I’m Coming Out So You Better Get This Party Started
Sara and Laurie discuss their experiences coming out with their borderline personality disorder (BPD) diagnosis to family, friends, fellow psychology students, and colleagues. Sara talks about the pro...
22 Mar 202155min
There is No Such Thing as a Happy Pill
Medication has a time and a place in mental health treatment and recovery but there is no way to numb all of these emotions. That is not the goal of medication. There is no “anti-borderline pill” but ...
14 Mar 202137min
Like Father Like Daughter Feat. Dean Edmundson
Dean Edmundson aka Laurie’s dad is the guest on the pod this week to talk about parenting and the guilt associated with it, genetics, the second hand stigma of having a kid with mental illness, and su...
8 Mar 20211h 10min
Wait... Who am I again? (Unstable Self Image)
In the final symptom specific episode about borderline personality disorder (BPD), Laurie and Sara discuss unstable self image. This can look like seeing totally different things in the mirror every t...
1 Mar 202137min
Self Harm: If it’s a cry for help…. HELP!
In this episode Laurie and Sara discuss their experiences with self harm and how they have overcome this behaviour with more positive coping mechanisms that keep their bodies safe while their minds ar...
22 Feb 202150min
A family member’s perspective, feat. Nicole
Nicole Taylor is the family member of someone who has BPD. She discusses her perspective of supporting her loved one, learning about the disorder and her own mental health, the importance of learning ...
8 Feb 202150min
Avoiding the Emptiness Within
Laurie and Sara discuss the borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptom of chronic feelings of emptiness. Neither of them experience this symptom as a significant piece of their lives but they theor...
1 Feb 202120min
Indigenous Culture and Learning to Live Authentically feat. Slhalhyiót
Guest to the podcast Slhalhyiót (Helena Paul) shares the experiences that led to her developing BPD (childhood trauma, sexual assault, colonization, loss of traditional language, and many other factor...
28 Jan 20211h 7min
