In today’s episode, Barbara reads from her book, The Trichster Diaries. She shares deeper, more personal reflections on living with trichotillomania, speaking openly about self-acceptance, the importance of honesty, and the complexity of acknowledging feelings that don’t fit neatly into recovery narratives. Rather than framing this awareness as something to hide or fix, the conversation centers on compassion, truth-telling, and what it means to be actively managing trichotillomania while still engaging in the behavior.

Purchase a signed copy of The Trichster Diaries on barbaralally.com or unsigned from Amazon

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Thank you so much for listening to this episode of Trich Talks.

Begin your journey to self-acceptance with trichotillomania by enrolling in my course, Sharing Our Stories. Sharing Our Stories does a deep dive into your relationship with trichotillomania by using my guided journal, My Trichster Diaries, as our workbook. You can learn more at barbaralally.com