Podcast

What Causes Anxiety And Why It Is NOT Your Fault | Ep. 313

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.

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Thriving in Relationships When You Have OCD (with Amy Mariaskin PhD) | Ep. 312

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. 

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What If People Notice I Am Anxious? | Ep. 311

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

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Regret & Guilt: Two Very Misunderstood Obsessions | Ep. 310

11 November 2022

SUMMARY: 

• What if you don’t identify with the concept of an obsession being a FEAR? It’s a repetitive thought or feeling, but you’re not scared of a specific outcome. 
• What is the UNCERTAINTY when it comes to these obsessions? 

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Ep. 309: What if I Don’t Fit into a Typical OCD Subtype?

4 November 2022

SUMMARY:

• Not having a subtype makes it hard to get diagnosed with OCD 

• Not fitting into a subtype can make you doubt having OCD. 

• When you don’t see other examples, you can feel like an outsider in the OCD community. 

• All the subtypes seem to have their “people.”  

• The doubt can make you feel that it really is about the content, not OCD. 

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Ep. 308 ERP is for EVERYONE (with Andrew GottWorth)

28 October 2022

In This Episode:

• Andrew GottWorth shares his story of having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and how ERP allowed him to function again. 
• addresses the benefits of ERP and how ERP is for Everyone 
• How Exposure & response prevention can help people with OCD and for those with everyday stress and anxiety 

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Ep. 307 When your Chronic Illness Causes Anxiety

21 October 2022

SUMMARY: 

In This Episode:

• What to do what your chronic illness causes anxiety 
• The Difference between POTS and anxiety. 
• How to manage POTS related anxiety 
• What is an “Adrenaline Surge”? 
• The Treatment for POTS and Anxiety 
• POTS AWARENESS MONTH

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Ep. 306: “I Know Reassurance Seeking Is Problematic, But Isn’t It Also Bad To “Hold It In”?”

14 October 2022

In This Episode:

• The difference between Reassurance seeking vs. holding in emotions
• Why Reassurance seeking OCD is problematic and keeps you stuch
• What tools you can use to help you manage emotions with OCD

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Ep. 305 Why the Tone of Your Voice Really Matters

7 October 2022

 

In This Episode:

• We talk about how the ton of your voice really matters when it comes to self-compassion practices 
• USING SELF-COMPASSION TO INCREASE MOTIVATION
• USING SELF-COMPASSION TO BETTER APPRAISE EVENTS 
• How you can improve your self-compassion practices to include a warm nurturing voice. 
• How you can practice a kind coach voice in your daily life. 

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Ep. 304 What Does it Mean to Sit with Emotions?

30 September 2022

SUMMARY: 

Today we have Natasha Daniels, an OCD specialist, talking all about how to help children and teens with OCD and phobias.  In this conversation, we talk all about how to motivate our children and teens to manage their OCD, phobias, and anxiety using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and other treatments such as self-compassion, mindfulness, and ACT. We also address what OCD treatment for children entails and what changes need to be made in OCD treatment for teens. In this episode, Natasha and Kimberley share their experiences of parenting children with phobias and OCD.  

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