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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.

Jason Yu and Adele Therias


    • Jan 26, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 36 EPISODES


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    Ep 34. FINALE - Hot Water in the Morning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 77:43


    The Finale episode of Fidget. Listen for life and show updates. IG: @hotwaterinthemorning IG: @fidgetpodcast https://fidgetpodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ep 33. Do you want to make a snowball

    Play Episode Play 40 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 63:49


    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/

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    Ep 32. When will my reflection show

    Play Episode Play 37 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 58:58


    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/

    Ep 31. Bird set free

    Play Episode Play 28 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 60:57


    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/

    Ep 30. Hold on loosely

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 57:19


    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/

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    Ep 29. Close my eyes and swung

    Play Episode Play 43 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 59:26


    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/

    Ep 28. Special Low Fuel Light Edition

    Play Episode Play 27 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 15, 2022 63:58


    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/

    Ep 27. Let me see what spring is like

    Play Episode Play 36 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 76:36


    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

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    Ep 26. I jumped across

    Play Episode Play 38 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 15, 2022 70:41


    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

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    Ep 25. Standing up there caught in the spotlight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 73:37


    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

    Ep 24. You and I can both get jobs

    Play Episode Play 43 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 57:02


    How much can we plan? How much risk can we tolerate? Who should we protect? How can we understand each other?Guests:Wu Xiao

    Ep 23. A true survivor feeling like a little kid

    Play Episode Play 29 sec Highlight Listen Later May 15, 2022 37:45


    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

    Ep 22. It starts in my toes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 26:54


    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

    21. You've got a friend

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 59:32


    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?

    Ep 20. Remember those walls I built

    Play Episode Play 31 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 61:24


    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

    Ep 19. A person that's not even me

    Play Episode Play 25 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 50:23


    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

    18. Don't let a day go wasted

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 63:36


    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

    17. Good Rocky's Revival

    Play Episode Play 22 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 31:10


    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

    16. I really do think you're strong enough now

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 60:15


    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

    15. Lean on me

    Play Episode Play 26 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 29:00


    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

    14. There will be an answer

    Play Episode Play 37 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 61:15


    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

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    13. I wrote it ten times or more

    Play Episode Play 29 sec Highlight Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 21:47


    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

    12. Hello derma, my old friend

    Play Episode Play 36 sec Highlight Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 60:16


    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

    11. Life, love, and everything in between

    Play Episode Play 33 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 56:53


    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

    10. Lop the whole thing off

    Play Episode Play 21 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 29:39


    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/.

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    9. The palm reader

    Play Episode Play 25 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 54:19


    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

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    What are we?

    Play Episode Play 26 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 60:43


    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/)

    6. Why do you pull like you're running out of time

    Play Episode Play 16 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 67:22


    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?

    Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 1:56


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    5. Keep your friends close and your shadows in front of you

    Play Episode Play 32 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 48:00


    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?

    4. Encyclopedia BFRBritannica

    Play Episode Play 33 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 64:20


    What is perfect? How much time do our BFRBs take? What does recovery mean? What are our favourite fidget toys?

    3. Flutter like a butterfly, spin like a lab rat

    Play Episode Play 26 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 44:15


    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?

    2. We were both young, when I first told you

    Play Episode Play 32 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 63:27


    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?

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    1. The ineffable lightness of BFRBing

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 59:23


    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?

    Pilot: Don't go chasing waterfalls

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 59:29


    Why did we start this podcast? What are BFRBs? Why do support networks matter? 

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