Breaking Our Borders
As we grow and experience many things in our lives, borders are created in our thought processes that make us think and believe in certain ways. Sometimes those thoughts can be harmful to our mental health. Dr. Michelle Border will examine the abuse, trauma, and experiences that cause the negative borders in our mind, and help you learn how to break down those borders to have better mental health.
Episodes
33 episodes
Breaking Our Borders Episode 32- Inner Child
Hello, everyone! I’m Doctor Michelle Border and I’m so glad you are joining me again this week. In today’s episode I will discuss the concept of our Inner Child. The "inner child" is a metaphor for the part of the brain that retains the emot...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 31- Coping with Unhealthy and Toxic Relationships
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and today I’m going to talk about what we can do when in unhealthy or toxic relationships that we are not ready to or cannot get away from. Negative relationships can take a toll on our mental heal...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 30- Trauma Bond
Hello, and welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk about Trauma Bond. Trauma Bond is what happens in our brains when narcissists manipulate us and change the biochemical pathways in our brains. I recent...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 29- Grief
Hello, everyone and welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk about grief. We think of grief as being associated with the death of someone close to us, but grief can be felt for other types of losses as w...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 28- I'm on Vacation
Hi, everyone! This week’s episode is going to be short as I’m on vacation and won’t be home to put together a regular episode. You could use this time this week to check out my previous episodes that you may have missed on...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 27- Adam Copeland and Positive Living
Welcome back! I’m super excited about this episode as this is the first time I have done an interview for the podcast. Today I have a special guest with me, Mr. Adam Copeland. I met Adam at a STEM teaching conference where he was the keynote...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 26- Perceptions
Hello and welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk about perceptions. Perceptions are how individuals organize, identify, and interpret sensory information to understand the world around them. It has bee...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 25- My Healing Journey
Hello, everyone! Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I am going to talk about my healing journey. I have had several listeners say, I recognize my trauma and hear you about how I need to get on the healing jour...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 24- Romantic and Friendship Relationships
Hi and welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I am going to discuss healthy and unhealthy romantic and friends relationships. Survivors of childhood trauma often carry personality adaptations and disorders into adulthoo...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 23- Physical Abuse including Sexual Abuse
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk deeper about physical and sexual abuse. Physical abuse is any aggressive or violent behavior by one person toward another that results in bodily injury, and inclu...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 22- Emotional Abuse
Hello everyone, and welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to take a deeper look at emotional abuse. Emotional abuse is a type of abuse that affects the mind of the victim, not abuse on the body. The abu...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 21- Our Minds Are Like An Apple Tree
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Boder, and in today’s episode I”m going to share with you an analogy that came to my mind while at a conference recently. This analogy helped me to better understand what I need to do to have a healthier mind a...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 20- Mother and Father Wounds
Hello, and welcome back. I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk about a concept called mother and father wounds. When a child is abused, neglected, or ignored they develop life-long struggles with emotional he...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 19- Empaths
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk about Empaths. Empathy is a personality trait, and basically the opposite of narcissists. Since I talked about Narcissists in my last two episodes, I wanted...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 18 = Narcissism Part 2
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and this episode is part 2 about narcissism. In the first episode I discussed what narcissism is, what causes it, and what is going on in the mind of a narcissist. In today’s episode I’m going to tell yo...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 17-Narcissism Part 1
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and today I’m going to discuss a personality disorder called narcissism. Because there is so much to tell about this disorder, this episode will be part 1. My next episode will be part 2, continuing the ...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 16- Childhood Trauma in Adult Relationships
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk more about how childhood trauma affects us as adults. When we have a childhood of abuse, neglect, or trauma we find coping mechanisms to try to reduce the p...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 15- Childhood Trauma in the Classroom
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and today I would like to give a shout out to all my teacher friends out there because in this episode I will discuss how childhood trauma affects children in the classroom. I have taught for over ...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 14- Parenting and Toxic Parents
Welcome back to the Breaking Our Borders podcast! I am Dr. Michelle Border. In today’s episode I’m going to talk about parenting, what children need from their parents, and what you can do to be the best parent for your child. We may h...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 13- Healthy relationships and Identifying feelings
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk about healthy relationships and how to communicate our feelings in healthy ways. Survivors of childhood trauma often were not provided with relations...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 12- The healing journey and positive coping behaviors
Welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk about the healing journey after childhood trauma, what it looks like, how to heal, and how long it takes. Childhood trauma can cause a lot of pain and until...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 11- Coping behaviors, Addictions, Suicidal thoughts/attempts
Welcome back, everyone. I’m Dr. Michelle Border and I hope you have had a great week! Some think that when we become adults the experiences of our childhood are forgotten or we erase the bad stuff and just magically become the person we are ...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 10- Other disorders and Long Term Physical Health Issues
Hey, everyone, welcome back! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I’m going to talk about some other mental disorders and physical effects that trauma can cause. Childhood trauma doesn’t just affect us during our youth. Its impact ...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 9- Personality Disorders and Coping Mechanisms
Welcome back everyone! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I will discuss personality disorders and other coping mechanisms. Experiencing childhood trauma leaves us with borders in our minds about who we are, and can cause u...
Breaking Our Borders Episode 8- Social Skills and Communication
Welcome back to the Breaking Our Borders podcast! I’m Dr. Michelle Border and in today’s episode I will discuss social skills and communication. These qualities are taught during childhood and for people who experienced childhoo...