Super Feeler: A BPD Podcast
by Laurie Edmundson
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About this podcast
Dive into the experiences of living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
Hear powerful stories from individuals with lived experience, their families, researchers, and mental health professionals. Each episode provides a strength-based perspective on mental health, filled with humor, raw emotion, and validation.
Every other week you will learn from a group of Super Feelers about how they navigate the world using Dialectic Behavioural Therapy skills.
Whether you’re navigating these challenges yourself, supporting a loved one, or simply looking to understand more about the complexities of emotional regulation, Super Feeler is here to inform, inspire, and connect.
Subscribe to the pod to find hope, understanding, and community on your feed every week.
Together, we explore the complexities of these conditions in a way that celebrates the beauty of feeling strongly.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 116 episodes
- Working with Personality Disorders in India (feat. Dr. Sheetal Lakhani) · 57 minDr. Sheetal Lakhani joins the podcast all the way from India to talk about what the landscape of mental health treatment and personality disorder understand is like in India. We…
- Avoidant Personality Disorder and the Fear of Failure (feat. KT) · 1 h 33 minKT has had thoughts of suicide since they were a little kid. We get into the overlap between borderline and avoidant personality traits, fear of failure, and why finding people…
- The Mental Health System Has Broken Me (feat. Ashley) · 55 minAshley shares her experience navigating a complicated intersection of trauma, substance use, homelessness, and the systems that are supposed to help but fail us time and time…
- DBT with Sherlock Holmes (feat. Nelson) · 60 minNelson Grey is the author of the DBT with Sherlock Holmes series and shares his personal journey through grief and complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). We dive into…
- Finally Having All Parts of Us Seen (feat. Kat) · 1 h 7 minKat comes back on Super Feeler to share their dissociative identity disorder (DID) assessment findings with us! We talked about a lot of resources today: 1. Kat's very own…
- Psych Meds 101 (feat. Dr. Shari Allen) · 59 minDr. Shari Allen (@mentalectpharmd) is a psychiatric pharmacist and comes on the show to talk all about psych meds and the importance of personalized treatment Some of the…
- Paper Girls Burn: A BPD Memoir (feat. Pippa Scott) · 52 minPippa Scott is the author of Paper Girls Burn, a brand new borderline personality disorder memoir that you're going to love! We discuss our mutual (and often problematic) love of…
- Finding Your Voice and Helping Others Do The Same (feat. Dene) · 49 minDene shares his profound journey through life marked by childhood trauma, family histories of mental health and addictions, and the complexities of unknowingly living with…
- Building Queer Joy Through DBT (feat. Dr. Kiki Fehling) · 1 h 1 minDr. Kiki Fehling, a psychologist, author, influencer, and self-proclaimed super feeler joins the pod to talk all about cultivating queer joy through Dialectical Behavior Therapy…
- What is Internalized Racism and How Does It Impact Our Mental Health? (feat. Jason) · 41 minClinical psychology PhD candidate, Jason joins the pod to talk about the impact of internalized racism, his research on self-damaging behaviours (things like self-harm, binge…
- Understanding Self-Harm Through a Sensory Lens (feat. Maggie) · 1 h 8 minDr. Maggie Flynn is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy specializing in psychiatric care. She explores how sensory-based interventions can transform our understanding and support…
- What People in Crisis Actually Need (feat. Ciaran) · 60 minCiaran is a crisis response worker and a Director with the Canadian Mental Health Association. They have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and are 6 years sober. Previously they…
- Investigating the Social Injustices and Inequity Experienced with BPD (feat. Marsha) · 59 minMarsha McAdam is a recipient of the esteemed Churchill Fellowship in which she traveled the world to better understand the experiences of people living with borderline…
- A Choose Your Own Adventure BPD Treatment (feat. Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala) · 55 minDr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala (@self-made.personality) is a clinical psychologist and the co-developer of a new personalized treatment for borderline personality disorder called BPD…
- Understanding the Experiences of Siblings of People with Personality Disorder (feat. Tess Gecha) · 40 minTess Gecha is a doctoral researcher who is studying siblings experiences of those with personality disorder and their personal growth. We discuss the intergenerational…
- Getting Diagnosed with BPD in your Teens (feat. Violet) · 1 h 2 minViolet was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at 15 years old and it changed her life. We explore how that diagnosis happened, the family dynamics that contributed to…
- Latin American BPD Research and Treatment (feat. Dr. Glauco Valdivieso) · 30 minDr. Glauco Valdivieso is a psychiatrist from Lima, Peru and joins the pod to share insights into the treatment of borderline personality disorder in Latin America. Topics include…
- Rejecting the Concept of a Disordered Personality (feat. Caroline) · 1 h 20 minCaroline rejects the whole notion of anyone having a disordered personality which is exactly why I reached out to her to chat with me on the show. Sure, there are lots of things…
- Transforming Youth Mental Health with DBT: Strategies for Parents, Clinicians and Teachers (feat. Dr. Alec Miller) · 1 h 3 minDr. Alec Miller is the co-creator of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) and the co-author of DBT Skills in Schools among many other books (see links below). We…
- BPD Relationships: Katja and Charles · 1 h 7 minYou'll remember Katja from her previous episode about Schizotypal Personality Disorder and from the BPD Bunch podcast but this time you'll hear from her AND her wonderful husband…
