Borderline and Back: Hope, Management and Resilience for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

I am back from a much-needed break, and ready to launch Season Two! I will be finishing up the DBT minisodes, and bringing you the weekly episodes as well. 

This season I am hoping to provide listeners with the content that you find valuable, content that will help you on your journies of managing your BPD and ADHD. So please - use the interactive features available to connect with me!

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It is January 26, 2022 - #belllettstalk day here in Canada. What is Bell Lets Talk Day? So glad you asked!

"On Bell Let’s Talk Day, Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in Canada by contributing 5¢ for every applicable text, call, tweet or TikTok video using #BellLetsTalk, social media video view and use of our Facebook frame or Snapchat lens."

More information on this initiative can be found at https://letstalk.bell.ca/en/

This podcast, this day - this initiative has inspired me to live more daringly and to open up about my diagnosis in my personal life. I owe it to each and every one of you to help educate people who know me about BPD - to work on ending the stigma associated with Borderline Personality Disorder by showing people that it isn't scary, we aren't villians. We are people you know, that you work with, and we are extremely loving and capable individuals. 

In short - thank you all for inspiring me to live authentically, boldly and to be even more vulnerable with people in my life. If you could use #bellletstalk just once today, it would mean the world to me.

~ Maggie 

Welcome back everyone! I am so sorry for being away for as long as I have been. I am out of practice with recording, so please accept my apologies for how clunky this episode is :)

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AHHHHH I am so excited to announce this guys! I did something that scares the hell out of me. I have created a BPD community discord to connect all of us Bordies around the world! This is a tiered offering with different levels of connection available. I have also decided to tell my imposter syndrome to SHUUUUUSH and take the leap and offer one on one coaching sessions to you - my amazing listeners and community members.

All links to everything mentioned in the episode can be found here https://linktr.ee/borderlineandback

As always - I love hearing from you! Please feel free to reach out on instagram @borderlineandback, through the Anchor voice messaging service or by email at [email protected].

Welcome to 2022!

I am not a resolutions person, I am an intentions person. I will likely do a followup episode in the next few weeks about how to put plans in place for the intentions you are setting. But first, let's explore why it is important to have intentions for your life.

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WARNING: This episode contains content about suicidal ideation, neat attempt, self-harm, and disordered eating. DO NOT LISTEN IF THIS SUBJECT MATTER WILL DYSREGULATE YOU.

IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS OR IDEATION CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES IMMEDIATELY OR CONTACT YOUR NATIONAL SUICIDE HELPLINE  https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines

This is a reminder that I am not a licensed medical or mental health professional, I am simply sharing my journey and experiences of living with Borderline Personality Disorder.

WorkBooks

DBT workbook

Dr. Fox Borderline Personality Disorder Work Book

The Anxiety Workbook

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Welcome to DBT Minisode #9! I have started a new module in my group DBT program. Emotion Regulation - this will be fun!

This week we covered the goals of emotion regulation, understanding and naming emotions, what emotions do for us, why it can be hard to regulate emotions, and I go over a few of my homework challenges. 

DBT Reproducible Materials (Full Book!!) Check out pages 94 through 100 for everything mentioned today.

BPD Resources I Recommend

Nonviolent Communication

WorkBooks

DBT workbook

Dr. Fox Borderline Personality Disorder Work Book

The Anxiety Workbook

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This week's topic comes at a time that can be hardest for those of us with BPD, ADHD - those of us who have "emotional third-degree burns". Our family isn't always our safe space. In this episode, I talk about how I handle invalidating family members - at a high level for now. How you shouldn't compromise your mental health based on someone's expectations and why communication is key.

Nonviolent Communication

WorkBooks

DBT workbook

Dr. Fox Borderline Personality Disorder Work Book

The Anxiety Workbook

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Hello! Welcome to DBT Minisode #8. This week Group DBT covered Half Smile, Willing Hands, and Mindfulness of Current Thoughts.

Resources Mentioned:

2 minute Visual Mindfulness

Big Bang Theory - Sheldon's Koala Face

Half Smile and Willing Hands

DBT Handout #14: Half Smile and WIlling Hands

DBT Handout #15: Mindfulness of Current Thoughts

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Learn to work through your thoughts, your fears, your emotions; to unlock your own wise mind state. For me journaling can be a form of personal psychotherapy. Links to all journals, influencers, and podcasts are mentioned below.

Instagram: @sillyfool

Joe Rogan Podcast ft. Jewel

The journals I use for free form writing

52 Lists for Happiness (prompted journal)

The Five Minute Journal

Meditations: Marcus Aurelius

5 Minute Stoicism Journal

Journal Prompts: Inner Child Work

Journal Prompts: Working Through Emotions

Journal Prompts: Emotional Awareness and Self Care

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