How Our Nervous System Affects Our Emotions, Mental Health & Who We Are In The World with Dr Nicole LePera | RachReflects Episode 02

In my first conversation on RachReflects, I am honoured to be joined by Dr Nicole LePera, whom you may know as The Holistic Psychologist, or as The Wall Street Journal calls her, “Instagram’s Favourite Therapist”. Dr Nicole is a trained clinical psychologist and the author of bestselling self- help books, “How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self” and “How to Meet Your Self: The Workbook for Self-Discovery”. Ever since she decided to venture outside of traditional psychotherapy to pursue a more holistic approach to healing, Dr Nicole’s teachings have helped and empowered many to recognise and free themselves from trauma cycles to re-create the person they truly want to be and the life they wish to live.  This episode is the first of two parts of a conversation that is packed with insights, wisdom and tools from Dr Nicole who sheds light on how everything from our mental and physical health to our relationship with our selves, our emotions, our children, parents and partner, and how we respond to stress especially in the “Urgency Culture” many of us live in, begins in our body, specifically, our nervous system. The conversation on mental health then, says Dr Nicole, is one that must include the body. What does it mean to listen to our body and what it needs? How can we regulate our nervous system, teach the body to rest and feel safe in our stillness so that we can feel safe enough to be ourselves in the world? Why is it important to challenge our “mind stories” in order to make new choices with intention each day that serve us?  I’m so excited for you to join us as we dive into this mind- and heart-opening episode. And I cannot wait to return in Part Two, where we delve even deeper as Dr Nicole talks about the impact that our upbringing and early conditioning by caregivers and society have on the way we see ourselves currently and how “worthy” we feel we are, how we show up in our lives as adults and parents, and how we can begin to heal and re-parent our inner child.  “Every moment offers an opportunity to show up to make a new choice.” Let’s go. Find RachReflects on : rachreflects.com instagram.com/ms_rach youtube.com/@rachreflects