Resources
This curated list highlights tools that many of my clients have found helpful in managing body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). You’ll find fidget toys, sensory items, blockers to interrupt pulling episodes, and trackers to support awareness and progress. Each item includes a direct link so you can easily explore and try what works best for you.
Fidgets and Sensory Tools List
The Hair Pulling/Skin Picking Cycle Handout
This handout illustrates the process of body-focused repetitive behaviors, showing how the they becomes reinforced through procedural memory, shame and other negative consequences. By breaking the cycle into clear stages, this resource highlights key intervention points and offers practical solutions at each step. Click below to download and begin understanding the cycle and how to disrupt it.
COMING SOON:
Guided Meditations
These meditations are designed to support the daily experience of living with hair-pulling urges.
Morning Anchor helps you set intentions and prepare for success at the start of the day.
Riding the Wave guides you to notice and sit with urges, allowing them to pass without needing to act on them.
After the Storm provides space for self-compassion after you’ve already pulled, helping to ease shame and keep you moving forward.
Created in collaboration with BFRB Coach Laura Hobson, who brings both compassion and lived experience to this work. You can find all three on the free Insight Timer app—just download the app and search for hair pulling to access them.
BFRB Salon & Spa Directory
Created by Laura Hobson, PA-C and BFRB coach, this directory highlights salons and spas that understand the unique needs of people living with body-focused repetitive behaviors. For many, visiting a salon can feel more stressful than soothing. In this directory, you’ll find stylists and beauty professionals who understand hair pulling and skin picking and are committed to treating clients with compassion and care.
