Dr. Nicole LePera ON: Why You Feel Stuck in Your Past & Finding Self-Awareness to Heal From Trauma

Dr. Nicole LePera chats with Jay Shetty to talk about trauma as the root of all mental health problems. They discuss how one can utilize their own environment to self heal, why people are stuck with the same adaptive mechanism that doesn’t help them change, and taking many small steps on our way to complete healing.

Dr. Nicole, a trained clinical psychologist, created the SelfHealers Circle to allow people to go on their own journey and create who they want to become. Dr. Nicole lives in Los Angeles, California and loves anywhere that involves the stillness (and quiet) of nature. She currently hosts the SelfHealers Soundboard podcast with Jenna Weakland focused on recognizing patterns, healing from the past, and creating oneself.

What We Discuss with Dr. LePera:

00:00 Intro
02:23 The concept of the work: getting stuck
04:33 Utilize the environment around us with many daily small steps
07:23 What is epigenetics?
09:46 Empowering yourself to be your own healer
14:04 When you entertain the idea that maybe you are broken
18:07 Overwhelming change could send us back into that same adaptive mechanism
22:26 We work with the pattern we’re stuck in
26:52 When we’re conscious, we can hear our body
31:44 The uniqueness that makes each of us different
35:31 The nature of our thoughts are reiterative and amplified in some ways
41:35 How to nurture self-awareness and self honesty without leading to self-destruction?
46:19 How do we stop letting other people's opinions define our choice?
50:16 Creating empathy to people we can’t relate to
52:47 Honoring the small choices you’re making and the moment you’re living in
54:25 Dr. LePera on Fast Five

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