382: Reparenting Your Inner Child, Self-Abandonment + Nervous System Healing | Dr. Nicole LePera | Nicole LePera

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Kelly Leveque

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🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Why do you overreact, shut down, or put everyone else first, even when you know it’s hurting you? In this episode, Nicole LePera, breaks down how your “inner child” shapes your behaviors, from people-pleasing to perfectionism to emotional flooding, and how self-abandonment quietly shows up in your daily life. We also cover why these patterns aren’t flaws, they’re adaptations, and how to actually change them through nervous system regulation, awareness, and small, intentional shifts. If you’ve ever felt stuck repeating the same cycles in relationships, this will change how you understand yourself and what healing really looks like. → Leave Us A Voice Message! Topics Discussed: → Why do I self-abandon in relationships? → What is inner child healing and how does it work? → Why do I overreact or shut down emotionally? → How can I regulate my nervous system in real time? → How do I stop people-pleasing and set boundaries? Sponsored By: → OGEE | Thanks to today’s sponsor, OGEE: A higher standard for beauty. Go to https://OGEE.com/BEWELL and use code BEWELL to get 15% off certified organic makeup that performs like luxury. → 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 → Hiya | Get 50% off your first order at https://hiyahealth.com/KELLY → Minnow | Shop minnow's new apré-ski capsule collection at https://shopminnow.com and enter code MEETMINNOW15 at checkout to receive 15% off your first order. → Be Well By Kelly Protein Powder & Essentials | Get $10 off your order with PODCAST10 at https://bewellbykelly.com. Timestamps: → 00:00:00 - Introduction → 00:03:07 - Nicole’s Healing Journey → 00:07:09 - Cry It Out Method → 00:14:28 - Inner Child Work → 00:18:55 - Inner Children In Relationships → 00:21:02 - Reparting Steps → 00:27:37 - Kelly’s Experience With Therapy → 00:30:35 - Emotional Flooding → 00:35:41 - Handling Stress → 00:37:27 - Self Abandonment → 00:41:41 - Selfless Motherhood → 00:43:44 - Overcorrection + Helicopter Parenting → 00:47:52 - Snow Plow Parenting → 00:51:43 - Negativity Bias + Boundaries → 00:59:13 - Kelly’s Experience → 01:01:12 - You Are Not Broken → 01:05:31 - Regulation Tools Further Listening: → Repressed Emotions, Anxiety + Why Self-Improvement Doesn’t Exist | Joe Hudson Check Out Nicole: → Website: https://theholisticpsychologist.com/ → Instagram: @the.holistic.psychologist → New Book: Reparenting The Inner Child Check Out Kelly: → Instagram → Youtube → Facebook

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0:00.0	Some of us, very well intentioned, had the parents that were reading the parenting books,
0:03.3	following what the experts said, and still it was missing the mark of what was needed.
0:07.7	Nowhere do we meet our inner child more than in relationship.
0:10.9	And this is even beyond romantic partnerships.
0:13.5	I mean, this goes into our family relationships, our work, professional relationships.
0:19.8	Oftentimes, a reaction that we're having is disproportionate to the moment. And that can look in two directions. It can look like an overreaction, where we're screaming, we're yelling, we're kind of acting out of character and can also look like an underreaction where we're not advocating for ourselves. We're appeasing, pleasing, not setting a limit where we need to set one.
0:41.9	You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck.
0:48.2	Hey guys, welcome back to the BeWall by Kelly podcast. We have Dr. Nicole LaPera back with her second book, Reparenting the Inner Child.
0:57.7	Dr. Nicole has built any phenomenal following on the holistic psychologist online.
1:02.7	If you aren't following along, you need to be. Go back, listen to our first episode.
1:07.0	But I am so excited to dive into this book and have Nicole back.
1:10.9	Thank you for being here and sharing your time.
1:13.0	I know book tours can be very hectic.
1:15.3	So I'm happy you're here.
1:16.8	I'm super excited to be here and honored to reconnect with you and your community.
1:21.0	Yeah.
1:21.3	I think there's just so much overlap in regards to, you know, the way that we show up and take care of ourselves.
1:26.6	You're one of the first psychologists I've seen really bring in tools like somatic, somatic tools and food and movement
1:34.8	and breathwork. And it's, it's profound and exciting to see you teach people how to be self-healers
1:42.7	with all the tools that are available to us.
1:44.5	So thank you for all the work that you've done over the years and for making this accessible
1:49.1	to people because traditional therapy may not always be accessible and the person we're working
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