EMPOWERED HUMAN with Nina Garcia
Here, you're invited to play with being human, and you'll be given the skills to transform hard conversations - around your identity and diverse human narratives - into teachable moments. Empowered Human with Nina Garcia: an episodic journey to your most vibrant self, with new episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe now 🎉
EMPOWERED HUMAN with Nina Garcia
Why The Success of Your Relationships ALWAYS Starts with You
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
Ready to see where you land on the emotional security spectrum? Take the quiz at https://form.typeform.com/to/gsy9mGLA