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
KT has had thoughts of suicide since they were a little kid.
We get into the overlap between borderline and avoidant personality traits, fear of failure, and why finding people who actually get it through peer support can make such a difference.
Plus we get very millennial and talk about MSN, Nexopia, Chat Roulette, and sing a little bit of queen Hilary Duff.
We talked SO much recording this so if you want a extended versi...
Ashley shares her experience navigating a complicated intersection of trauma, substance use, homelessness, and the systems that are supposed to help but fail us time and time again.
Ashley talks openly about living with the effects of Fetal Alcohol Effects, BPD, anxiety, severe depression, ADHD, complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), PMOS/PCOS and attachment issues stemming from her many traumatic experiences in the...
Nelson Grey is the author of the DBT with Sherlock Holmes series and shares his personal journey through grief and complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). We dive into how he used storytelling and dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT) skills to heal, help others understand their emotions and do something about them through narratives.
If you're a Sherlock Holmes fan, or just want to try a new approach to learning DBT skil...
Kat comes back on Super Feeler to share their dissociative identity disorder (DID) assessment findings with us!
We talked about a lot of resources today:
2. Petals of a Rose Short Film
3. Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists book
4. Caroline's episode of Super Feeler "Rejecting the Concept of a Disordered Personality"
Dr. Shari Allen (@mentalectpharmd) is a psychiatric pharmacist and comes on the show to talk all about psych meds and the importance of personalized treatment
Some of the questions we cover include:
- How do you know the difference between side effects that will pass and the ones that mean a medication isn't right for you?
- How can we better advocate to our care providers to be listened to when it comes to how meds are or...
Pippa Scott is the author of Paper Girls Burn, a brand new borderline personality disorder memoir that you're going to love!
We discuss our mutual (and often problematic) love of men, favorite people, emetophobia (the fear of vomiting), health anxiety and how DBT and learning about ourselves has changed both of our lives.
Plus we get into the Lindsay Clancy trial a bit (note: we recorded this August 24th 2026 so what we s...
Dene shares his profound journey through life marked by childhood trauma, family histories of mental health and addictions, and the complexities of unknowingly living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) before being diagnosed at 50.
Dene recently started BPD Raw, a website that aims to share unfiltered stories of BPD to create better understanding.
We also touch on the evolving role of AI in mental health and the i...
Dr. Kiki Fehling, a psychologist, author, influencer, and self-proclaimed super feeler joins the pod to talk all about cultivating queer joy through Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
We discuss the history of LGBTQ2S+ issues in psychology, the doing our own self-reflection of positioning in the world through intersectional lenses to understand minority stress, and the need for advocating for systemic change.
Clinical psychology PhD candidate, Jason joins the pod to talk about the impact of internalized racism, his research on self-damaging behaviours (things like self-harm, binge eating, substance use), and his experiences growing up Asian in Canada.
We touch on the concept of minority stress, how badly informed we are on the impact of racism on many health outcomes, and how important it is to participate in research!
If you're eli...
Dr. Maggie Flynn is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy specializing in psychiatric care. She explores how sensory-based interventions can transform our understanding and support for people engaging in non-suicidal self-injury (aka self harm) and those living with BPD.
Together, we unpack the history and evolving role of occupational therapy in psychiatric settings, including how sensory modulation and planning for specific senso...
Ciaran is a crisis response worker and a Director with the Canadian Mental Health Association.
They have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and are 6 years sober. Previously they had received a BPD diagnosis, one that their mother also shares.
We chat about the internalized stigma of recieving a BPD diagnosis - especially working in the mental health field, as well as the importance of truly listening people who are in distr...
Marsha McAdam is a recipient of the esteemed Churchill Fellowship in which she traveled the world to better understand the experiences of people living with borderline personality disorder and those who treat and care for them.
We discuss her own personal journey with BPD, the impact mentalization-based therapy has had on her life and what she learned along her journey through the UK, USA and Austrelia.
We highlight the i...
Dr. Shannon Sauer-Zavala (@self-made.personality) is a clinical psychologist and the co-developer of a new personalized treatment for borderline personality disorder called BPD Compass. This self-guided workbook is grounded in cutting-edge personality science and has demonstrated promising results in clinical trials.
We talk through the data behind this new treatment, how it compares to existing evidence based treatments l...
Tess Gecha is a doctoral researcher who is studying siblings experiences of those with personality disorder and their personal growth. We discuss the intergenerational transmission of personality disorders and how mentalization and other interventions may support families impacted by BPD and other personality disorders.
Study details - please share with anyone who may want to participate!
The University of Houston Developmental...
Violet was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at 15 years old and it changed her life. We explore how that diagnosis happened, the family dynamics that contributed to her escalating challenges and the impact of COVID-19 on her mental health.
If you want to support the show, dive deeper into the world of super feeling and for tons of bonus content please consider subscribing to the Super Feeler patreon pag...
Dr. Glauco Valdivieso is a psychiatrist from Lima, Peru and joins the pod to share insights into the treatment of borderline personality disorder in Latin America. Topics include cultural and age influences to treatment and diagnosis, regional differences in stigma, available treatment approaches, and exciting upcoming work in the region.
You can follow Glauco on Instagram at @dr.valdivieso.psiquiatria
If you wa...
Caroline rejects the whole notion of anyone having a disordered personality which is exactly why I reached out to her to chat with me on the show.
Sure, there are lots of things we disagree on - but there's actually far more we do agree on despite me finding tons of value of having a BPD diagnosis.
Together we explore the complexities of labelling, Caroline's experience discovering she had autism all along, and the impact...
Dr. Alec Miller is the co-creator of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) and the co-author of DBT Skills in Schools among many other books (see links below). We chat about the impact Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) can have on children, youth and families and how this kind of treatment would have saved me and my family from years of trauma and crisis.
We explore how DBT skills can be introduced earlier ...
You'll remember Katja from her previous episode about Schizotypal Personality Disorder and from the BPD Bunch podcast but this time you'll hear from her AND her wonderful husband Charles!
Together we chat about how her BPD and STPD show up in their relationship and what healthy love looks like for them.
We also get into a WILD story about impulsivity that had me laughing at random for weeks and how communication is the ke...
Daphnée is super passionate about Radically Open Dialectic Behavioural Therapy (RO-DBT) and shares about how it's helped her overcome overcontrol and perfectionism. Plus, Laurie has a bit of a spiral about how desperately she needs RO-DBT to help her with her own issues.
We also chat about some tips to make the most out of therapy, parts work, and what happens when you branch out and find therapy that really works for you.&nbs...
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