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Ep. 184: What is Panic Disorder? with Joshua Fletcher

9 April 2021

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18639170/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87a93a/” width=”100%” height=”90″ scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/kimberleyquinlan/Your_Anxiety_Toolkit_-_Ep184_Joshua_Flatcher.mp3″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”87a93a” libsyn_item_id=”18639170″ /]Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast.  Today we have on the amazing Joshua Fletcher who some of you may know from Instagram as Anxiety Josh.  Joshua is a psychotherapist in the UK as well as someone with lots of lived experience with anxiety disorders.  He is here today to talk to us specifically about panic attacks and panic disorder. (more…)

Ep. 183: 5 Mindfulness Tips for Anxiety & Depression

2 April 2021

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18509924/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87a93a/” width=”100%” height=”90″ scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/kimberleyquinlan/Your_Anxiety_Toolkit_-_Ep183.mp3″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”87a93a” libsyn_item_id=”18509924″ /]Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast.  Today I want to share with you the 5 mindfulness tips that I use with my clients to help manage symptoms of anxiety and depression. (more…)

Ep. 182: What is ERP?

26 March 2021

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18450974/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87a93a/” width=”100%” height=”90″ scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/kimberleyquinlan/Your_Anxiety_Toolkit_-_Ep_182.mp3″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”87a93a” libsyn_item_id=”18450974″ /]Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit. Today we are discussing Exposure and Response Prevention or ERP.  So what exactly is ERP?  Well, many years ago a psychologist created exposure therapy, which is where we expose people to their fears. If you were afraid of dogs, we would expose you to pictures of dogs and then videos of dogs and then we would probably ask you to go pet a dog, that is exposure therapy. (more…)

Ep. 181: Magical Thinking with Dr. Jonathan Grayson

19 March 2021

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18331256/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87a93a/” width=”100%” height=”90″ scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/kimberleyquinlan/Your_Anxiety_Toolkit_-_Ep181_Jon_Greyson.mp3″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”87a93a” libsyn_item_id=”18331256″ /]Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast.  Today we are so lucky to have Dr. Jonathan Grayson on with us again. Dr. Grayson is a psychologist who has been specializing in the treatment of OCD for more than 40 years. He is also the author of Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and founder of The Grayson LA Treatment Center for Anxiety and OCD.  He is here today to talk to us about magical thinking. I am actually getting asked a lot recently about magical thinking.  People have a lot of questions about what it is and how it relates to OCD and anxiety. (more…)

Ep. 180: What is the Difference Between an Intrusive Thought and a Mental Compulsion?

12 March 2021

[podcast src=”https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/18274859/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87a93a/” width=”100%” scrolling=”no” class=”podcast-class” frameborder=”0″ placement=”top” primary_content_url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/kimberleyquinlan/Your_Anxiety_Toolkit_-_Ep180.mp3″ libsyn_item_id=”18274859″ height=”90″ theme=”custom” custom_color=”87a93a” player_use_thumbnail=”” use_download_link=”” download_link_text=”” /]Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. We have a lot to tackle in this episode!  We are going to be talking about a really important topic which has a lot of confusion surrounding it.  Today we are going to explore the difference between an intrusive thought and a mental compulsion. (more…)

Ep. 179: 8 Tips to Fast Track Your OCD Treatment

5 March 2021

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Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast.  Today I want to focus a bit on OCD treatment.  I want to share with you all 8 tips that I think will really help to fast-track your OCD treatment.  The first tip is to get support. (more…)

Ep. 178: Ways to Break the Cycle of Perfectionism with Menije Boduryan

26 February 2021

Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today we have on an amazing guest and therapist, Menije Boduryan. Menije is an OCD specialist as well as a specialist on perfectionism. She is here today to talk to us about perfectionism and to give us some tips on how to manage perfectionism in our own lives.
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Ep. 177: Does this Behavior Bring Me Closer to My Long Term Goals?

19 February 2021

Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today I want to talk about a concept that is really important to long-term recovery or just life in general, which is this question: Does this bring me closer to my long term goals?
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Ep. 176: What Are the Lies We Tell Ourselves?

12 February 2021

Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit. Today we are going to have a hard conversation and it honestly is causing a little bit of anticipatory anxiety for me. I want to talk to you about the lies we tell ourselves. You might be thinking “I don’t tell lies. What are you talking about? I am a good person.” So I want you to hear me out for a little bit and I want to share an experience I had this week. I realized that I had been telling a lie to myself and to my family about my choice to continue working so hard.
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Ep. 175: How to Practice Self-Compassion

5 February 2021

Welcome back to another episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit Podcast. Today I want to talk about something that is so important to me. This is also something I think we all need a little reminder about from time to time and that is the importance of self-compassion. Today I want to share an exercise on how to practice self-compassion. (more…)