How To Do The Work

by Dr Nicole LePera

consuming nutrient-dense foods that make you feel your best, adding fermented foods, such as sauerkraut, yogurt, kefir, and kimchi, to your diet can also be helpful, as they are rich in naturally occurring probiotics.

When we eat processed, sugar-laden foods, we’re hungry all the time because our body is starved for the nutrients it requires.

Physical exercise deepens sleep and improves mood by releasing neurochemicals in the brain, including dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine, which all make you feel happier and less stressed.

The benefits of singing do not stop in adulthood. Belting out your favourite song will help tone your vagus nerve in many of the similar ways that breathwork, yoga, and play do.

listen to midfrequency music to open up our middle ear muscles (the same muscles that are activated when we are in the happy place of social engagement mode).

A parent-figure who is feeling overwhelmed by and uncomfortable with their own emotions, when seeing their child distressed, might say ‘You’re too sensitive’. The child, whose main objective is to receive love, will suppress or hide their perceived sensitivities in an attempt to continue to do so. If this pattern continues, the child might ‘toughen up’ or detach, ignoring their authentic Self and presenting a false self,

That core belief – that you are not as good as a sibling – might translate to a low sense of self.