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This is what really works.
And it's got nothing to do with willpower or expensive therapeutic treatment.
I discovered this at one of the lowest moments in my healing journey and, to this day, it continues to change my life for the better.
Because the truth is, you're not struggling with chronic skin picking, hair pulling, or nail biting - you're struggling with shame.
And I guarantee, the skin picking became a problem because you needed help coping with the shame (and stress and overwhelm), NOT the other way round.
To truly heal - feel better in ourselves and finally be able to relax and just "be" - we need to approach healing differently.
What I share with you in this episode is the approach that makes all the difference.
I can't wait for you to gain this invaluable tool!
Questions from this episode to save in your phone:
- What do I need right now?
- What is this moment trying to teach me?
- Is there anything I'm avoiding doing or saying in my life right now?
- Is there a hard conversation I know I need to have?
- Is there a boundary I'm not setting that my heart is telling me I need, but I'm afraid to act on?
- Where am I putting too much pressure on myself?
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My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
Most people set really crappy goals for the new year and wonder why, by mid-March, they seem to be no further than they were on January 1st.
I personally don't love the idea of New Year's resolutions, but I absolutely love goal setting and teaching others how to do it effectively because goal setting is a skill that will genuinely transform your life!
In this episode, I share with you:
Everything I share with you in this episode is science-based methods and skills that I'm constantly using in my day-to-day life.
Without them, I wouldn't be who I am today, and my clients wouldn't be getting the incredible results that they do.
Listen in to set yourself up for real change in 2026!
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My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
Trying to get them to “just stop” isn’t working. In fact, it’s probably making things worse.
There is a right way and a wrong way to support someone with a chronic body-focused repetitive behaviour (BFRB). Unfortunately, there isn’t much information out there explaining what the right way actually is. That’s why I created this episode.
It’s short, because supporting your loved one effectively is much simpler than you might think.
You may even discover a thing or two about yourself while listening!
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My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
It's not because of genetics, or because you lack willpower, or because you're just a malfunctioning human being.
It's because you didn't learn this one vital skill.
This skill lies at the core of why you pick, pull, & bite and learning it is the most powerful and effective path to healing you can take.
Listen in to find out what this skill is, why you never learnt it, and how you can truly start!
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🙋♀️Send me a message here
My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
You'll be surprised how this is also making you pick, pull, and bite at your body...
Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we lost that zest for life. Rather than waking up looking forward to the day, we wake up not wanting to get out of bed, dreading what the day might bring, or feeling an underlying sense of urgency, like we're already behind.
Here's what the solution is not...
It's not doing more and trying harder, or quitting your job, selling all your belongings, and moving to a cabin in the woods.
The solution is not so drastic or dramatic.
In truth, it lies in learning how to slow down despite the never-ending to-do list.
It's easier said than done, but when you learn the simple yet powerful practice inside this episode, it will feel so much more achievable than ever before.
Oh, and it will help you to reduce picking, pulling and biting.
Listen in to find out how and why!
💌Share your story - Book your FREE BFPA* Support Call with me
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🙋♀️Send me a message here
My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
When you STOP venting, you'll take huge steps towards accessing freedom from chronic skin picking and hair pulling.
And when I say "venting", I mean the cathartic act of complaining or offloading about your problems onto a loving and listening ear.
We've all done it/do it. Don't even try to deny it!
I struggled with chronic skin picking for 15 years, and venting was one of those hidden behaviours that was holding me back.
Is it doing to you what it did to me?
Find out in this episode what venting really is, how it might be affecting you in BIG ways, and how to transform this cathartic yet limiting behaviour into healthy communication, wholesome emotional regulation, and powerful growth.
While you may not be able to "just stop" picking and pulling right now. Many other areas of growth are within your control. This is one of them!
Listen in to heal 💛.
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🌟Download your FREE Guide to Stop Skin Picking Using Somatics
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✨Join - BEYOND Support Group on WhatsApp
🙋♀️Send me a message here
My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
Skin picking, hair pulling, and nail biting won't stop without this vital piece.
I've spoken to hundreds of people like you in this community, and they all want the same thing: relief, a break, the space to be themselves without this behaviour constantly getting in their way, like a shackle around their legs or a thorn in their side.
What I've noticed is that this "vital piece" holds the key to their chains, and yet almost every person I speak to is missing it, OR they're not as connected to it as they could be.
What I'm about to share with you completely transformed my life at 15 years old and has continued to guide me ever since.
Listen in to find out what it is and be guided through a powerful exercise to help you access it for yourself today!
💌Share your story - Book your FREE BFPA* Support Call with me
✅VIP Access to BFPA Masterclasses + Workshops
🌟Download your FREE Guide to Stop Skin Picking Using Somatics
🎯Join the 7-Day Skin Picking Recovery Challenge
🤓Sign up - FREE BFPA Monthly Masterclass
✨Join - BEYOND Support Group on WhatsApp
🙋♀️Send me a message here
My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
Are you making this big mistake too?
"When I stop picking, I'll be free, I'll be able to relax and just be."
Yes, finding freedom from skin picking and hair pulling will have a drastically positive impact on your life, BUT what most people describe as freedom is usually not based in reality and is actually keeping them stuck.
So is it truly possible to be free? Or have we got our heads in the clouds?
Listen in to find out.
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🙋♀️Send me a message here
My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
If you’ve been feeling moody, foggy, or struggling with PMS or menopause symptoms, this episode is going to shift the way you see your body.
My guest, Vanessa Kerr, is one of Australia’s most respected strength coaches and the owner of Hills Barbell Club. She’s also the NSW Head Coach for the High Performance Team and a team coach for the Australian Weightlifting Federation. Vanessa has spent over a decade proving that strength training doesn’t just transform your body, it transforms your hormones, confidence, and long-term health.
Together we unpack:
💪 Why lifting weights is one of the most powerful tools for hormone balance
🌙 How it supports women through perimenopause and menopause
🧠 The truth about the “bulky” myth (and why it’s so hard to build muscle as a woman)
⚡ The connection between strength, mental health, and confidence
🥤 What new research reveals about creatine and women’s brain + hormone health
Vanessa also shares practical advice for women who want to start lifting, from finding the right coach to learning how to listen to your body and train intuitively through different seasons of life.
Whether you’re 25 or 55, it’s never too late to build strength, stability, and confidence in your body.
✨ Listen now to discover how weight training can fix your hormone issues and help you feel like yourself again!
🤝Connect with Vanessa on Facebook here!
💌Share your story - Book your FREE BFPA* Support Call with me
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🌟Download your FREE Guide to Stop Skin Picking Using Somatics
🎯Join the 7-Day Skin Picking Recovery Challenge
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✨Join - BEYOND Support Group on WhatsApp
🙋♀️Send me a message here
My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
Most people try to “fix” skin picking or hair pulling by focusing on the behaviour, but that’s why we stay stuck in it.
In this episode, I share a radically different approach: how looking at your life as a whole can reveal the real root of your BFRB (body-focused repetitive behaviour) and what’s keeping you stuck in the cycle. You’ll walk away seeing your healing in a completely new light! One that’s grounded, empowering, and deeply personal.
Listen to discover:
• Why surface-level tips don’t create sustainable results
• The hidden stressors silently fueling your picking urges
• How to begin healing in a way that actually lasts
💛 Plus: I share a special opportunity to receive a personalised holistic assessment. Available for a limited time only!
💌Share your story - Book your FREE BFPA* Support Call with me
✅VIP Access to BFPA Masterclasses + Workshops
🌟Download your FREE Guide to Stop Skin Picking Using Somatics
🎯Join the 7-Day Skin Picking Recovery Challenge
🤓Sign up - FREE BFPA Monthly Masterclass
✨Join - BEYOND Support Group on WhatsApp
🙋♀️Send me a message here
My name is Raffaela Marie. I'm a holistic BFRB coach who has healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking myself and dedicated my life to helping driven women do the same. Through my podcast, free resources, and programs, I teach strategies to overcome urges, build emotional safety, and expand into authenticity. My approach goes beyond quick fixes, focusing on root causes and long-term recovery.
From the publisher's feed
Beyond Skin Picking & Hair Pulling is a refuge for the veterans of chronic skin picking, hair pulling, and nail biting, where we address this issue through the lens of addiction and…
When all the surface-level solutions have been exhausted, this is where your heart draws you - To the truth, deep healing, and freedom. It's time to come home to you.
My name is Raffaela Maire. I've healed from 15 years of chronic skin picking by treating it as an addiction and learning how to feel my feelings deeply. Now I am a coach helping others, like you, to heal as I did.
This podcast is where I endeavour to share everything I know with you so that you can find your path forward to creating long-term, sustainable change. Not only so you can reduce the length, severity, and frequency of picking, pulling, and biting sessions, but also to become more of the person you are at your core - confident, secure, sure, and wonderfully, beautifully unique.

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