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Perfectionism is Sabotaging Your Weight Loss (Why You Can't Keep It Off) with Dr. Nicole LePera

Jul 13, 2026 · 1h 24m

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What if the biggest thing standing between you and better health isn't your diet, your workout routine, or your hormones? What if it's the relationship you've built with yourself? In this conversation, I sit down with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Nicole LePera to explore how our earliest experiences shape the way we move through adulthood. From emotional eating and food noise to perfectionism, people pleasing, burnout, and the struggle to trust ourselves, so many of the habits we think are personality traits are actually learned survival strategies. We also explore why healing isn't about becoming someone new. It's about reconnecting with the parts of yourself that have always…