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Halloween: Fun or an OCD Nightmare? Oct 30, 2024

If you're one of the American who loves Halloween, it's not just you, and it's not just kids who get excited about collecting candy. Halloween is morphing into an adult holiday. In fact, this year, Americans will spend over $10,000,000,000 celebrating this holiday.

We'll explore 3 questions:
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Helping Someone with OCD: It’s Not a Suicide Mission Oct 22, 2024

If somebody that you know and love has OCD, I'm going to guess that there are moments that you just wished you could swoop in, fix everything, and take away the pain. That is what I'd like to talk with you about today. 


He was describing this scene in which he was on Air Force 1 with the...

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What If You’re Wrong About What’s Possible with OCD? Oct 15, 2024

You have ideas about what is and what is not possible. Maybe your child with OCD has said something like, I can't do this because of my OCD. Or you might say, my adult child with OCD will never have opportunities open to my other children.

But what if you were wrong about what is and is not...

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Do You Have the Courage to Feel Your Feelings? Oct 08, 2024

We ask the people we love with OCD to do something very courageous. Through ERP, we ask them to experience their anxiety and lean into it without performing the compulsions that would bring the anxiety back down to baseline. But I've got a question for you. Are you courageous enough to feel your...

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Get Moving to Manage OCD Oct 01, 2024

Hello, friend. Have you ever noticed that OCD keeps you stuck? Here's my question for you. Could getting your body moving help you move forward with your life? Today, we'll explore the role physical activity may play in helping you get unstuck from OCD.


 The Therapeutic Power of Exercise

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OCD Themes Revealed Sep 24, 2024

Well, if you've ever studied octopus behavior, you know that these animals are masters of disguise. They can change their color and form and even skin texture to allude detection. Well, no matter if an octopus looks like a rock or an anemone or a jellyfish or a mantis shrimp, it's still an...

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OCD Therapist Tracie Ibrahim Tells Her OCD Story Sep 17, 2024

OCD is very different than the general public sees OCD as a superpower for neatness, cleanness, and keeping your hands clean. That is not what OCD is all about. OCD is about having obsessive thoughts, or images or anything that is haunting you in an obsessive way, and then you do compulsions to...

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Sugar and OCD managing ocd mental health mental health awareness Sep 11, 2024

Today, we're diving into a topic that may not be the first thing that you think about when you consider how to manage OCD, but it could have a surprising impact. We're talking about the connection between processed sugar, how well your brain works, and how well you're able to manage OCD. So let's...

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Who is the True You? coping with ocd diagnose ocd personal growth Sep 03, 2024

I was listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson reflect on the scientific method and his thinking process. He said something that made me listen a second time. He said, “Do whatever it takes to make sure you are not fooled into thinking something is true that is not, or that something is not true...

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The Secret Power of OCD know ocd ocd Aug 27, 2024

In most discussions about OCD, we often address the challenges it presents. However, it's important to recognize that our greatest gifts and our greatest liabilities are often flip sides of the same coin. Today, let's flip that coin and explore the gifts of OCD.

When I tuned into Tim Wahl's...

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Thoughts about Thoughts 2 of 2 manage thoughts Aug 20, 2024

Well, hello, friend. Today, let's continue our conversation about thoughts about thoughts. In the last episode, we talked about the power of thoughts. We talked about where your thoughts come from. Today, I'd like to share some ideas about thinking on purpose, choosing your thoughts.

 

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Thoughts About Obsessions and Other Thoughts 1 of 2 Aug 07, 2024

Once OCD enters your life, you understand the power of thoughts. Obsessions—the O in OCD—are nothing more than thoughts. They’re sentences in your brain. And they can erode lives.

In today’s article, we’ll talk about why thoughts are important, where your thoughts...

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