Choosing Strength: How Agency Shapes BPD Recovery

From Borderline to Beautiful: Hope and Help for BPD with Rose Skeeters, MA, LPC, PN2

In this episode, we dive into the transformative power of choice in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) recovery. While BPD often amplifies emotions, it doesn’t have to define your path. We explore how even small, intentional decisions can break cycles, foster growth, and reduce anxiety—proving that strength, not just feelings, shapes who you are.

Key Takeaways:

• The Space to Choose: Inspired by Viktor Frankl’s words, "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom," we unpack how that pause can be a game-changer for managing BPD.
• Strength Over Chaos: Learn how choosing to act—whether it’s breathing through a trigger or reaching out for support—shifts control back to you, no matter how intense the emotions get.
• Practical Steps: Discover actionable ways to harness choice, from reframing thoughts to building resilience, one decision at a time.
• Hope in Action: Recovery isn’t about erasing struggles—it’s about choosing to keep going, and finding power in that persistence.

Join us as we reframe BPD recovery as a journey of strength, where every choice you make is a victory. Whether you’re living with BPD or supporting someone who is, this episode offers insights and encouragement to see beyond the feelings and into the power within.

Feel that spark? Share this with someone who knows the chaos too.

Hit us up with your own fire—how do you keep rising? Let’s talk about it. Back next Tuesday with more !

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Please remember that this podcast is not a replacement for therapy or clinical services. We are mindset coaches and want to offer this content for the betterment of the BPD community. We offer mindset coaching for individuals nationally and internationally.

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**This episode is colloquial not clinical, using personal anecdotes to support conveying information in an informal, relatable way**