Podcast

20 January 2023

MINDFULLY TENDING TO ANGER & RESENTMENT

Welcome back. I am so happy to have you here with me today to talk about mindfully tending to feelings of anger and resentment. 

Sometimes when we have relentless anxiety and intrusive thoughts, anger can feel like the only emotion we can access.  

13 January 2023

In this week’s podcast, I talked with Lynn Lyons about her new book, The Anxiety Audit (7 Sneaky Ways Anxiety Takes Hold and How to Escape Them).

We discuss: 

• How repetitive negative thinking disguises itself as problem-solving 
• How catastrophic thinking makes the world a dangerous place and demands you react accordingly 
• How big conclusions and an all-or-nothing approach make the world smaller and harder to navigate. 
• How a fear of judgment isolates and disconnects us from people 
• How being busy and overscheduled both adds and masquerade anxiety and stress 
• How we blame others when we are irritable
• How self-care becomes not self-care at all

6 January 2023

This is Your Anxiety Toolkit – Episode 318, and welcome 2023. 

Welcome back, guys. Happy 2023. Happy New Year. I want you to imagine you and I are sitting down at a table and we both have the most wonderful, warm tea or coffee or water or whatever it is that you enjoy, and we are going to have a talk. You’re not getting a talking too, I’m not saying that. But I want you to imagine that I’m standing in front of you or sitting in front of you and we’ve got eyes locked, and I am dead serious in what I’m talking to you about because I believe it to be the most important thing you need for 2023. I really, really do. 

So, let’s talk. Okay, you’ve got your tea. I’ve got my tea. Let’s do this. Okay.

30 December 2022

Welcome back, everybody. I am thrilled, thrilled, thrilled to have you here again, finishing out the year so strong. In this episode, we planned perfectly for this week because my guess is that you’re starting to make New Year’s resolutions or make New Year’s goals, and we wanted to talk, myself and the amazing guests that we have this week, about how you can change your habits in the most compassionate and effective way.. 

23 December 2022

In this podcast:

• Laura Ryan tells her story of overcoming superstitious Obsessions OCD
• How to manage Whack-a-mole obsessions
• How her family helped to support her as she overcame Superstitious OCD 
• How to get through the hard OCD days
• Perfectionism and Exposure & Response Prevention

16 December 2022

SUMMARY: 

• How to include family members in ocd treatment
• Supporting siblings during ocd treatment 
• How to apply the “be seen” model
• Ocd family therapy: including siblings as “assistant coaches” 
• Developing empathy during ocd treatment

9 December 2022

SUMMARY: 

In this podcast, Micah Howe addressed his expereince with intensive OCD treatment and the 6 most important turning points of OCD Recovery

1. Compulsions keep OCD going, 
2. I can control my reaction to OCD
3. Worrying is a false sense of control and is not productive
4. Anxiety does not mean something needs solving
5. Find an OCD community
6. Self-compassion helps manage uncertainty

Micah also addressed how to know you are ready for intensive ocd treatment and how he managed his OCD grief. 

2 December 2022

In This Episode:

What causes anxiety?

Is Anxiety “normal”?

• Genetic and environmental
• It is NOT your fault.
• You didn’t ask for this
• You are doing the best you can with what you have

Does that mean there is nothing you can do? No.

25 November 2022

In This Episode:

• Amy Mariaskin, PhD shares her new book, Thriving in relationships when you have ocd
• What is Family accommodation and how does it apply to ocd
• Ocd family accommodation vs family support, 
• What is OCD reassurance and how it can creep into one’s relationship
• Relationship ocd, also known as rOCD
• Relationship issues with ocd and how to manage them
• Sexual orientation OCD, Gender related OCD, and Harm OCD and the impact this has on relationships
• Attachment styles in ocd and how to understand them to help you navigate communication. 

18 November 2022

In This Episode:

• What if people notice I am anxious?
• How to handle the fear that people will judge you 
• Tools to manage anxiety