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

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

September 20, 2021

Duration

57m

Channel

Jay Shetty Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

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 Like this show? Please leave us a review here - even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally! Grab a copy of your own Think Like A Monk book. Get the audiobook here: https://amzn.to/2THCYUu

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Dr. Nicole LePera

  guest

  Clinical psychologist and author focused on holistic psychology, trauma healing, and self-awareness practices.

• Jay Shetty

  host

  Host of On Purpose and author of Think Like A Monk.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Jay Shetty Podcast, featuring Dr. Nicole LePera and Jay Shetty, Dr. Nicole LePera ON: Why You Feel Stuck in Your Past & Finding Self-Awareness to Heal From Trauma explores Why change feels impossible—and how presence rebuilds choice and healing Dr. Nicole LePera defines “The Work” as bridging the gap between awareness and consistent behavior change through daily choices rather than insight alone.

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