50. Learning to Trust Yourself Again After Years of Self Doubt
From Reframing Neurodiversity by Melissa Jackson
May 28, 2025 · 16 min · Episode 50
About this episode
Melissa explores the impact of self-doubt and masking on adults, particularly those with ADHD, and shares her journey of reclaiming self-trust through reparenting and somatic healing.
In this episode, Melissa explores the deep impact that years of masking, self-doubt, and external validation-seeking can have on adults—especially those with ADHD or heightened sensitivity. She shares her own journey of reclaiming self-trust, the limiting beliefs that kept her stuck, and how reparenting herself somatically has helped her—and her clients—begin to heal from the inside out. What you’ll learn: Why ADHDers often struggle to trust themselves after a lifetime of being misunderstood How childhood conditioning creates unconscious limiting beliefs that persist into adulthood The difference between intellectually knowing something and somatically believing it How reparenting gets to the root of self-doubt, people-pleasing, and emotional dysregulation How to recognize and break free from outsourcing your power to others Why self-trust starts with nervous system safety—not mindset work alone What an “evidence journal” is, and how it helps rebuild confidence What it means to somatically rewire old emotional wounds and beliefs Why external validation can never replace internal safety and self-acceptance How Melissa is now working with moms to reparent themselves—and why it…
People in this episode
Host: Melissa Jackson
Topics covered
- self-trust
- ADHD
- reparenting
- emotional dysregulation
- limiting beliefs
- nervous system safety
Keywords
- self-doubt
- masking
- external validation
- reparenting
- emotional wounds
- confidence
- evidence journal
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