Jason Wachub

Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast.

I'm Jason Wachub, founder and co-CEO of My Buddy Green and your host.

Most of us think we know ourselves pretty well.

We know our habits, our tendencies, our personality.

But what if some of the traits we're most proud of are survival strategies you developed before you even knew you were surviving?

Today's guest is Dr. Nicole LaPera, also known as the Holistic Psychologist on social media.

She is the author of multiple bestselling books, including How to Do the Work and her newest, Reparenting the Inner Child.

Her work has reached tens of millions of people who are waking up to the idea that healing doesn't happen in a therapist's office alone.

It happens in the small daily choices we make to show up differently.

Nicole brings something rare to the space, the science to back up the feeling that something from your past is still running the show and a practical path forward.

This one hit close to home for me.

It was fascinating.

I think you're really going to like it.

Let's get to it.

So what's a behavior that us adults think is, you know, just my personality, but in reality, it's our inner child.

And there's a need that needs to be met.

And how does one know when they're having a moment where, hey, not me, sorry, excuse me, it's not my adult self, I'm reacting to my inner child.

How does one go about that process to catching themselves?

So emotional dysregulation.

And so many of us had quote unquote, normal, good childhoods, you know, lack major trauma, but we still struggle with this stuff.