Super Feeler: A BPD Podcast
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
37 episodes
Walking With Love: Sashbear, Family Support & the Power of Community (feat. Lynn and Sandy)
This week we're joined by Sashbear Foundation founder Lynn Courey and Sandy, a family partner involved in Sashbear's Family Connections Program. The Sashbear Foundation, is an internationally recognized Canadian charity focused on supporting fa...
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47:52
DBT Skills: Pushing Away and Distracting
In this episode we focus on distraction techniques, emotional regulation, and navigating relationships. Kat talks about 'future faking' in relationships and we all talk about how helpful the idea of "worry appointments" is!
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54:17
Losing Your Child to the System While Navigating Your Own Abuse (feat. Kati)
This week I’m joined by Kati, who shares her journey with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Kati discusses her experiences as a young mother and the impact of childhood trauma on her own l...
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55:37
DBT Skills: Self Soothing with the Five Senses
Self-soothing isn’t just about bubble baths and candles—it’s about survival. In this episode we discuss the DBT skill of self-soothing through the five senses, exploring how sensory awareness can be a lifeline in our hardest moments...
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23:58
Navigating Estrangements and Legal Battles (feat. Katelyn)
Katelyn shares about her journey through estrangement from her parents, the legal battles that ensued, and the impact on her mental health. While she doesn’t have a BPD diagnosis she is certainly a Super Feeler and her journe...
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1:10:30
DBT Skills: Radical Acceptance
It's time for the most controversial of all DBT skills! Radical acceptance.... or shall we say "radical reality"?This week we talk about distress tolerance skills in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), with a focus on (one of...
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48:59
International Advocacy for Personality Disorders (feat. Åse-Line)
Åse-Line Baltzersen shares about her experiences living with and recovering from personality disorders, particularly in the context of living in Norway. Åse-Line shares her journey from diagnosis to recovery, her involvement in international ad...
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59:28
DBT Skills: Identifying Your Values
While it's not a DBT "skill" per se, figuring our what your values are and learning how to live them weaves into a lot of DBT skills. The DBT Skills panel (Dave, Kat, Heather and newest member Shannon) explore how understandin...
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40:34
Navigating the Wounded Parts of Myself (feat. Daniel)
Daniel Mojica (@__mojii._), is a 21-year-old university student navigating life with borderline personality disorder (BPD). In this episode Daniel shares his journey of self-discovery, the challenges he faced growing up in an invali...
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58:43
DBT Skills: PLEASE
Meet our new DBT Skills series guests Kat and Heather! In this episode we break down the PLEASE skill from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. It's an IMPORTANT one. If you're new to the PLEASE skill here's a little breakdown...
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1:10:04
Experience of Suicidality During the Pandemic (feat. Dr. Juveria Zaheer)
Dr. Juveria Zaheer is an expert in suicide risk assessment and prevention, a psychiatrist and a literal Jeopardy superstar.She is currently exploring the impacts of the COVID pandemic on suicidality and how the pandemic impacted Canadian...
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51:29
DBT Skills: Cope Ahead
Cope Ahead is a particularly helpful life skill from dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) that helps us preparing for difficult interactions by coming prepared with healthy coping strategies. Laurie, Dave and Megan discuss how they use this skil...
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20:27
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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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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