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HabitAware Blog: Soul Fuel

Shattering Shame: A Mindset Reset to Overcome Trichotillomania, Dermatillomania, Nail Biting

Shattering Shame: A Mindset Reset to Overcome T...

Feeling ashamed of hair pulling, skin picking or nail biting? You are not alone. I've felt it too & it’s why I hid for more than 25 years. In this...

Shattering Shame: A Mindset Reset to Overcome T...

Feeling ashamed of hair pulling, skin picking or nail biting? You are not alone. I've felt it too & it’s why I hid for more than 25 years. In this...

Nail Biting, Lip Picking, and Skin Picking: BFRBs Explained Including Onychophagia and Cuticle Picking

Nail Biting, Lip Picking, and Skin Picking: BFR...

By: Ellen Crupi, HabitAware Director of Awareness  Trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) and Dermatillomania (skin picking disorder) are not the only BFRBs.  Did you know that nail biting, lip picking, finger...

Nail Biting, Lip Picking, and Skin Picking: BFR...

By: Ellen Crupi, HabitAware Director of Awareness  Trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) and Dermatillomania (skin picking disorder) are not the only BFRBs.  Did you know that nail biting, lip picking, finger...

Satisfying A Craving for Texture

Satisfying A Craving for Texture

When I was a kid, stepping on extra crunchy leaves, sticking my bare hands in snow, playing with bubbles from a bubble bath, were all little things that I’d look...

Satisfying A Craving for Texture

When I was a kid, stepping on extra crunchy leaves, sticking my bare hands in snow, playing with bubbles from a bubble bath, were all little things that I’d look...

Conquering with Keen: M moves from thumb sucking, to nail biting, to skin picking, to success

Conquering with Keen: M moves from thumb suckin...

M is a 26-year old, living on the East coast of the US.  This is how M is Conquering with Keen Awareness, in her own words.   BFRB Journey - From...

Conquering with Keen: M moves from thumb suckin...

M is a 26-year old, living on the East coast of the US.  This is how M is Conquering with Keen Awareness, in her own words.   BFRB Journey - From...

Starting your daily "Soul Fuel" practice to overcome trichotillomania, dermatillomania, & nail biting

Starting your daily "Soul Fuel" practice to ove...

Looking for a treatment for trichotillomania, or a way to stop skin picking, or to stop nail biting? We at HabitAware believe that love❤️, strength 💪and awareness 👀are part of...

Starting your daily "Soul Fuel" practice to ove...

Looking for a treatment for trichotillomania, or a way to stop skin picking, or to stop nail biting? We at HabitAware believe that love❤️, strength 💪and awareness 👀are part of...

3 Steps to Building a Growth Mindset and Taking Control of Trichotillomania, Dermatillomania and other BFRBs

3 Steps to Building a Growth Mindset and Taking...

During the TLC conference Aneela, Stephanie (our Keen Ambassador) and I manned the HabitAware booth, shared our stories, helped long time Keen family members and welcomed new ones into our...

3 Steps to Building a Growth Mindset and Taking...

During the TLC conference Aneela, Stephanie (our Keen Ambassador) and I manned the HabitAware booth, shared our stories, helped long time Keen family members and welcomed new ones into our...

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