Super Feeler
Dive into the experiences of living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
Hear powerful stories from individuals with lived experience, their families, researchers, and mental health professionals. Each episode provides a strength-based perspective on mental health, filled with humor, raw emotion, and validation.
Every other week you will learn from a group of Super Feelers about how they navigate the world using Dialectic Behavioural Therapy skills.
Whether you’re navigating these challenges yourself, supporting a loved one, or simply looking to understand more about the complexities of emotional regulation, Super Feeler is here to inform, inspire, and connect.
Subscribe to the pod to find hope, understanding, and community on your feed every week.
Together, we explore the complexities of these conditions in a way that celebrates the beauty of feeling strongly.
Episodes
25 episodes
Poetry, Sobriety, and Healing (feat. Mercedes Killeen)
Mercedes Killeen is a writer and mental health advocate who has struggled throughout her life with anxiety, depression, BPD, and alcohol addiction. In this episode, Mercedes shares her story of working towards sobriety, seeking mental health tr...
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41:43
DBT Skills: Opposite Action
Time to discuss Opposite Action! Long story short - Opposite Action means doing the opposite of what you want to do when what you want to do isn't effective. Easier said than done of course - but an incredibly helpful tool once you're p...
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20:57
Breaking Down BPD Stigma Through Research (feat. Dr. Amanda Uliaszek)
Dr. Amanda Uliaszek, associate professor at the University of Toronto, joins Super Feeler to discuss her passion for research for people living with borderline personality disorder, reducing stigma, and including people with lived experience in...
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52:22
DBT Skills: Check the Facts and Emotion Regulation Overview
We're diving into the complexities of emotion regulation as we start unit 3 of our DBT Skills Series. Together Dave, Laurie and Megan explore the role of emotion regulation skills in our life, what our core values are, and how we use the dialec...
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50:55
My Suicide Crisis and First Inpatient Treatment (part 2. feat. Aaron)
In this episode, my husband Aaron and I discuss my first inpatient/residential treatment experience at a crisis response facility called CRESST. Together we explore the decision to go, what it was like to arrive with very limited inform...
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57:29
My Suicide Crisis (part 1 - feat Aaron)
My husband Aaron joins to share about my recent suicide crisis, how we worked together to try and overcome it, and how we tried to navigate a complicated medication change together. Naturally - this episode comes with a trigger war...
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40:50
DBT Skills: Validation
Validation is so important for people living with borderline personality disorder (BPD). In this episode we discuss the DBT Skill of validation including the complexities of giving and receiving validation, the challenges of navigating emotiona...
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26:37
A Transformative Treatment Experience (part 2 - feat. Anita)
Anita is back for part 2 to discuss their transformative experience at Heartwood Centre for Women. They explore the impact of community support, the complexities of gender identity, and the importance of self-discovery. Anita shares their insig...
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57:31
Small Town Queer Living with BPD (part 1 - feat. Anita)
Anita (they/them) discusses the complexities of being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), struggling with substance use and being queer in a small communtity. They share about the impact of a community of family (chosen and bl...
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47:50
DBT Skills: DEAR MAN
DEAR MAN is Laurie's favorite DBT skill. If you've listened to any episodes of this series or her previous podcasts you'll have heard ALL about it. But it's such a helpful skill that there's always an excuse to hear other examples where it's us...
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35:57
The Healing Power of Nature (feat. Shannon)
Shannon (@natureanditsnoise) shares about her BPD diagnosis, how supportive family role models impacted how she reacted to her diagnosis and the impact of nature as a healing space for her. Shannon emphasizes the power of the Super Feeler commu...
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1:05:10
DBT Skills: Clarifying Priorities
Dive into interpersonal effectiveness skills from dialectical behaviour therapy with Laurie, Shanthi and Dave! In this episode they discuss the importance of clarifying priorities and figuring out what matters most in relationships. The...
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40:20
Setting Boundaries, Breaking Cycles and Doing Better for Our Kids (feat. Chelsea)
Chelsea shares her journey as a superfeeler and how it has impacted her life. She discusses her struggles with postpartum depression, psychosis, OCD, and mastitis after giving birth to her son. Chelsea talks about her dec...
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1:20:36
DBT Skills: Effectively
In this episode, Laurie, Shanthi, and Dave the DBT Skill Effectively, using Chapter 5 of the book 'DBT for Life' by Diana Partington. The group shares personal experiences and insights on...
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25:14
The Borderline Barrister (feat. Megan)
Megan (@borderlinebarrister) was first diagnosed with BPD while in law school.She discusses her experiences with mental health throughout her life, including struggles with anxiety and panic attacks. Megan discusses her journe...
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46:21
DBT Skills: Describe
This episode delves into the intricacies of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), focusing on the mindfulness unit and the 'Describe' skill. They explore how to differentiate between facts and opinions, the challenges of gaslighting,...
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31:26
Riding the Storm (feat. Ryan)
Ryan Harland (IG: @ridingthestorm11977) is the author of Riding the Storm: A Memoir of Mental Illness and a father of 2. He shares about the impacts of his own childhood trauma, including parental sexual ab...
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42:44
DBT Skills: Stop and Observe
We dive into the Stop and Observe skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and how it can be applied in various situations. Dave, Shanthi, Megan and Laurie discuss the challenges of remembering to use the skills in the heat of the moment ...
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24:51
Taking Action Against Stigma (feat. Sonia)
Sonia (@_soniastewart_) is a great example of what it means to be an ally to people with specific highly stigmatized mental health challenges and what you can do to help break down stigma when you see it. Sonia is a Masters of Counselling stude...
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47:52
DBT Skills: Wise Mind
In this episode, Laurie and her guests Dave, Shanthi and Megan discuss the concept of wise mind in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). They share personal experiences and insights on how wise mind combines emotional and rational thinking, and h...
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Episode 5
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25:29
Cultural Norms that Impact our Symptomology (feat. Bora)
Bora is a 31 year old engineer and a mother of two who immigrated from Albania to the USA as a child. She shares about the impacts of a variety of cultural norms (like that of her home country, xenophobia in the US, her profession, academ...
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Episode 5
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1:08:10
DBT Skills: Mindfulness
In this episode, Laurie and her guests Shanthi, Dave and Megan discuss the book DBT for Life and the concept of mindfulness in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). They highlight the ac...
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Episode 4
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33:36
DBT Skills for Life (feat. Diana)
Diana Partington (@sufferingoptional), author of DBT for Life, discusses her personal journey with dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and the importance of accessible DBT skills. She highlights that DBT is ...
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Episode 3
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1:11:39
Rock Bottom and The Climb Back Up (feat. Antonia)
Antonia shares her journey of being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and her experiences with addiction, mental health, and relationships. She discusses her rock bottom moments and the challenges she faced in seeking help. A...
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Episode 2
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41:39
Introducing The Super Feeler Podcast (feat. Dean)
Welcome to the Super Feeler podcast! In this first episode Laurie and her dad, Dean, we're here to introduce the concept of Super Feelers and share a bit about Laurie's life story with a variety of mental health issues including borderline pers...
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Episode 1
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44:53