Dr. Nicole LePera

That's where my family very gratefully took my exit to be an inspiration for them to do some of their own self-reflection, some of their own beautiful work in healing and creating changes in their own individual relationships and their own dynamics as a family.

That's where my family very gratefully took my exit to be an inspiration for them to do some of their own self-reflection, some of their own beautiful work in healing and creating changes in their own individual relationships and their own dynamics as a family.

And then we all made the shared decision to reintegrate and to explore new dynamics, new boundaries moving forward that would better work for all of us, allow us all to be in a deeper, more authentic relationship. And we did so in a therapist office. So therapy, I think, can be incredibly beneficial. Again, I also know not all of us have access to it.

And then we all made the shared decision to reintegrate and to explore new dynamics, new boundaries moving forward that would better work for all of us, allow us all to be in a deeper, more authentic relationship. And we did so in a therapist office. So therapy, I think, can be incredibly beneficial. Again, I also know not all of us have access to it.

And I know there are so many hours outside of that one hour that many of us get in a therapy room where these habits and patterns live and are coloring our lives. So it's like the power combo.

And I know there are so many hours outside of that one hour that many of us get in a therapy room where these habits and patterns live and are coloring our lives. So it's like the power combo.

That fear, I just want to speak to that really quickly, that comes from a real place. For many of us, a lived experience in our earliest relationships when we were dependent on some version of care being given to us to keep us physiologically alive. And when we didn't have...

That fear, I just want to speak to that really quickly, that comes from a real place. For many of us, a lived experience in our earliest relationships when we were dependent on some version of care being given to us to keep us physiologically alive. And when we didn't have...

a safe, secure, emotionally attuned caregiver, curious about ourselves as a different individual and creating the space for us to express whatever that meant for us when many more of us have been told directly or indirectly the things that we need to shift or change about ourselves, the things we need to do or stop doing to maintain those connections.

a safe, secure, emotionally attuned caregiver, curious about ourselves as a different individual and creating the space for us to express whatever that meant for us when many more of us have been told directly or indirectly the things that we need to shift or change about ourselves, the things we need to do or stop doing to maintain those connections.

Because we need it, those connections, we will develop, as your beautiful new book kind of states, this idea that we're not worthy, we're actually quite unworthy unless we keep hiding and suppressing. And as I call it in the book, playing these conditioned selves or these versions of ourself. So I want to honor how very real and ingrained

Because we need it, those connections, we will develop, as your beautiful new book kind of states, this idea that we're not worthy, we're actually quite unworthy unless we keep hiding and suppressing. And as I call it in the book, playing these conditioned selves or these versions of ourself. So I want to honor how very real and ingrained

these patterns are, why we can't just say, oh, and here maybe you and I say on this beautiful conversation, oh, it's safe to be who we are. Wired into our mind and body at one time, it was not safe. Our connections were at risk. So one of the major things I saw myself doing, which is why I was so concerned about expressing myself authentically, what all my colleagues think,

these patterns are, why we can't just say, oh, and here maybe you and I say on this beautiful conversation, oh, it's safe to be who we are. Wired into our mind and body at one time, it was not safe. Our connections were at risk. So one of the major things I saw myself doing, which is why I was so concerned about expressing myself authentically, what all my colleagues think,

expressing myself personally, telling others what I wanted or needed in relationships was in fear of those relationships ending, people not liking me, me disappointing people. As I work through that, because it does feel, it's not just, again, something we can affirm away. Putting ourself out there is vulnerable.

expressing myself personally, telling others what I wanted or needed in relationships was in fear of those relationships ending, people not liking me, me disappointing people. As I work through that, because it does feel, it's not just, again, something we can affirm away. Putting ourself out there is vulnerable.

Tolerating the fear and sometimes the reaction that we fear we will get when we get that continuing to live in alignment. I had done that. Social media was a really great practice for me. And it's quite honestly one of the reasons I created the account was to practice authentically sharing my truth.

Tolerating the fear and sometimes the reaction that we fear we will get when we get that continuing to live in alignment. I had done that. Social media was a really great practice for me. And it's quite honestly one of the reasons I created the account was to practice authentically sharing my truth.

And I'd done that for long enough and felt the difference in my body of how it feels not to have that sensor in my mind, not to always be worrying about what people think and just being able to be myself as I am. I knew what that translated to. I felt in greater flow. My relationships became deeper and more authentic.

And I'd done that for long enough and felt the difference in my body of how it feels not to have that sensor in my mind, not to always be worrying about what people think and just being able to be myself as I am. I knew what that translated to. I felt in greater flow. My relationships became deeper and more authentic.