The Best TED Talks for People with OCD: Part 3
Read "The Best TED Talks for People with OCD: Part 3" to learn how you can shift your relationship with anxiety to turn the tables on OCD.
The Subtle OCD Compulsion You Might Not Know You’re Doing
Read one of the most popular blog posts I've ever written about the subtle compulsion of engaging in OCD-influenced emotions and how it can fuel the compulsive cycle.
Enjoying the Messy, Uncertain Process
Rushing to get to an outcome—and certainty—makes you miss much of life. Read my latest Psychology Today Beyond the Doubt [...]
The Need to Feel Seen
Not feeling seen is not only invalidating, it's threatening, but there are 5 simple ways you can let others around [...]
Lessons from Love…and Loss…of Lee
On July 14, 2020, I lost my soulmate. My 35-year-old Arabian horse, Speciale Lee, died in the ICU of the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital, with me by his side. As I’ve worked to process my grief, I’ve been thinking about all Lee taught me and is continuing to teach me even though he’s gone. Knowing I’m not alone in going through grief right now, as we’re all experiencing loss and grief due to the pandemic, I thought I would share lessons from my love and loss of Lee in hopes that they will bring you as much comfort and hope as they have given me.
Respond Instead of React: Managing COVID-19 Anxiety
Borrowing from some cognitive-behavioral therapy tools for anxiety, in my new Psychology Today blog post, Respond Instead of React: Managing COVID-19 Anxiety, I share five ways we can learn to turn our anxious reactions into more useful responses, helping us and our loved ones cope well in this time of crisis.
3 Ways to Power Up Your OCD Therapy
Over the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that the people who tame OCD most effectively are those who make three strategic shifts in their attitude toward not only exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy, the evidence-based therapy for OCD, but to life itself. Read 3 Ways to Power Up Your OCD Therapy on my Psychology Today blog to learn what they do.
Ruby Campbell’s Gift to the OCD Community
As we celebrate OCD Awareness Week (#OCDweek), October 13 -19, 2019, let’s keep the memory of Ruby Campbell alive by remembering her [...]
The Unintended Consequences of Saying OCD Can Be Cured
Realistic expectations of recovery are so important for the well-being of people with OCD. Because if people with OCD have unrealistic expectations they cannot achieve, they are incredibly likely to beat themselves up, which hurts them and their recoveries. Read more on my Psychology Today Beyond the Doubt blog.
The Best Ted Talks for People with OCD
I wrote a 5-part series for my Beyond the Doubt Psychology Today blog called The Best TED Talks for People with OCD, plus an additional post related to Part 4 about how to feel more connected to others.
Taming OCD and Reclaiming Your Life
Make the most of your recovery journey with six steps. Read this post on my Beyond the Doubt Psychology Today blog. [...]
I’m an OCD Therapist With OCD. And I Don’t Do ERP Perfectly
How to turn OCD's little wins into BIG victories for your recovery. Read this post on my Beyond the Doubt Psychology [...]
Why There’s No Cure for OCD
But you can have an amazing, joyful life anyway! Read this post on my Beyond the Doubt Psychology Today [...]
The Hidden Power of Swearing at Your OCD
Three ways to use the art and science of cursing to power up your recovery. Read this post on my [...]
Attitude Matters If You Want to Beat OCD
What manspreading, "c is for center," and a Buddhist equation mean for recovery. Read this post on my Beyond the [...]
The Five Things My OCD and I Learned in the South of France
Why my OCD is very sorry it threw a tantrum in a train station. Read this post on my Beyond [...]
What My OCD and I Are Packing for Our Trip to France
Why I never leave home without four special keys...that don't unlock my house. Read this post on my Beyond [...]