Dr. Nicole LePera

But again, I want to normalize.

You might not know.

And that's okay.

Because what you've done is you've broken a habit.

You've paused enough to give yourself space to ask.

And now you can get curious and experiment and explore.

And for your inner child, that might be the first time ever someone, you, are showing up in service of your own best interest or your own needs.

it's got a little emotional hearing that because there's still a part of me that doesn't fully believe that, right?

That only sees worthiness in action.

So I want to reiterate, all of you listeners are inherently worthy, you know, for just being who you are.

And I also want to

you know, normalize any resistance, any difficulty in believing that.

Maybe even any emotionality that you might notice come out when someone like myself suggests that, because that's a beautiful moment where you've met that inner child, right?

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.