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The Art of Being Well

Reparenting Your Inner Child: Attachment, Attunement, ACE Scores & Your Nervous System | Dr. Nicole LePera

The Art of Being Well

Dear Media, Will Cole

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Nicole LePera joins Dr. Will Cole for an in-person conversation on trauma, attachment, and what it actually means to “reparent” the inner child. They explore how early experiences shape the nervous system, why stress can feel familiar, and how modern life and social media can reinforce dysregulation. Nicole breaks down ACE scores, attunement, and why trauma is less about the event and more about the body’s ability to process what happened with support. They also discuss body-based healing tools, including grounding, breathwork, EMDR (and simple forms of bilateral stimulation), and why rest can feel unsafe for many people. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit www.drwillcole.com/podcast.


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0:00.0

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:06.0

Hi, I'm Dr. Will Cole.

0:09.1

Wellness is a sacred art, and you are the masterpiece.

0:13.7

This is the art of being well.

0:31.6

You all are looking for expounded conversations on a diverse array of different health topics,

0:37.3

then check out tons of free

0:39.7

resources that I have at Dr. Willcold.com. Some of the more recent articles that I wrote,

0:44.9

why somebody struggle with healthy foods, a deeper dive at lectin sensitivity. Man, there's so much

0:50.2

bioindividuality to this topic, different genetic and epigenetic factors of why even healthy foods can flare some people up. So we're going to deep dive on that article. The next article

0:58.7

is about electrolyte imbalance being the missing link for energy, mood, and cognition and what I,

1:04.8

my specific mock tail that I make for that. And another protocol that we love for telehealth patients

1:10.7

is frequency- specific microcurrent

1:12.7

fsm. It's an article about fSM therapy and how it can help heal chronic pain, inflammation,

1:18.8

and emotional stress and trauma. So anyways, guys, different articles, variety of different topics.

1:23.8

Check it all out at Dr.willcold.com. That's d R-W-I-l-l-c-o-le.com. All right, let's get to today's

1:31.5

guest. She's back on the show, Dr. Nicole LaPera. She's one of those people who has helped

1:37.1

change the language around trauma for millions. In this episode, we sit down in person for a

1:42.2

conversation that goes beneath the buzzwords and into the real work, what it means to feel safe in your body, why so many of us are wired for stress, and how we actually begin to heal.

1:53.7

We start with something subtle but important, the environment we choose.

1:57.7

Nicole talks about growing up in a city being conditioned to noise and stimulation

2:02.1

and how silent stillness can feel uncomfortable sometimes when your nervous system is used to chaos.

2:07.6

That's not a character flaw, it's adaptation. We talk about this emotional home base. We talk about

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