“Before doing the coaching program with Annette, I was depressed, self-destructive and spiraling downward. Now, instead of picking hours a day, I have picked for only a few minutes in the past month. Now I am focused on positive things, like eating better, and I have much better ways of dealing with stress. It really…
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You are so much more than your skin picking. Yet, what manifests in your life is what you think about. Besides the time you spend picking your skin, how much time do you waste thinking about it? Feeling badly and thinking negative thoughts about yourself because you do it? Think to yourself right now: what…
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NAC – An Over-The-Counter Supplement That Works Better Than Medications While I don’t believe there will ever be a pill you can take that will make you stop skin picking or hair pulling, there is a supplement that might help you reduce the behaviors, if you are one of the lucky ones for whom it…
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Here I show you the ultimate pranayama, or yogic breath control exercise, to balance your body and mind. It is calming, relaxing, and can be done everyday with great health benefits. If you haven’t already learned the basic breath in my Freedom Kit video, “How to stop skin picking urges in two minutes flat,” you’ll…
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Just a note: I opted not to include any information on Bach flower therapy in my book, Skin Picking: The Freedom to Finally Stop, because of the lack of scientific evidence. I usually don’t even mention them to my clients. However, I recently found a list of strategies that worked for me to curb my…
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I was recently rummaging through my folder of notes I kept from my heavy recovery time – the five months I spent in 2010 attending the Saturday afternoon therapy group for skin pickers and hair pullers at the OCD Center of Los Angeles – and I found this list of things that help me. I…
DetailsMany of us notice our skin picking, hair pulling or nail biting becomes worse in the week or so before our menstrual periods. We might feel completely out of control and not like ourselves. It may even seem like everything bad that happens in our lives happens in that one week or so every month.…
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