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Pulling Through

Chloe Hicks

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Chloe here! i'm just your ordinary girl who likes to talk about ordinary things and trichotillomania. This podcast touches on varying subtopics correlating to the mental disorder known as: Trichotillomania (trik-o-til-o-MAY-nee-uh). Trichotillomania is the compulsive disorder to pull out your hair repeatedly, usually correlated to OCD and initiated by trauma. I am here to discuss how Trichotillomania has impacted my life experience and how I am "pulling through". Instagram: @loveechloe
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The BFRB Podcast

Jose Alvear

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Jose Alvear, LMSW, is the host of The BFRB Podcast, a show focusing on body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) like skin picking and hair pulling disorders. The show was created in order to tell the stories of people who are living with these little-known disorders as well as to discuss treatment options, resources and self-care.
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Very Nearly Almost

Lindsey Sullivan

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Having had alopecia areata since the age of two, Lindsey Sullivan is very nearly almost bald or very nearly almost has a full head of hair. It all depends on how you look at it. Everyone has that thing about them that they have had to learn to love--perhaps they're still struggling with it. Through snippets of her own story and interviews with inspiring guests, Lindsey explores the ups and downs of alopecia areata--and other secret super powers.
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Free From OCD Podcast

Linda Culleton

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My podcast is about educating and empowering you with a message of hope and inspiration that you can become Free from Obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD.In this podcast, you will hear about how you can overcome OCD with the OCD treatment that reduces OCD Intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviour. Get the OCD help you have been looking for by tuning in here! Book an inital call to discovery how you can become free from ocd today: https://calendly.com/lindaculleton02/free-from-ocd-discover ...
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Best Mistakes

Anya Volz and Nika Sylvain

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A podcast about fucking up. Hosted by Nika Sylvain(@nikaluciasylvain and Anya Volz (@anyavolz). New episodes every Thursday. New mistakes every day. Email us your mistakes at bestmistakespod@gmail.com and follow us on everything @bestmistakespod. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/bestmistakespod/subscribe
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RARING

Matthew Zachary Worldwide

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Welcome to RARING, the voice of the rare disease community and a no-BS forum for patients and their families, rare disease patient organizations, and medical professionals. If you live with a rare disease or love someone who does, RARING is the podcast for you, by you, and with you every day. Tune in to hear leading experts discussing next-generation diagnostics and treatments. Learn from passionate nonprofit leaders talking about their highs and lows fighting for their communities. And laug ...
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Happy Alopecia Awareness month! In this episode, Lindsey interviews Simon Rubenstein. He’s the youngest board member on the National Alopecia Areata Foundation Board of Directors. He's also a film director, a producer, a writer, a photographer, a multicam operator, a community organizer and a business entrepreneur. They discuss the importance of em…
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In this episode, I share with you Why there is an Internal Battle with OCD and what you can do to relieve this battle. I invite you to watch my free masterclass: https://www.theocdexpert.com/pl/2147588316 To book a consultation: https://calendly.com/lindaculleton02/free-from-ocd-discovery-session Check out reviews here: https://www.theocdexpert.com…
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Interview with someone on learning to overcome Trichotillomania after almost 16 years. In it you will discover many wonderful insights. One of these insights clearly stood out, something she referred to as “half of the battle” and invites you to apply in your own life too if you suffer from this behavior.…
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In this episode, Lindsey is combining her passions for theater, hair and self-image in a conversation with 2024 Tony honoree Nikiya Mathis. The ultimate multi-hyphenate, Nikiya is a classically trained actress with an MFA in Acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts as well as a wig and hair designer who has lent her talents to shows like Chicken …
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In this episode, Lindsey has the opportunity to combine her passions for theater and connecting with others via Very Nearly Almosts. She spoke with Becca Schneider. Her solo show TRICH, which chronicles her experience with trichotillomania, was the top-selling play at the 2021 United Solo Theatre Festival at Theatre Row in NYC, winning both the Bes…
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In this episode, I talk about the transformational journey of Adam who suffered for 6 years with OCD intrusive thoughts of harm. I also answer questions people have emailed me which I hope helps you. I invite you to watch my free masterclass on how you can become free from OCD: https://www.theocdexpert.com/pl/2147588316 To book a free consultation,…
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In this episode, I share why ocd intrusive thoughts feel so real! I hope this helps you understand why ocd intrusive thoughts feel so real and how healing is possible! I invite you to watch my free masterclass on how to heal from OCD by clicking the link below: https://www.theocdexpert.com/pl/2147588316 Free consultation, click here: https://calend…
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In this episode, I share a vulnerable episode of my journey with Trichotillomania. I hope this helps you and know you are never alone. If you are suffering with Trichotillomania and would like help to heal, I invite you to book a consultation with me: https://calendly.com/lindaculleton02/heal-from-ocd-discovery-call-clone Support the Show.…
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In this episode, Lindsey deep dives into hair loss with Baldie Con creator Felicia Flores. The ladies discuss dating with alopecia, how Flores' hair loss journey inspired her to create Baldie Con and what exciting developments are on the way for the annual event down the road.Lindsey Sullivan
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In this episode, I discuss with you Why ocd is not the REAL problem so you can start to learn to finally heal. If you would like to learn more about how you can become free from ocd, I invite you to watch my masterclass that goes into detail about my own journey and how I guided many people to fully heal. Watch here: https://www.theocdexpert.com/pl…
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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Joyel Crawford. She is a TEDx speaker and the best-selling author of Show Your Ask! She is also the CEO and Founder of Crawford Leadership Strategies and the host of the Career View Mirror podcast. The ladies discuss Joyel's alopecia journey and how she's turned her own process of sharing her shine into a practi…
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Happy Alopecia Awareness Month! Lindsey kicks it off with Morgan a.k.a. Bald Baddie. Though she strikes a power pose like no other and has amassed nearly 30,000 followers, she--like many!--had a hard time dealing with bullying when she first lost her hair at age 16. Morgan talks about honing her confidence and how those painful experiences drove he…
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Meredith Lesley is back to open up about the latest chapter of her weight loss journey: having surgery to get her extra skin removed! After experiencing a tummy tuck as well as breast and arm lifts, she is here to offer perspective on an often stigmatized part of the weight loss process. Plus, she and Lindsey talk about the problem with insurance a…
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Ep 84 | Time Capsule: Douching is Manifesting (with Mindbath) In this installment of our time capsule episode series, we interview artist, musician, writer, and true sweetie pie close friend of ours Mindbath while we visit them in Austin, TX during our fall 2022 road trip. We talk about artist ego, the pursuit of fame, Lea Michelle’s literacy, Nika…
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It's been exactly 1 year since our last episode! Surprise, b*tch, bet you thought you'd seen the last of us... It's been a wild year and we can't wait to catch you up on all of it. Even though we haven't been posting, we have still been recording here and there, and as our big return we present to you our time capsule series. The first episode from…
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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Devin Tomb regarding her hair loss and ultimate regrowth journey. They dive into her Hearst-nominated essay, "As 100,000 Strands Fell," which she wrote for Good Housekeeping in 2017. She looks back on losing her hair, dating as a bald woman and regrowing her hair completely using JAK inhibitors.…
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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with award-winning director and writer Rachel Fleit, who most recently directed BAMA RUSH about sorority women at the University of Alabama. In the documentary, Fleit turns the camera on herself and addresses her lifelong journey with alopecia. Lindsey and Rachel take a deeper dive into that journey, her intentions f…
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Lindsey's back with a vulnerable update and an exciting inside look at her very first NAAF Conference in Denver, Colorado! The National Alopecia Areata Foundation has an annual conference for those with alopecia and their supporters. Hear from first-time attendees and returners about what it's like to spend an entire weekend with people who truly u…
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Check out this absolutely amazing recovery story from Jill who has suffered for 57 years with OCD using the free from ocd program. Her story is inspirational to everyone who is suffering from OCD. To become free from OCD, sign up here: https://www.theocdexpert.com/free-from-ocd-online-program-sales-page-1-d4275ff0-2c5e-45b9-a583-b3c37210dea7 Suppor…
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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Elizabeth "Ellie" Haney, the founder of Hanesie, a clothing company that promotes mental health awareness. Though they are both from the same picture perfect Connecticut town, she chronicles her journey with anxiety. From not being able to get out of bed in college to feeling fueled by creating clothing, Haney n…
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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Rachel Estabrook, who opens up about the skin insecurities she had growing up and how they ultimately led her on a path of becoming a professional makeup artist. She gets candid about how her definition of "beauty" has changed throughout her life.Lindsey Sullivan
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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Marie-Blanche Castagne, a college student from France, about navigating alopecia areata from an early age. From dating to now cutting her friends' hair, she dishes on what it's really like to be a college lady with hair loss. Plus, she shares the best wig tips!Lindsey Sullivan
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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Amara Aleman, who her Instagram and TikTok followers know as Amara ArtSpots. Following a vitiligo diagnosis back in 2017, Amara hid her body away, staying home and covering up with makeup and long sleeves. Here, she and Lindsey discuss using self-care to reclaim one's identity, building a support system and taki…
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In this episode, actor Jillian Sayegh joins Lindsey for a conversation about the struggles she's experienced accepting her curly hair and paving a professional and personal path that refuses to be built on people pleasing. Sayegh has appeared on Gotham and most recently, in Bruce Springsteen's music video for "Nightshift." She's done print work for…
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In this episode, Lindsey speaks with Julie Yoo, a fellow co-founder of the Alopecia Justice League. She has two daughters with alopecia and details her family's journey in navigating their hair loss. Plus, Julie shares her own story of having doors opened for her and why those experiences have shaped her into the advocate she is today.…
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Correction from this episode: we say the investigation of the Marshall Fire began in January 2020, but we meant January 2022. Tickets to our live show July 28th at Parkside Lounge in NYC: http://bit.ly/3MC7UM2 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES: www.patreon.com/bestmistakespod Hosted by Nika Lomazzo (@nikalomazzo) & Anya Volz (@anya…
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In this episode, Can OCD be cured? Learn transformational information that can change OCD by treating the root cause of OCD and not just the symptoms. This episode is about educating and empowering you with a message of hope and inspiration that you can become Free from Obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD.In this podcast, you will hear about how y…
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The besties talk romanticizing hypothetical future lives as community theater teachers upstate, in healthy relationships, etc. Nika discusses her current stint of sobriety, Anya talks pulling out of a depressive episode, and the girlies praise Hunter Biden for his iconic f*ck up this past week. The experiment of replacing the Deep Dive segment with…
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The girlies are back with another incredible live show at Parkside Lounge in Manhattan. Featuring performances by Honey Pluton, Esther Fallick, and Justin Covington. Thank you to all the besties that came out, we can't wait to see you at the next one! Tickets to our live show July 28th at Parkside Lounge in NYC: bit.ly/3MC7UM2 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATR…
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The obligatory Roe v Wade episode! Things are bad! We are scared! But we are still funny because you have to laugh through the pain. The besties talk about Tickets to our live show June 30th at Parkside Lounge in NYC: bit.ly/3MC7UM2 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES: www.patreon.com/bestmistakespod Hosted by Nika Lomazzo (@nikaloma…
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Today on NORDpod, Andrew MacDowell stands in for Matthew Zachary, and he welcomes Dr. Kathleen Donohue, Director of the Division of Rare Diseases and Medical Genetics, at the FDA’s Office of New Drugs. Over 350 million people worldwide have a rare disease, yet only 10% of rare diseases have an FDA-approved treatment. Dr. Donohue oversees the nation…
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Nika and Anya discuss the importance of straight men redistributing their wealth of knowledge about cars to the queer community. The besties discuss problematic age gaps, the intersection of the queer experience with queer representation in cinema (specifically the new film Fire Island), Nika’s depressive episode coming to an end, and Anya getting …
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Welcome to the audio from our very first live show! Featuring performances by Dylan Adler, Dave Ross, Nekia Hampton, Irene Fagan Merrow, and of course the besties themselves Nika and Anya! Tickets to our live show June 30th at Parkside Lounge in NYC: bit.ly/3MC7UM2 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES: www.patreon.com/bestmistakespod …
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You're in for a treat on today's episode of NORDpod as I welcome chronic illness advocate Sarah Pennington to the show. Since the age of 11, Sarah has been managing a condition known as Trichotillomania, a disorder that involves recurrent, irresistible urges to pull out body hair. An estimated 330,000 children in the US alone may face Trichotilloma…
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Nika comes out as a depressed contrarian. The besties discuss therapy, medication, mental health & friendship…what else is new? A listener writes in about Burning Man. Nika tells us about her terrible holistic therapist in Rhode Island. Anya picks apart the history and the wording of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, perha…
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Rob Long is the Executive Director at Uplifting Athletes, a nonprofit organization that inspires the rare disease community with hope through the power of sport. In 1020, as a Pre-Season All-American playing for the Syracuse Orange Football team, he was contemplating which NFL team he wanted to be on. Until he was diagnosed out of the blue with a G…
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DON’T MISS OUR LIVE SHOW IN NYC NEXT WEEK! MAY 26TH AT PARKSIDE LOUNGE! In this episode Anya expresses remorse for the time they broke a cancer’s heart, which they also believe put a curse on them to pay repentance to cancers for the rest of their days. Nika, like the comrade she is, tells us about The Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor up…
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The besties are BACK from their week in the woods! Nika & Anya talk about their Beltane festivities, their highs, their lows, their life lessons, etc! You know, the stuff you came here for. A few trigger warnings: This episode is NOT for tempeh lovers! Beware! On a more serious note, the listener mistake this week is heavy and somewhat controversia…
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OKAY WE MESSED UP PLEASE FORGIVE US! We are uploading this a week late but we have a good excuse! Kind of! Anya regales us with the story of her bloody UTI when camping on mushrooms at 19. Nika gives the entire low-down on grifter-influencer / "performance artist" icon Caroline Calloway. Listen to our patreon episode this week to watch She's the Ma…
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Bobby Foster is a content creator, a rapper/producer, a spoken word poet, and a certified life coach who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at birth. He graduated with a degree in creative writing from the University of Central Florida. Bobby is currently on a path to bring awareness and change through music. NORDpod is the official podcast of The …
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Actual real life best friend of the besties JP Maddock joins Nika and Anya on this very special road trip episode (excuse the audio), to talk Dungeons & Dragons, pansexuality, the subway shooter (brace yourselves), time management, and so much more! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON FOR WEEKLY BONUS EPISODES: www.patreon.com/bestmistakespod Hosted by Nika L…
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The teen years can be some of the toughest to face having alopecia, but Alison Lee has taken her story of self-love and turned it into a mission to advocate for others. In this episode, Lindsey speaks with the 16-year-old about co-founding the Alopecia Justice League together, her early alopecia days and even the alopecia rom-com she wrote.…
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The besties discuss the stress of taxes, savings, and the fickle, uncertain nature that is planning financially for one’s future during what feels like global societal collapse. So live in the present and enjoy life as we know it while we can! Or something! We talk Ezra Miller being the face of problematic they/thems, and how no amount of nail poli…
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Today on NORDpod, Matthew Zachary welcomes Phillip Bright, a senior at The University of Kentucky diagnosed with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) at a very young age and has lived an accelerated life facing this rare condition. HHT is a congenital dominant hereditary disorder in which some blood vessels do not develop properly. Phil subs…
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The besties lament on the trials and tribulations of doing laundry– why do we have to keep doing it?! Nika tells us about her panic! on the dancefloor, and the girlies cosplay as intellectuals by discussing French politics briefly. A listener writes in with a truly horrifying tale of forgetting to collect their money from a John and Anya tells us a…
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In this episode, Lindsey gabs with her alopecia pal Anja Bandulj. She shares the story of discovering she had alopecia on the evening of her junior prom and chronicles the emotional process behind deciding to eventually shave her head. She and Lindsey talk in-depth about the fluctuation of acceptance with their alopecia.…
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Dr. Adrienne Hammill is Research Director of the Hemangioma & Vascular Malformation Program and Director of the HHT Center of Excellence at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Her path to becoming a physician started when she was eight years old when she read an article about retinoblastoma, which is cancer with a genetic cause. She decided then that s…
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In this episode, I discuss a misunderstood form of OCD - Homosexual OCD. Listen to the amazing transformational story of Paul who suffered from Homosexual OCD and is now living his life free from OCD. This is also possible for you. This episode is about educating and empowering you with a message of hope and inspiration that you can become Free fro…
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Please NO LAUGHING at the episode number! Have some composure. The besties talk about their favorite cult-run restaurant in Anya's hometown, the importance of taking breaks from both people and substances sometimes, and Anya regrets an iPhone vs Android debate from earlier this week. Nika tells us about the time she accidentally sent a scathing shi…
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National Alopecia Areata Foundation support group leaders unite in this latest episode! Lindsey speaks with New Jersey leader Lasandra Johnson about her unexpected hair loss journey, hitting rock bottom and coming out of it triumphant and flourishing with self love. Johnson discusses the process of getting her mother to understand and accept her al…
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