Hello my friends, welcome to the Astrosyl. I am Corialin, you are you, and it's great to be here with you in this moment of time.

Hope things are going right and well in your life today, hope you're feeling good and all of that type of thing.

I have got a great podcast for you today. My guest is Dr. Nicole LaPera.

Nicole is a clinical psychologist and author and a social media sensation.

Our first book How to Do the Work was a giant success, creating a framework of self therapy for people that resonated throughout the culture in a huge, huge way.

She's got a new book out called How to Meet Yourself, which is the workbook of self discovery.

A book that really helps you get in there, ask yourself questions, understand yourself more deeply, and give you the support to transform your inner world.

At a great time talking with Nicole, we get into all sorts of juicy mind nuggets, and I know you're going to dig it.

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Alright, the time is now. Let's go do it. Let's go talk to the brilliant and wise Dr. Nicola Barrett.

Congrats on the new book. It looks, first off, it's really beautifully designed.

How did you come up with the idea to have those kind of watercolor-looking drawings in there? What was the decision behind the aesthetic of that?

Yeah, thank you. I'm really, really happy with how it came out, and I definitely can't take credit for the design and its entirety.

One thing we did know going in in terms of the cover, I really liked the look of the sunburst, of how to do the work, the original book.

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