Embracing Your BPD Diagnosis with Sara Abbott

About this episode

Sara Abbott shares her journey with being diagnosed with BPD and offers advice for accepting mental health struggles.

Kate and Michelle are joined by fellow therapist Sara Abbott, host of the Bold Beautiful Borderline podcast, to discuss her journey with being diagnosed with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder). Sara talks about early childhood experiences, difficulties with relationships as an adult, and what's helped her the most with finding her wise mind. Sara shares inspirational reminders and advice that will be helpful to anyone who is finding it challenging to accept their mental health struggles. TRIGGER WARNING: Material that may be triggering is discussed from 16:11-18:15 and from 33:33-34:10. Sara's podcast website: https://www.boldbeautifulborderline.com/ Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boldbeautifulborderline Listen to Sara interview Kate and Michelle on her podcast by going to Apple Podcasts ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bold-beautiful-borderline/id1523899329) or Spotify ( https://open.spotify.com/show/4dIQIIngQGADkDJAXglRnH); episode release dates are April 5, 2026 and April 12, 2026. Want to get 15% off of ALL Guilford Press titles? Use this link (code is DBTME at checkout): https://www.guilford.com/dbtme If you want to sign up for Kate's free DBT…

People in this episode

Hosts: Kate Sherman, Michelle Henderson

Guest: Sara Abbott

Topics covered

• BPD
• mental health
• therapy
• personal journey
• relationships
• self-acceptance

Keywords

• BPD
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• mental health
• therapy
• self-acceptance
• relationships
• inspiration

Sponsors

Guilford Press

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bold Beautiful Borderline, Etsy, Apple Podcasts, Spotify

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