Dr. Nicole LePera

Mine was alive right now, kind of hearing that, hearing that reflected back to me, to some extent believing it, but to

another extent, not fully.

And that just really illustrates the complexity of this human experience and, you know, what it means to be human.

And I think the final thing that I would end with is, you know, I think so many of us, and one of the reasons why I've shifted my focus from individual work into a community-based setting, online included,

is I think so many of us really truly believe we're alone.

We're the only ones who feel this way.

We're the only ones who do this.

I can't tell anyone that this is what I'm struggling with.

So I want to say that that is so not true.

And the reason why I so readily share my own self is in hopes that you can kind of break down that wall of feeling alone, because we are all so much more similar than we are dissimilar.

And again, we are all

So worthy for just being who we are in all of our messiness, the things we're good at, the things we're not good at, our joy, our sorrow, and everything in between.

To live a life that's yours is what comes up, right?

Because we all even have different ideas of what good is.

I think our journey here is to find ourselves, find our way back home, get curious, explore that beautiful creature of worthiness and to create space in our environments and our relationships to live that expression.

So I think that that is the ultimate goodness in life is to live a life that's yours.

Can you take me back to that time and what you've learned from that?

Absolutely.

And so as we all are in childhood, we're very connected, observant, and absorbative of the world around us.

And I saw very clearly very early on that in a very traditional way, my family, you know, was of the mindset that success in life meant having financial security.