Fidget

Ep 50. The mountain is BFRBs

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:42:13 GMT

What does self sabotage have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 49. National Break Your Resolutions Day

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 01:09:09 GMT

What do new years resolutions have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 48. Realm of bald ghosts

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:43:02 GMT

What does haircuts have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 47. Boil the pumpkin

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:21:07 GMT

What does centering joy have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 46. The secret life of BFRBs

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:37:00 GMT

What does boredom have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 45. Cornered at a beer garden

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 17:12:22 GMT

What does testosterone have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 44. A hair in a hairstack

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:30:49 GMT

What does staying up late to watch youtube have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 43. Funny hour or sad hour

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:30:20 GMT

What does loading the dishwasher have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 42. Pretty girls still scare me

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:04:28 GMT

What do birthday parties have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 41. Last bus leaving despair town

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:03:57 GMT

What does looking back on old facebook photos have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 40. The joy of being perceived

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:20:53 GMT

What does being photogenic have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 39. Fun squishy little guy

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:02:36 GMT

What does money, disappointment, and cavities have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 38. Only beautiful people can be happy

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:32:53 GMT

What does social anxiety and taking your lunch break have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 37. Handruff Paranoia

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 01:03:57 GMT

What does menstruation and paranoia have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 36. Doors that lock from the inside

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:22:13 GMT

What does being late have to do with BFRBs?

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Ep 35. Fidget Season 3 Relaunch

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 23:18:31 GMT

We're back! What does community have to do with having a BFRB?

@pullyoselftogether

@fidgetpodcast

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Ep 34. Season Finale - Hot Water in the Morning

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:28:44 GMT

The Finale episode of Fidget Season 2. Listen for life and show updates.

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Ep 33. Do you want to make a snowball

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 10:00:00 GMT

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 - @origamistoryclub

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Ep 32. When will my reflection show

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:00:00 GMT

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
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Ep 31. Bird set free

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:00:00 GMT

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
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Ep 30. Hold on loosely

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 21:00:00 GMT

How does psychological flexibility help us?
What am I overfixated on?
How can I live to my values?

Guest:
Pam Katz, LCSW - Northshorementalwellness.com

IG: @fidgetpodcast
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Ep 29. Close my eyes and swung

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:00:00 GMT

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
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Ep 28. Special Low Fuel Light Edition

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 17:00:00 GMT

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

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Ep 27. Let me see what spring is like

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:00:00 GMT

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

IG: @fidgetpodcast
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Ep 26. I jumped across

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:00:00 GMT

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

IG: @fidgetpodcast
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Ep 25. Standing up there caught in the spotlight

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:00:00 GMT

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

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Ep 24. You and I can both get jobs

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:00:00 GMT

How much can we plan? How much risk can we tolerate? Who should we protect? How can we understand each other?

Guests:
Wu Xiao

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Ep 23. A true survivor feeling like a little kid

Sun, 15 May 2022 16:00:00 GMT

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

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Ep 22. It starts in my toes

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:00:00 GMT

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

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Ep 21. You've got a friend

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:00:00 GMT

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?

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Ep 20. Remember those walls I built

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 21:00:00 GMT

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 @hasacademy

Process video: https://youtu.be/Ni3z5rLTzvU
Workshop info: https://youtu.be/BbjQE1Ep5lQ

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Ep 19. A person that's not even me

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:00:00 GMT

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 setter
Eric Callison @arbre.de.deuil

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Ep 18. Don't let a day go wasted

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:00:00 GMT

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

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Ep 17. Good Rocky's Revival

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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 @pullyoselftogether
Barbara Lally @thetrichsterdiaries

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

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:00:00 GMT

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
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Ep 15. Lean on me

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 22:00:00 GMT

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 @thetrichsterdiaries
Eric Maniloff @techgripes
Lauren McKeaney @pickingmefdn
Gordon

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Ep 14. There will be an answer

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:00:00 GMT

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
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Ep 13. I wrote it ten times or more

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 21:00:00 GMT

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

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Ep 12. Hello derma, my old friend

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:00:00 GMT

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

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Ep 11. Life, love, and everything in between

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 04:00:00 GMT

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

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Ep 10. Lop the whole thing off

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:00:00 GMT

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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Ep 9. The palm reader

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 21:00:00 GMT

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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Ep 8. What are we?

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 02:00:00 GMT

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.

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Ep 7. The Spark

Sun, 16 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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/)

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

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 04:00:00 GMT

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 page
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Trailer

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT

What is Fidget all about?

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

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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/

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Ep 4. Encyclopedia BFRBritannica

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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!
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https://www.instagram.com/cheygoud/

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

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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!)

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Ep 1. The ineffable lightness of BFRBing

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

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/

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Ep 0. Don't go chasing waterfalls

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT

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

Featuring: the OG team Jason and Adele.

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