Meet Maria. Last year, Maria felt hopeless from daily bouts of picking her face, hiding and not seeing any way out of her situation. Today is completely different. Although Maria once saw the picking as a curse, she now believes it to be a blessing, because 1) she simply wanted to start seeing it differently and 2) it’s prompted her…
How Jasmin Stopped Picking Today I thought I’d share an email I received from a young woman who took the time to share how she helped herself stop picking at her skin. (With her permission of course.) I hope you find it inspiring and instructional. You can do this too! Hi Annette, I just wanted…
Post-It Method for Mindfulness Some of my coaching clients have been finding this”post-it method” of mindfulness helpful in their work to become free from skin picking and similar behaviors. The method makes mindfulness more colorful and fun. :-) Irina, who developed this method when she was a member of one of my coaching groups, says it “helps…
What is Keratosis Pilaris? Keratosis pilaris (KP), those little bumps most typically on the backs of our arms but often other locations too, can be minimally noticeable or a huge eyesore, especially when we squeeze or pick at them. Those tiny bumps can be irresistible, and for some, they can be the only site of skin picking,…
Can you believe how big coloring books are now for adults? A slow build and now a big explosion. A few years ago I first spied them on Amazon when looking for childrens’ gifts and I bought a book of “stained glass” designs (on tracing paper with thick black outlines) for myself. I colored just one and kept it in…
Last month I was a faculty member at Christina Pearson’s Heart and Soul Academy Retreat, where I met these three big-hearted individuals who have all suffered from skin picking and who all volunteer their time to Heart and Soul and / or the Trichotillomania Learning Center (TLC). This is an edit of a periscope broadcast in which I speak…
I love this picture, made by one of my clients after her first session in my coaching program. Especially the title :-) Read below the picture about this important exercise she did. One of the first exercises I do with each of my clients do is get clear on what it will be like when…
