I’m guessing this is the scenario: It’s the start of the new year (or maybe it’s later when you’re reading this), but you’ve already broken your resolution to stop your skin picking habit. Again. Ok, I want you to know firstly that there’s nothing wrong with you. It’s not because you “should” have more will…
The Dermatillomania Diaries is what I’m naming the decade of journal writing about my skin picking and attempts to stop it, which I’m sharing in this post. I’ve been an avid journal-writer throughout the years, filling a bunch of those college-ruled black and white composition notebooks. It started slowly in my 20’s – I used only one book for…
Last week I had the great pleasure of meeting Lauren McKeaney at the TLC Foundation Conference for BFRBs (body-focused repetitive behaviors). (Btw, if you want to see the talk I gave at the conference on Diet and Skin Picking, you can watch it here.) Lauren is a relatively new voice on the scene of BFRB’s, and…
I’m excited to announce the publication of my new books, “The Freedom Companion for Stopping Skin Picking” and “The Freedom Companion for Stopping Hair Pulling“. A nail biting book is on the way in just another week or so. These are beautiful, functional, well thought-out journals designed to help you stop your unwanted behavior. Although…
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’ve been posting a “tip of the day” to help you stop picking or pulling behaviors for over a year and a half now on twitter and Facebook. Here I’ve compiled 365 of them in this monster blog post that could take you through a solid year if you wanted to read one a day…
Upon completion of the coaching program to stop skin picking, I ask my clients to reflect on all they have learned and achieved. I was so impressed with this thoughtful answer from Bron, who not only brought her skin picking from completely out-of-control to extremely minimal, she learned a ton on her path to success.…
