Episode 45: Dr. Nicole LePera on Learning in Public
“Can space be held for my truth? And, obviously, can I continue to work, for myself, to hold spaces for everyone else's truths, even when it is about me?”
-Dr. Nicole LePera, The Everything Belongs Podcast
Today on the Everything Belongs Podcast, Madison is in conversation with Dr. Nicole LePera. Dr. Nicole was trained in clinical psychology at Cornell University and the New School. She's also studied at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis. She is a holistic psychologist whose work addresses the connection between the mind and body and incorporates nutrition, lifestyle and psychological wellness practices. She is the creator of the movement #SelfHealers where people from around the world are joining together in community to take healing into their own hands. Her book, How to Do The Work, was released in March 2021. In this episode, first recorded in Fall 2020, Madison and Dr. Nicole speak on codependency, self healing and its relationship to interdependency and growing, sorting through feedback and living out your work on social media.
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In this episode we have a conversation about:
How the "Holistic Psychologist" came to be on social media
The urge to become the person everyone else needs us to be
Truth and restriction in the the therapy and coach spaces
Self Healing and Co-regulatory Healing
Codependency, interdependence, cutting out and boundaries
Connecting with yourself so you can connect to others
Nicole's journey towards consciousness and nervous system regulation
Trauma Bonding in existing relationships as you heal
Feedback, truth and discernment
Nicole's own experiences with feedback, learning in public and criticism
Having a platform and how it's lead to personal growth
Being aware and bringing forth our ego, thoughts and truth
