# Your Childhood Patterns Are Still Running Your Life | Dr. Nicole LePera

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Podcast: [Good Life Project](https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-life-project-963599)
Published: 2026-05-07T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/goodlifeprojectinspirationmotivationhappinessmeaningsuccess/episodes/your-childhood-patterns-are-still-running-your-life-dr-nicol
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The anxiety you carry, the way you go silent in conflict, the relentless drive that never quite feels like enough, these didn't start with you.  They started much earlier, in relationships and environments your body learned to survive before you had words for any of it. And according to Dr. Nicole LePera, until you understand what your nervous system actually encoded in those years, you'll keep bumping into the same walls, the same patterns, the same exhaustion. Dr. Nicole LePera is a clinical psychologist trained at Cornell University and the New School for Social Research, a New York Times bestselling author, and the founder of the global SelfHealers community. Her new book, Reparenting the Inner Child , brings together neuroscience, attachment research, and epigenetics to explain not just why we are the way we are, but how real change actually happens in the body, not just the mind. In this conversation, you'll explore: Why your childhood adaptations were brilliant at the time, and how they became the patterns holding you back now What the inner child actually is (the science, not the cliche), and why insight alone isn't enough to change it The neuroscience of emotional flooding: what's happening in your body when you can't just calm down, no matter how much you want to Why midlife is often the moment these old patterns finally surface, and why that's not regression, it's readiness The epigenetics of stress: how your ancestors' survival adaptations may be running your nervous system today Where to actually begin if you want to do this work without needing to excavate everything that happened to you as a child If you've spent years doing the work and still find yourself reacting in ways that don't feel like you, this conversation will help you understand why, an…

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