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Beloved Ben

June 19, 2010 – 4:51 pm

Dear ones, Today is Saturday, and when I awoke, I felt like I had cement in my veins.  Wednesday evening of this week, I made the choice to euthanize our geriatric German Shepherd, Ben.  My heart aches so, and there is a big lack of presence in our home now. Ben was 11 years, 7 [...]

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A Retreat for those with trichotillomania and skin picking…

June 11, 2010 – 8:29 am

Dear ones, Woke up today pondering the upcoming TLC Retreat and what it means to me, and thought I would share some musings on it. Why come to a TLC Retreat? To honor your process, the truth of your life experience, to allow yourself the space to step outside of your habituated routines of behavior, [...]

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Trichotillomania and Suicide

June 8, 2010 – 10:38 am

Good morning Dear Ones! Hmmm… I have a bunch of stuff on my mind, so I may just ramble a bit until I hit my stride. Is trich life-threatening? Not often, but it can certainly be life-threatening. For a variety of reasons. Physically, one can develop a trichobezoar, or hair ball blocking the digestive system. [...]

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Inviting new positive behaviors…

May 26, 2010 – 7:09 pm

Good Evening, World! I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while – and then it slips my mind. In fact, I wanted to write a short meditation on this concept for my little book Pearls, but again, I forgot! So today is the day. (Because I sent out a text about it on Monday… [...]

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Hair Pulling on TV 20 years ago…

May 21, 2010 – 1:34 pm

Dear One,  (yes, that means you) This is a powerful week for me. On May 20th, 1990, I flew to Seattle to do a local talk show on trichotillomania. At the time, I owned and operated a small answering service with my dear friend and business partner, Dana. I had recently discovered others suffered, and [...]

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Hair Pulling and Skin Picking: the bear in the doorway

May 3, 2010 – 9:55 am

Good morning world, Been a lot longer than I expected since my last blog entry – now it is time to catch up! I did a 7-day mindfulness retreat with Jon Kabat-Zinn, got my little book PEARLS – meditations on recovery from hair pulling and skin picking published (only available through TLC right now www.trich.org), [...]

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Trichotillomania Recovery: what does it look like?

February 21, 2010 – 10:25 am

Good morning World!  I am getting ready to begin my 7 day MBSR training this afternoon, and thought I’d like to post this before I disappear for a week. A while back, on the TLCTrichSupport email listserve (sign up at www.trich.org) someone posted how poorly she felt as she had put together some time and [...]

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Living pull free with Trichotillomania

February 17, 2010 – 8:49 am

Good morning World! How do I stay pull free? By being conscious of my own willingness. Being accepting and gentle with myself, understanding that the impulses may or may not come, and being willing to deal with them at all times. In fact, the more willing, and consciously prepared I am to respond to them [...]

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Trichotillomania and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

February 4, 2010 – 7:22 am

Dear World, Good morning! I woke up at 4am this morning because Jessie, our 8 year old Beagle began barking enthusiastically at what was probably a racoon outside the house. After laying in bed for about 45 minutes, trying to slip back into sleep, I finally got up. Now I have had my morning coffee, and [...]

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Musings on how having trichotillomania is like having dogs and cats learning to live together within my nervous system…

January 29, 2010 – 9:57 pm

Hello World! Today I encourage peace within my nervous system, having learned much from our dogs and cats! In our home Frankie and Jessie are buddies. Frankie is a six-toed orange cat with light green sea-mist colored eyes, and Jessie is a Beagle; a bit on the small side, with perfect Beagle markings. In living [...]

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