378: Stop Hustling for Worth, Heal People-Pleasing, + Feel Enough | Maggie Nick

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Kelly Leveque

Nutrition, Education, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

What if the version of you that’s always “good,” agreeable, and holding it all together… isn’t actually you? In this episode, I sit down with Maggie Nick, founder of Camp Lovable, to unpack the deep conditioning so many women carry around being liked, chosen, and “enough.” We talk about people-pleasing, nervous system safety, and why hustling for your worth keeps you stuck. Maggie breaks down the psychology in a way that actually lands, helping you feel seen, safe, and human. If you’re ready to drop the act and trust yourself again, this one’s for you. → Leave Us A Voice Message! Topics Discussed: → What is Good Girl conditioning → How to stop people pleasing → Why do I seek approval → How to feel safe being yourself → How to build self worth Sponsored By: → Function | Own your health for $365 a year. That’s a dollar a day. Learn more and join using my link. Visit https://www.functionhealth.com/bewellbykelly and use gift code BEWELL25 for a $25 credit toward your membership → Be Well By Kelly Protein Powder & Essentials | Get $10 off your order with PODCAST10 at https://bewellbykelly.com. → Timeline | Support your cells and how you age with Mitopure® Gummies from Timeline. Visit https://timeline.com/KELLY and save up to 39% off your Mitopure® Gummies. → Hiya | Get 50% off your first order at https://hiyahealth.com/KELLY Timestamps: → 00:00:00 - Introduction → 00:01:22 - Maggie’s Mental Health Journey → 00:03:53 - Defining The “Good Kid” → 00:05:33 - Birth Order → 00:09:56 - Kelly The Chameleon → 00:12:43 - Inherited Parenting Habits → 00:16:47 - Understanding Shame → 00:20:46 - Curious Not Critical → 00:24:01 - Checking In → 00:29:42 - Apologizing To Your Child → 00:32:26 - Boundaries → 00:34:35 - Check Your Expectations → 00:36:16 - Stand By Them → 00:38:26 - Being Impressive → 00:44:18 - Unconditional Love → 00:48:51 - Building Trust → 00:54:04 - Intuitive Children → 00:57:50 - The Heart Smile Board → 01:02:58 - Fight, Flight, Fawn, Freeze → 01:07:47 - Healing “Good Kids” → 01:13:53 - Parenting Styles → 01:17:15 - Self-Talk → 01:19:49 - Best Parenting Moment → 01:24:55 - Phones + Social Media Show Links: → Repressed Emotions, Anxiety + Why Self-Improvement Doesn’t Exist | Joe Hudson Check Out: → Instagram: @maggiewithperspectacles → TikTok: @maggiewithperspectacles → New Book: Good Kids (available now) Check Out Kelly: → Instagram → Youtube → Facebook

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0:00.0	A good parent was one who rolls up their sleeves and punishes their kid until they
0:05.0	stop fighting back.
0:06.0	These beliefs that have just been handed down and gone unchecked that kids not only need
0:10.1	to suffer but deserve to.
0:11.9	Like you should be afraid of what will happen if you do it again.
0:14.5	Like we've got all this up there for us.
0:16.7	But that makes kids feel like there's a lovable version of me that is well-behaved, that
0:21.9	can cooperate, that can do what it expected of me, and there's a version of me that's bad,
0:26.6	that like doesn't deserve love.
0:28.3	So we don't need drastic changes to your parenting.
0:30.9	You really don't.
0:31.9	There's a couple of like crucial things that make a huge difference.
0:35.0	It's like 50-50 whether we're like, what are you doing versus like,
0:39.1	I'm so interested in what you're doing.
0:42.0	Our ability to be calm has everything to do.
0:48.9	You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck.
0:55.1	Maggie Nick, a trauma therapist, the new author of this amazing book, Good Kids, and the group
1:02.6	leader of Good Girl Rehab membership in Camp Lovable.
1:06.1	It has been a pleasure to follow along with you and even more of a pleasure to read a book
1:12.6	that feels like it's about me. So thank you for writing it.
1:16.6	Oh my gosh, thank you for having me and I'm so glad it's making you feel seen. That's the goal.
1:21.6	Yeah, so can we talk a little bit about your work? It's been referred to as you putting psychology into an
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