Telling people they have the power to solve their own problems is one of the stickiest tenets of pop-psychology-driven self-help gurus ranging from Tony Robbins to Marianne Williamson base their advice around it. Per LePera, we have all of the tools we need to heal, especially from childhood trauma, within reach. She calls the process she promotes “self-healing,” although the principal central to it could also be described as self-determination. LePera’s work centers on the self and “empowerment,” and how personal choices affect our mental, physical, and spiritual wellness.
Her graphics explaining trauma, the “reparenting” process of setting boundaries and building up self-love, and “ego work” net tens of thousands of likes per post.Īctress Hilary Swank left a glowing comment on one of the account’s most recent posts: “I so wish I had known you 25 years ago when I started my journey down psychology lane… I get more from your posts than my years of sit downs. Except that LePera, better known as is a psychologist with a PhD, a booming online therapy business, and 2.6 million Instagram followers as of this writing by the time this story is published, she’ll likely have more. Normally, this kind of exchange would be of little concern-there are tons of people on social media with potentially harmful opinions. “My deepest belief is that we are 100% responsible for our thoughts, behaviors, and reactions,” she wrote in a later message. “I listen to many mentors in this arena who are of different races and grew up in poverty talking about how this very idea changed their lives,” she wrote.
In the conversation that ensued, LePera defended her stance.
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