On this episode of the podcast, I sit down with my new friend Lolly. You may very well already be familiar with her wife, Nicole LePera, known for her @theholisticpsychologist Instagram account (which has nearly 5 million followers to date). Lolly and Nicole built their platform together from the ground up out of their tiny apartment in Philadelphia. Today, The Holistic Psychologist brand has a thriving community, podcast, and best-selling book.

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Below are some of the concepts Lolly and I cover:   

 

■ The origin story of The Holistic Psychologist brand and community

■ Spirituality (what it means to Lolly and the important role it plays in healing and recovery)

■ The controversy behind the statement “our thoughts become things” 

■ Binary thinking in today’s internet culture and the power, fear and responsibility that comes with having such a large mental health platform

■ Addressing the criticism from some in the mental health community around Nicole and Lolly's idea of “self-healing”

■ The severe lack of accessibility to mental health services (roadblocks, red tape, providers who don’t – or can’t afford to – take insurance) 

■ Why mental health can’t be a one-size-fits-all approach (the importance of having access to different information/modalities outside the standard talk therapy + medication route)

■ Lolly’s experience growing up with a mother with BPD traits and how she began to see the same patterns manifest within herself in adulthood

■ Lolly & Mollie’s experiences with klonopin and xanax dependency (exploring psychiatric drug withdrawal) 

■ The importance of nuanced thinking and the ability to hold two different realities at once

■ What the rise of Web3 (Web 3.0) and decentralized networks could mean for mental health communities and creatives with BPD/complex trauma (discussion of Instagram’s deletion of the #bpd hashtag)

■ The “struggle behind the scenes” epidemic (how social media tricks us into believing we’re the only ones suffering)

■ Imposter syndrome (how no one really knows what the f*ck they’re doing)

Connect with Lolly:

@createvisions2day on IG

theholisticpsychologist.com

 

Resources mentioned on today’s episode:

YouTube | Mastering the Art of Manifesting (by Wayne Dyer)

YouTube | Lewis Howes' Interview with Dr. Joe Dispenza

Goodreads | Books by John Bradshaw

 

Web 3.0 Basics:

TedTalks | Decentralized Internet Easily Explained

YouTube | NFTs Easily Explained

YouTube | What is Web 3.0?

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