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How to be Okay (so that everything else doesn't have to be)

As humans, we just want to be okay. But most of us have forgotten how. Or rather, we have forgotten how to find this feeling within ourselves so we look to the outside world to provide it for us. And this works great - so long as you do the right thing, say the right thing and look the right way 100% of the time to everyone you ever meet and their dog. Hi! I’m Laura Hudson. A seasoned “okayness outsourcer”, I’ve decided it is time to bring things in-house because well…it’s exhausting needing everyone else to be okay with us and I have a sneaking suspicion life could be a whole lot more enjoyable if we figure out how to provide this for ourselves.Whether you struggle with perfectionism, depression, anxiety, addiction, disordered eating or you just feel like your mind seems to make life unnecessarily hard, this podcast is for you. Because spoiler alert: all of these seemingly different "problems" are just our mind’s well-intentioned (but misguided) solutions for ONE problem - we all just want to be okay but we've forgotten how to do that for ourselves. So join me as we talk to guests from all walks of life about how this phenomenon manifests in their life and how they are figuring out how to be okay (so that everything else doesn’t have to be)

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How to be Okay (so that everything else doesn't have to be)

Co-dependency: the root of all addiction? Loneliness, skin picking & shame with Haley Sciola

May 14, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 9

#009 - Today we sit down with BFRB Dogs Founder, Haley Sciola to discuss one of the most poorly understood, under-diagnosed and untreated disorders there is: body-focused repetitive behaviours, or BFRBs. An umbrella-term for hair pulling disorder, skin picking disorder and other compulsive self-grooming behaviours, BFRBs affect 1 in 20 people! But because they are often dismissed as bad habits, most suffer alone. Haley also talks to us about coming to the realization that she was in a codependent relationship, as well as living with PTSD, depression and suicidal thinking which ultimately led to her hospitalization.

Resources mentioned:

The TLC Foundation for BFRBs website can be found here
Check out Haley's blog for the Canadian BFRB Support Network here
Co-dependents Anonymous (CoDA) website can be found here
Follow BFRB Dogs on instagram here

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