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Jun 14
Molested By My Brother
She was only 9 years old when her older brother began molesting her. She kept it a secret until she was 16 years old, believing she was the only victim. After coming forward, she realized that others had been experiencing the abuse too, including her younger brother. She shares t ... Show More
47m 16s
Jun 7
Hung From a Power Line By My Leg for an Hour
After surviving an accident that should have killed her, Kennedy woke up to a completely different life. In this episode, she shares the reality of losing a leg, recovering from severe injuries, living with a disability, and learning to find confidence, purpose, and joy after exp ... Show More
1h 36m
May 31
R*ped by My Parents Until I Was Mute
For years, she thought what happened in my home was normal. She was isolated, terrorized, physically abused, and sexually abused by the people who were supposed to protect her. In this episode, she shares the reality of growing up in an environment of intrafamilial child torture, ... Show More
3h 32m
Dec 2023
Taming the Pull: Trichotillomania and Other BFRBs
<p>Emily Kircher-Morris is joined by Barbara Lally, a certified professional coach and author who focuses on Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs). Barbara shares her personal story of living with trichotillomania, a chronic hair-pulling disorder, and discusses the stigma and ... Show More
35m 38s
Nov 2023
Story: Abi K (#406)
44m 40s
Feb 2024
81 — Country Singer Madeline Merlo: Confronting Mental Health Issues, Healing, and Growing Stronger
It's easy to tell other people to seek help or take charge of their mental health, but much harder to take those steps when you need to do so for yourself. But struggles with your mental health don't mean you're mentally weak. Accomplished singer and songwriter Madeline Merlo has ... Show More
46m 12s
Oct 2025
469 SelfWork: Understanding the Fears and Faces of Borderline Moms
Today we’re focusing on what are termed borderline traits as well as different types of borderline personality disorder.There are many people, primarily women, who struggle with it, without knowing what to call it. In fact, it wasn’t a “diagnosis” until 1980. But that certainly d ... Show More
23m 6s
Dec 2022
Story: Jess (#358)
<p class="p1">In episode 358 I interviewed Jess who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.</p> <p class="p1">In this episode we discuss her story, her themes of OCD, her earliest memory of OCD, religious obsessions, health obsessions, some of the difficult experiences ... Show More
38m 23s
Feb 2024
Story: Iona (#421)
46m 26s
Jul 2023
Story: Katryna (#391)
<p class="p1">In episode 391 I chat with Katryna who has kindly agreed to share her story with us.</p> <p class="p1">We discuss her OCD story, masking symptoms, self harm, OCD themes including: harm, symmetry, existential, suicidal, relationship. We talk about compulsively tappin ... Show More
49m 32s
Nov 2024
Story: Lou (harm and self-harm themed OCD, The OCD Camp, creativity) (#460)
53m 12s
Oct 2022
Story: Anna (#349)
59m 19s
Oct 2025
Interviewing Ashley Robles
Ashley (@bfrb_ashley) lives with six different body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), including trichotillomania. This made it especially challenging for her to come forward as a BFRB and mental health advocate. However, through her journey, Ashley discovered a deep sense of ... Show More
23m 33s
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Bailey Rae describes in detail her life living with trichotillomania, a hair-pulling disorder that affects million of people worldwide. Through her candid words and experiences, she opens up about the struggles, stigma, and emotional toll of this condition—and how she’s learning to ... Show More
<p class="p1">In episode 406 I chat with Abi who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1">We discuss her story, sexual intrusive thoughts, compulsive prayer, scrupulosity, emetophobia, trichotillomania, an ea ... Show More
<p class="p1">In episode 421 I chat with Iona who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1">We discuss her earliest OCD memory and it feeling like a premonition, her obsessions and compulsions, worries of harm ... Show More
<p class="p1">In episode 460 I chat with Lou who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1">We discuss her OCD story, harm themed OCD around her family, self-harm themed OCD, exposure and response prevention th ... Show More
<p class="p2">In episode 349 I chat with Anna who has kindly agreed to share her story with us.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">We discuss some of her childhood mental health experiences, school anxiety, how OCD affected her work, she details some o ... Show More
