Gaining a Wiser Mind is all about exploring mental illness and understanding them and ourselves better. A place to listen, learn and let out. If you're keen to have a listen, go ahead. 🧠💫 This podcast is informed by personal experience and research. If you feel as though you resonate, please seek professional help ❤️
Have you ever wondered how those with BPD have such high levels of empathy yet struggle with interpersonal relationships and interactions? Or maybe you once wondered do people with BPD even have empathy? Well, people with BPD are highly empathetic individuals. But how does this empathy present itself? Let's learn about the Empathy Paradox. 🧠🌱
30 Dec 2021
BPD and Chronic Feelings of Emptiness
Hey friends, today we are looking into one of the 9 traits of BPD. This is chronic feelings of emptiness. We are going to look at root causes, common experiences of those with BPD dealing with emptiness and negative and positive strategies used to cope and alleviate this. Stay tuned and let's keep learning and growing together. 🌱🧠
12 Oct 2021
BPD and What it Means to Have a Favourite Person
Hey friends, today we are discussing a term you hear often in the BPD community, 'Favourite Person'. We are going to look at what having a favourite person looks like and how it feels for those with BPD. We will also delve into the effects this has on relationships. I hope this helps you gain a greater understanding of what having a FP is like. In our next episode, we will be looking at how to navigate FP relationships healthily. Stay tuned and let's keep growing together. 🧠🌱
5 Sept 2021
How to Forgive Someone with BPD
Hey friends, today we are looking into a broad and painful topic. Forgiveness. It's hard to forgive ourselves and others. Today we are focusing on those living with bpd forgiving themselves and healing. But most importantly today, I am letting people know how they can forgive someone with BPD and their actions. It's not an easy fix. It's a journey. But it starts by letting down our walls of resentment and only feeling love. Can you forgive? Take a listen 🌱🧠 Gain a Wiser Mind with us.
18 Aug 2021
How do I put a stop to these unstable relationships?
Hey friends, those of us with BPD often struggle with unstable relationships with ourselves and others. We can let our dysregulated emotions control us and this ends in us being in an isolated and helpless position. But we have an answer! Interpersonal effectiveness skills. They are another set of slills from DBT. 🧠 These skills can help us overcome obstacles with our interactions with others and ourselves. Have a listen and learn something new. Let's keep growing and gaining a wiser mind together. 🧠🌱
4 Aug 2021
DBT Skills: What is Distress Tolerance?
Hey friends, our new episode is looking at one section of DBT. We look at a handful of distress tolerance skills. These are: TIPP, STOP and Radical Acceptance. Distress Tolerance skills have been really beneficial on my BPD journey. They teach you how to self soothe and live in the present. Come along to learn about a few of these skills and hopefully you can practise them yourself. Let's keep growing and gaining a wiser mind together. 🧠🌱
26 Jul 2021
What are Schemas and why are they relevant to someone with BPD?
Hey friends,
Today we are looking into what schemas are? We list what schemas are most relevant to those with bpd and talk about how these effect us. We discuss unhelpful and helpful coping methods for dealing with schemas and a brief intro into one of the most effective therapies for BPD - Schema Therapy. Hope you can learn something. Continue to gain a Wiser Mind with us. 🌱🧠
16 Jul 2021
Borderline Personality Disorder and Relationships
Hey friends, today we are looking into the effects BPD has in a relationship. How do friendships and romantic relationships effect one with BPD? We talk about the symptoms of BPD that effect their interpersonal relationships the most. I hope we can both learn a bit about how heavy this can weigh on someone with BPD and what we can do about it. Let's keep growing together. 🧠🌱
4 Jul 2021
What people with Borderline Personality Disorder want you to know.
Hey friends, today we are talking about what a person with BPD wants you to know. I think this is one of our most informative podcasts so far and will hopefully be very helpful. 🌿 Listen in while we talk out in nature about 7 things you should know. We hope you can learn something new & grow with us. 🧠🌱
27 Jun 2021
Why are these emotions so big and what the heck do I do with them?!
Hello friends, today's episode is continuing our chat about beliefs and how these drive our behaviours when our emotions get so big. We talk a little bit about how beliefs are formed and how this impacts ourselves and those around us. Hope it helps you gain a bit of an insight, let's keep growing together 🧠🌱
22 Jun 2021
BPD means big emotions !
Hello friends, here is the first real episode from BPD: Gaining a Wiser Mind. We are talkin about the main thing that drives BPD, emotions! It's important to understand how big emotions are and how dysregulated these can get and what this means... Have a listen 🧠🌱💫
22 Jun 2021
An Intro to Gaining a Wiser Mind
Hello friends, Welcome to the first episode of Gaining a Wiser Mind. Listen for a bit of an intro to the show and come along as we take a lil dive into BPD and what it's all about, looking into some of the key traits.
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