so many high-achieving men still lose the love they’ve worked so hard to build. Emotional security isn’t about having money, status, or charm, it’s about creating safety within yourself and in your relationships. What you’re going to walk away with:

💌 What emotional security actually is, and why love alone isn’t enough.
💌 Why emotional insecurity is the real danger in relationships.
💌 How to take responsibility, set boundaries, and stop repeating old patterns.
💌 The emotional security spectrum and how to find out where you land.

What you’ll get:
(0:50) Why men with success still lose the people they love
(1:41) Defining emotional security and why it’s critical
(4:01) Story: a partner who couldn’t stop drinking
(6:43) Story: a marriage that ended after the “effort” disappeared
(10:53) How insecurity shows up in even the strongest men
(13:41) Nina’s self-check: the role she played in staying too long
(17:04) The 6 stages of emotional security
(20:37) Emotional fitness + emotional wealth = emotional security
(25:25) What masking looks like in relationships
(27:06) Weekly adventure challenge: stop protecting people from their feelings

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After a season away, Nina Garcia returns to reconnect and re-focus Empowered Human around high-achieving men who are ready to build emotional security — not just success. She’s not here to be your therapist, but your guide — helping you train for courage, healing, and belonging in business, love, and life.

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"The Empowered Human Book” is a guide for those ready to shift from feeling powerful to truly empowered. Written with the spirit of a playful adventure quest, this book blends the insights of a licensed counselor and drama therapist to help you embrace your authentic self. You'll learn practical tools for building confidence, strengthening emotional resilience, and showing up fully without masking parts of who you are for others' comfort. It’s a journey of self-discovery that invites you to level up and thrive, while honoring both your worth and the worth of those around you. Visit our link below for more info.

🎁 Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings: https://linktr.ee/empoweredwithnina


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!

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Are you truly emotionally secure—or just pretending to be okay? In this final part of the four-part series on leveling up emotionally, Nina breaks down what real emotional security feels like and how to actually build it. If you’ve been doing the work—building emotional fitness and growing emotional wealth—this episode ties it all together. Nina introduces the "colored zones" framework: green, yellow, orange, and red. These aren’t just traffic lights—they’re a clear way to check in with yourself and figure out where you’re standing emotionally. Get the inside scoop on:

💌 What emotional security really means and how it connects to emotional fitness and emotional wealth.
💌 How to recognize your current emotional state using the "colored zones" system.
💌 How to build your emotional security over time.

What you’ll get:
(0:33) The emotional security equation
(3:32) The colored zones of emotional security
(8:41) Emotional security adventure challenge
(9:04) Takeaways

Resources:

🎁 Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings: https://linktr.ee/empoweredwithnina


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!

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Ever feel like some relationships lift you up while others just drain the life out of you? In this episode of Empowered Human, Nina Garcia breaks down the idea of emotional wealth—the value you build (or lose) in your relationships. Just like financial investments, the connections in your life either give you a return or leave you emotionally bankrupt. So, are you investing wisely? Press play and find out.

💌 How to assess your emotional investments.
💌 Which relationships fuel your growth, and which ones suck the energy right out of you.
💌 Reflect on whether you need to shift your strategy or cut your losses altogether.

What you’ll get:
(0:43) What is emotional wealth?
(3:20) The investment-return equation in relationships
(4:33) Are your relationships giving you something back?
(6:04) When to shift (or cut) an emotional investment
(9:17) How to build lifelong emotional wealth
(9:55) Takeaways

Resources:

🎁 Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings: https://linktr.ee/empoweredwithnina


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!

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How strong are you emotionally? Can you handle tough feelings, bounce back when life knocks you down, and actually feel all your emotions without getting stuck? In this episode of Empowered Human, Nina Garcia breaks down emotional fitness—the foundation of emotional security. Think of it like working out at the gym, but for your emotions. Listen in as we explore:

💌 Emotional fitness, flexibility, and resilience.
💌 Powerful tools like breathwork to stay present, emotional funneling to process big feelings.
💌 How small, consistent efforts help you level up emotionally without overwhelming yourself.

What you’ll get:
(0:51) The big question: How do we level up emotionally?
(3:23) What is emotional fitness?
(6:01) The gym metaphor: emotional fitness vs. physical fitness
(10:00) Adventure challenges: Are you emotionally strong, flexible, and resilient?
(11:53) Breathwork: Why it matters and how to start
(12:52) Emotional funneling: A tool to process big emotions
(14:58) Which challenge will you take?

🎥 Want to watch this episode? Catch it on YouTube! 📺✨ https://youtu.be/uTILKiLAYsM

Resources:

🎁 Get Empowered Now with Nina's Offerings: https://linktr.ee/empoweredwithnina


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!