Beyond Skin Picking & Hair Pulling

🌟 Sign up for FREE for The Healing Loop Mastermind here ! Have you ever considered that healing from chronic skin picking could be tied to understanding your relationship dynamics? In this episode, we explore the often overlooked topic of enmeshment - what it is, how it impacts your life and behaviour, and how you can break free from its grip. Here’s what we’ll explore: The true definition of enm...

Is chronic skin picking something you’re born with, or is it shaped by your environment? In this insightful episode, Raffaela dives deep into the genetic and environmental factors behind chronic skin picking. Drawing from her 15 years of lived experience with chronic skin picking and science-backed research, Raffaela explores how this behavior is influenced by your genes but not necessarily inheri...

What if confidence was a set of skills anyone could master? In this episode of the Untapped Potential Podcast , host Raffaella Marie explores the true nature of confidence and provides a step-by-step guide to building it. Here’s what you’ll discover: How to set healthy boundaries and follow through on commitments. Why maintaining realistic expectations is key to self-assurance. The profound differ...

In this deeply personal episode, Raffaela Marie opens up about her journey of overcoming chronic skin picking, depression, and severe social anxiety. From a challenging childhood to becoming a confident and empowering coach, Raffaela shares the pivotal moments that shaped her healing and inspired her transformation. Through heartfelt insights, she highlights how small, consistent steps and unwaver...

In this year-end episode of the Untapped Potential Podcast, host Raffaela Marie breaks down why traditional New Year’s resolutions often fail... and how you can set achievable, lasting goals for 2025! Drawing from her personal journey with chronic skin picking and insights from brain and behavioral science, Raffaela shares 3 simple, science-backed rules for successful goal setting. You’ll also hea...

Social events of any kind can trigger some of our worst picking sessions! Especially when you’re worried about what others might say about your skin. In this episode, we explore a practical and empowering approach to helping you navigate conversations and situations that make you uncomfortable. You’ll learn... How to decide what and how much to share with others Empowering tips to set yourself up...

For many, this time of year brings an increase in chronic skin picking... In this episode, we dive into why this happens and explore simple, practical strategies to help reduce the urge to pick - so you can enjoy the festive season without the added worry about your skin! This episode is short and sweet, with plenty of depth to support your healing journey. Plus! There's an early Christmas gi...

Healing from chronic skin picking is far more nuanced than simply "just stopping"—but you probably already knew that. In this episode, Raffaela introduces a groundbreaking concept that hasn’t been explored with such intention and depth in the dermatillomania community: The 5 Types of Chronic Skin Picking. Here’s what you’ll learn: What the 5 types are. What they reveal about where you ar...

Maybe you’ve heard about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Maybe you’ve even tried it yourself! CBT is one of the more popular approaches for managing chronic skin picking, but does it work for everyone? In this episode, we’re diving deep into CBT and chronic skin picking: What is CBT, and how does it help? The strengths and limitations of CBT. Why it might not have given you the results you hop...

You probably know that feeling your feelings is important... But how do you truly do it? And how can you tell if you’re doing it the “right” way? In this episode, we explore why feeling your emotions is a fundamental step in healing from body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). You’ll learn: The science behind feeling your feelings and why it’s vital for healing. How to recognize when you’re doi...

One of the biggest, least-discussed fears in healing from chronic skin picking is the fear of letting go. In this episode, we dive into how this fear is deeply connected to skin picking and why understanding it is crucial for finding lasting freedom. You’ll also discover the three wholesome practices that can naturally replace skin picking in your healing journey. Tune in now to uncover the key to...

Do you struggle with how to respond when someone acts passive-aggressively? In this episode, we dive into passive aggression and its link to body-focused repetitive behaviors like chronic skin picking. You’ll learn practical tools to navigate passive aggression—both from others and within yourself—while gaining insights to improve relationships, emotional regulation, and self-awareness. Discover h...

Just because you picked your skin today or this week doesn’t mean you’re back at square one. When we judge our progress solely by how much we pick (or don’t pick), it often leads to self-criticism and can even sabotage the progress we’re making! There’s a better way to track your progress - one that boosts your self-confidence and helps you stay consistent on your healing journey… It’s called the...

Ever wish you had a timeline for recovery? While it’s impossible to predict the exact days, hours, or minutes until you leave chronic skin picking behind, there are ways to gain clarity on your progress! In this episode, we explore the 4 universal needs essential to human thriving, as identified in psychology. You’ll learn: What the 4 universal needs are How they impact your journey to heal from c...

Is "keeping busy" actually helping you heal from skin picking, or is it just masking the problem? In this episode, Raffaella dives deep into how busyness can be both a tool for healing and a barrier to progress. Learn how to strike the right balance between staying productive and avoiding emotional suppression, with practical advice to ensure you're not holding yourself back. This e...

Here's the honest truth: those of us with chronic skin picking are chronically dysregulated... and it's seriously holding us back. But there's a way to change that! In this special 30th episode, Raffaela dives into the powerful connection between emotional dysregulation and chronic skin picking. Learn how emotional regulation can... transform body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs...

Want to know how to stop a picking session in its tracks? In this episode Raffaela shares with you an incredibly simple yet effective technique to help you prevent a picking session or even snap you out of one! She discovered this technique through her research into BFRBs over the past 5 years and found that this was the one that got the most instantaneous results for herself, her clients, and tho...

In this episode, we explore how using distractions (like fidget toys and "keeping busy") to prevent chronic skin picking sessions may be helping you... But also may be making things worse! By the end of this episode, you'll know how to use distraction to your advantage and avoid a massive mistake that most people make. 💌Share your story - Book your FREE BFPA* Support Call with me...

The path to healing from a body-focused repetitive behaviour has been vague and full of guesswork... Until now! Raffaela presents the 5 steps (or areas of focus) that will guarantee you move forward in your healing. They're based on science, personal experience, and a keen observation of what has worked for her clients and the BFRB community at large. This episode is not to be missed! Norse O...

This episode is deep, humourful, honest, and doesn't mess around. If you're easily offended... perhaps skip this one. In this episode, we talk with Laura Bloodniece, a self-worth and confidence coach for high-functioning women, pilates instructor, and remedial and soft tissue therapist. Laura shares her journey of breaking free from multiple toxic relationships, leading her to develop a...

"You just need to let yourself feel your feelings!" If you listen to this podcast, you most likely get that already. You get that it's important to feel, you get why you struggle to feel certain emotions, you know where it comes from, and can possibly even pinpoint exact moments in which you learned to suppress. The question is now, how to actually feel which is where most people ge...

Oof... off days... You know those days when you feel like you're functioning at 10% of your usual brain power and where it appears that, once again, fate got its calendar muddled up and so decided to hastily jam a month's worth of misfortune into 24 hours... Those days. You know it? Yup, they're not fun but they are part of life and when we don't know how to navigate them we ca...

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it Fate." - Carl Jung The more present and conscious we become, the more control we have over ourselves and our lives. So where do we start to become more present and conscious? And if you've already been on this path a while, how do we take it even deeper? In this episode, you'll learn how to i...

In this life-changing episode, you'll learn... - the origins of overwhelming thought - what your inner critic has to do with it - how you can break the cycle so that you can experience more peace and confidence BONUS: Raffaela shares a simple, powerful tool that will help you to break the cycle immediately! When you do this you will be taking a massive leap in healing from your BFRB.* *BFRB -...

This is a deep, raw episode about how unhealthy and toxic dynamics within our relationships can make recovery from a BFRB* impossible... Unless we're willing to do what it takes to empower ourselves to change and build healthy connections within ourselves and those around us! Raffaela shares a very personal story about her own relationship and how this played are large role in her recovery fr...