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Who knew my BFRB was something I could laugh about?!As someone with a BFRB, I'm all too familiar with failure. My BFRB knocked me down every single day. But after 10 years of shame and isolation, I now want to celebrate the two things that have helped me the most on my journey: community and compassion. Fidget is a monthly podcast for your BFRB toolbox. https://www.fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What is the overlap between BFRBs and trauma? What are the stages of change? How do we help clients set expectations? Do people know what they are signing up for when they start therapy? Guest: Lisa Conway, PhD - Exposuretherapychicago.com IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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What is the overlap between boxing and therapy? What sets the psychodynamic approach apart? What can animals teach us about our BFRB? What role does attachment play in managing BFRBs? Guest: Stacy Nakell, LCSW - @stacynakell_lscw - stacynakell.com IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat…
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What has forced me to confront my mental health? How honest am I with myself? Can we be excited about our challenges? Have I overextended myself? How long does it take to become fluent with our own bodies? Guest: Eric Callison @arbre.de.deuil IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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What are my standards compared to that of others? What is the danger of a single story? Why do we cringe about something we made in our past? What are our creative defence mechanisms? Guests: Cheyenne IG @skinpicking_illustrator Thomas https://2022festival.vaff.org/product/international-canadian-animated-shorts/ IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpod…
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Do I have performance anxiety? Does thinking in a different langauge change how I view myself? How have I defined gross? How do I look for patterns? Am I a nerd? Guest: Anja @bfrbcoping IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.By Jason Yu and Adele Therias
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Why do we find ourselves revisiting the same topics over and over again? How to we pinpoint the language for our feelings? How do we integrate pain as part of the recovery process? How do we hold other people responsible? How do we choose our responses in the moment? IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva…
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What do secrets do to us? Is everything I believe true? What I feel when I hear my own life come out of other people's lives? How can we see the beauty of our own nervous system? Is it my job to please everyone? What is the value of self-doubt? How do we get in touch with our own skills? How do we integrate the different facets? What am I trying to…
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Why do we let the paints sit in the basement? What has a mind of its own? Why is it important to have colour in our life? How can we find our voice? How can we practice imperfection? What keeps you present? Featured guest: Allison Dawrant, @artbyalimac IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf…
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Who is the pilot? Who is at fault? What can replace shame? What is more satisfying than a BFRB? How do we organize ourselves? When am I allowed to pull? Featured guest: Ellen Crupi, Director of Awareness at Habit Aware Watch this 4min video to learn how the Habit Aware bracelet works https://youtu.be/nMKQM6zG54w Receive 10% off your order with the …
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What are the underlying conditions of our BFRBs? How do you meet yourself with compassion? What we use as reminders? What does pain push us to do? Featured guest: Aneela Idnani, cofounder of Habit Aware Watch this 4min video to learn how the Habit Aware bracelet works https://youtu.be/nMKQM6zG54w Receive 10% off your order with the promo code FIDGE…
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What are the roots of my BFRB? Why do I make things so hard for myself? Is my list going to end? Why do I not know how to ask for help? Featured guests: Saharra Dixon @dramatichealtheducator Alli Dwyer @allidwy Mishel Andrashuna ​@skinstorieswithmish Gordon Megan Hunt @mhmeganhunt Eric Callison @arbre.de.deuil IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodca…
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When in a relationship do you bring up your mental health? How do we let mental health define us? What have been our experiences with medication? How does our mental health get in the way? Featured guest: Lucas Frost IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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A Fidget experiment, and this time there are professionals! Why is it hard to go to counselling? Why is counselling hard? What are some ideas to make counselling more successful? Featured guests: Pam Katz, Licensed Clinical Social Worker - https://northshorementalwellness.com/. Kathryn Atkinson, Registered Clinical Counsellor - https://islandclinic…
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At what point does a behaviour become a BFRB? What did we do to cover up our BFRBs? What causes us to engage in our BFRB? How do people know what their feelings are? What happens when we don't catch ourselves? What hurts the most? What is this telling me? Featured guest: Tyler Costello, member of the TLC Foundation for BFRBs community IG: @fidgetpo…
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How do we deal with burnout? What is it like to be a parent with a BFRB? How has our understanding changed over time? Are we treated differently because we have a BFRB? What can we get through? What are all those what ifs? What is the love/hate relationship with our BFRBs? Featured guest: Sera, New York-based creator of thebodyfocusedmama Instagram…
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What is it like to cope with a BFRB in high school? What does it mean to meet Derm halfway? How do we communicate with our parents? How does Morgan spread hope? Featured guest: Morgan, creator of hope.for.derm Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/hope.for.derm/ IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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What is perfect? How much time do our BFRBs take? What does recovery mean? What is the relationship between following your passion and experiencing your BFRB? What are our favourite fidget toys? Featured guest: Cheyenne Goudswaard, Netherlands-based illustrator and creator of the Fidget logo! http://www.cheyennegoudswaard.com/ https://www.instagram…
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What does 2021 have in store for us? What do we put ourselves through? Does panicking ever improve the situation? What is Jason truly afraid of? Featuring: the OG crew (Jason and Adele) Some links: https://www.maisiehill.com/ https://www.alieward.com/ologies IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo…
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What is it like to learn about your friend's BFRB? How did we talk about this as teenagers? Why go public about our experiences? What are some parallels between eating disorders and BFRBs? Featured guest: Toronto-based Ellie (Adele's friend from middle school!) IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…
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What falls under the BFRB umbrella? What feelings are we trying to capture? Can Adele use ineffable in a sentence? Is this how we will start every podcast? Featuring: The OG team (Jason and Adele) Useful links: https://www.instagram.com/skinpicking_illustrator/ https://www.instagram.com/trichotillomorous/ IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.co…
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In Episode 15 of the Hot Snowball Pod, Stritch is given the stage to give his thoughts (and vent) about the Patriots' 41-33 loss to the Eagles in the Super Bowl. I think it's safe to say that he needed this. He and Mayer also discuss:- Book Club news (the next book is announced)- NBA Trade Deadline and injuries- NBA All-Star Weekend Predicitionsand…
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The Pats are in the Super Bowl again. Stritch tells Mayer about the rollercoaster of emotions he endured during the game on Sunday, how he feels about the upcoming Super Bowl game. Also discussed:- The Celtics and Cavs struggles- The NBA being very petty- A Mock Draft of the NBA All-Star game starters/reserves- Whether the Vikings deserved to be in…
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