BPD Alliance, The Podcast

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• Newly Diagnosed With BPD? Listen Before You Google

  October 1, 2026 · 16 min

  She read him the criteria, told him to look it up, and sent him home. What Peter found online about borderline personality disorder nearly undid him. Peter Googled it that night and found a week of relief, then a month of self-loathing. He…

• My Daughter With BPD Quit Her Job. What I Said Next

  September 17, 2026 · 16 min

  When your daughter has borderline personality disorder and calls in pain, the first ten seconds decide whether she stays on the line. Julie knows those ten seconds. Her daughter got up late, hit traffic, got written up, and quit on the…

• What BPD Actually Is: Understanding the Diagnosis with Dr. Carla Sharp

  September 3, 2026 · 19 min

  What if borderline personality disorder isn’t best understood as a list of things that are “wrong” with someone? Carla Sharp, PhD, a professor at the University of Houston who studies the development of personality disorders, joins host…

• How the Words We Use About BPD Cause Pain

  August 20, 2026 · 16 min

  “Manipulative. Attention-seeking. Out of control.” These are the words we use about borderline personality disorder, and they make everything worse. Marie-Paule de Valdivia, MBA, LCSW is both the mother of a daughter with borderline…

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