Sometimes fun, sometimes educational, Fidget is two friends talking about Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (BFRBs). We are not professionals / BFRB experts. We just want to share our lived experience in hopes of supporting those affected by BFRBs: whether that’s you or someone close to you. It's a monthly podcast for your BFRB toolbox! Questions? Requests? Ideas for the show? Email us at fidgetpodcast@gmail.com.
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Am I bored of my BFRB? What is intentional peer support? How can we move from helping to learning together? How to advocate for BFRBs? Fly fly nothing's perfect!Guest:Jen - @origamistoryclubIG: @fidgetpodcasthttps://fidgetpodcast.com/
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?IG: @fidgetpodcasthttps://fidgetpodcast.com/
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.comIG: @fidgetpodcasthttps://fidgetpodcast.com/
How does psychological flexibility help us?What am I overfixated on?How can I live to my values?Guest:Pam Katz, LCSW - Northshorementalwellness.comIG: @fidgetpodcasthttps://fidgetpodcast.com/
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.deuilIG: @fidgetpodcasthttps://fidgetpodcast.com/
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_illustratorThomashttps://2022festival.vaff.org/product/international-canadian-animated-shorts/IG: @fidgetpodcasthttps://fidgetpodcast.com/
Is mental health accessible to everyone? What isn't affected by our BFRB? How do we gaslight our own experience? How do we build trust with ourselves?Guest:Joyce @pullyoselftogether
How can I help others understand the BFRB experience? Would I be less anxious if I had more money? How far along am I on my journey?Guest:Myes @mylesdunnephoto
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
How much can we plan? How much risk can we tolerate? Who should we protect? How can we understand each other?Guests:Wu Xiao
What conversations have we been waiting to have? How can we help each other? How do we look for answers? What do we wish we could say to each other? Does anyone like being interviewed? Guests:Wu Xiao
What's down those internet wormholes? If we try everything, what will stick? How can we build healthy habits? What would happen if we lowered expectations for ourselves? Guests:Lindsay Carson
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?
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 prove to others?Guests:Christina Pearson @hasacademyProcess video: https://youtu.be/Ni3z5rLTzvUWorkshop info: https://youtu.be/BbjQE1Ep5lQ
How do we set boundaries? How do we practice them? How can we know when they are stepped on? What do we do when they are?Guests:Jo Elizalde, boundary setterEric Callison @arbre.de.deuil
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
Why do I know so much about wigs? What value am I putting on my body? Where is this negative self talk coming from? How have I held myself back?Guests:Joyce Tran @pullyoselftogetherBarbara Lally @thetrichsterdiaries
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 AwareWatch this 4min video to learn how the Habit Aware bracelet works https://youtu.be/nMKQM6zG54wReceive 10% off your order with the promo code FIDGET at Habitaware.com
Did I know what I was doing? Why am I sharing my story? What version of myself do I get to know now?Guests:Barbara Lally @thetrichsterdiariesEric Maniloff @techgripesLauren McKeaney @pickingmefdnGordon
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 AwareWatch this 4min video to learn how the Habit Aware bracelet works https://youtu.be/nMKQM6zG54wReceive 10% off your order with the promo code FIDGET at Habitaware.com
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 @dramatichealtheducatorAlli Dwyer @allidwyMishel Andrashuna @skinstorieswithmishGordonMegan Hunt @mhmeganhuntEric Callison @arbre.de.deuil
How do parents perceive BFRBs? How we self-soothe? How we appreciate things? How do we police our emotions? How do we set boundaries?Featured Guest: Susan, the heart-shaped rock collector
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
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://islandclinicalcounselling.ca/.Dr. Shawn Reynolds, Psychologist https://reynoldspsychology.ca/.
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
Why did Adele leave the dance program? What are we? How do we help others while setting boundaries? What is psychotherapy? Guest: Allison Cassidy, Psychotherapist.
What sparked the creation of Fidget? Chest voices First dates. Umbrella terms. Mosquitoes. So much work to do. A reason to meet up every week. Guest episode from The Piercer (https://jasonyu.fm/thepiercer/)
How do we deal with burnout? What are the different pressures between parents and children? 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?
What is it like to cope with a BFRB in high school? What does it mean to meet Derm halfway? How does Morgan spread hope?
What is perfect? How much time do our BFRBs take? What does recovery mean? What are our favourite fidget toys?
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?
What is it like to learn about your friend's BFRB? How accurate are Adele's memories of teenagehood? Why go public about our experiences?
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?
Why did we start this podcast? What are BFRBs? Why do support networks matter?
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