Episode 45: Heal Your Inner Child: How to Break the Cycle of Self-Blame & Step Into True Self-Love

Show Notes

Welcome to Heal with EQ: The EQ Guided Meditation Visualization.

Are you stuck chasing external validation, defining your worth by your appearance, or still reeling from past rejections and abandonment? In this raw and honest episode, Nadja El Fertasi (Founder, Thrive with EQ) shares her own healing journey—from a debilitating inner critic and perfectionism to reclaiming self-worth.

This isn't about spa days and superficial self-care; it's about the difficult, necessary work of shadow integration and truly loving yourself on your worst days.

Nadia dives into the painful moment she realized she was allowing others to misuse her kindness due to her own need for recognition, and how she finally said: "It ends with me."

What You'll Experience:

• Confronting the Harsh Critic: Understanding how your inner voice is reflecting unhealed wounds.
• The Power of Boundaries: Why self-love is the foundation for setting standards that deter narcissists and poor behavior.
• EQ Guided Visualization: A powerful meditation to meet and embrace your Inner Child—the key to unlocking lasting, unconditional self-love.
• A New Beginning: Learn to transmute guilt, regret, and shame into wisdom, and stop carrying generational trauma.

Press play to start pouring into yourself and become the source of love you've been seeking.

⚠️ Please Note: Listen when you are in a safe, supported space. Do not listen while operating a vehicle or heavy machinery. This episode is a journey of deep emotional healing.

Ready to deepen your healing journey? Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more insights and meditations: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj75XL-ciLfu2nIFh7893IA 

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What is Heal with Emotional Intelligence and Upgrade your Life?

Welcome to your safe space for emotional healing.

Are you navigating the painful aftermath of a heartbreak, feeling lost, overwhelmed, or alone? Do you wish you had a gentle guide to help you find your footing and rediscover your inner peace?

Welcome to Heal with EQ at the EQ Oasis, your twice-weekly sanctuary designed to help you mend your heart and transform your pain into power. This season is a deeply personal, solo journey with your host and emotional intelligence coach, Nadja. Drawing from her own challenges, Nadja holds a safe space for you to explore your feelings without judgment.

Every Friday, you’ll receive a new episode that is part personal story, part guided practice. Nadja shares the real, honest struggles of navigating emotional pain and provides the tools she uses to overcome them. 

Through powerful guided meditations and visualizations, you will learn to process your grief, release lingering attachments, and reconnect with the wise, resilient person you have always been.

This isn't about "getting over it." This is about going through it with courage, compassion, and the wisdom of emotional intelligence.

If you are ready to stop surviving and start healing, find a quiet moment, press play, and come home to yourself.

What to Expect Each Week:

• Honest Reflections: Nadja candidly shares personal challenges and breakthroughs on the path of healing.


• Guided Healing Practices: Receive powerful, easy-to-follow guided meditations and visualizations to calm your nervous system and reframe your thoughts.


• Practical EQ Tools: Learn simple, actionable emotional intelligence techniques to manage triggers and build resilience.


• A Moment of Calm: Two episodes a week provide a consistent and reliable space for you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with your inner strength.

Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, and begin your journey from heartbreak to wholeness today.