In this podcast episode, I interviewed my husband and we got really vulnerable and personal (and at times, very emotional). We spoke about our journey together with ROCD, what helped him during my journey with ROCD, ways to build deeper intimacy through difficulty, things we wish we did back then, our sex life during ROCD, what ROCD can teach you, and how to make it work for you (yes, it can build deep connection!)

We also spoke about how to be in a long-term, fulfilling relationship by speaking about honest emotions and thoughts about our relationship, big advice and realizations, toxic and red flag issues, and a lot of honesty, love and vulnerability in this podcast.

In this podcast episode, Kiyomi interviews Halley and Bryce, a couple navigating and growing through the challenges that come with Relationship OCD.

The three of them discuss the challenges, "mistakes" that they've learned from when working with Relationship OCD, hidden compulsions, how to work through the importance of boundaries and taking care of oneself, and additional empowering tips on having a more fulfilling and loving relationship.

In this podcast episode, Kiyomi interviews Lauren, a ROCD Course/Community graduate and AIR member on sex and intimacy with Relationship OCD. Kiyomi and Lauren discuss the shame that can come with the topic of sex and intimacy and how this shame fuels Relationship OCD and anxiety. They discuss topics such as media influence on sex, ROCD behaviors such as avoidance during sex, sex, and compulsions, intrusive thoughts, obsessive thinking with sex and intimacy, and other topics like sexual trauma, shame, and blame "is what I'm experiencing normal?", insecurity, self-criticism, self-pleasure, surprising emotions, how to use the difficulties that may arise from sex and intimacy as a way to awaken and so much more.

In this podcast episode, Kiyomi interviews Heather, an AIR member and ROCD Course graduate on her experience with sexuality and sexual orientation. Heather speaks about her own experience with sexual orientation OCD/HOCD and how epiphanies and realizations that she's had during her journey entwined with ROCD.

In this episode, Kiyomi speaks about difficult feelings you may be experiencing with Relationship OCD. How one technique and perspective can change your relationship to your emotions, how this perspective changed her life and ROCD, the core emotions that fuel other difficult feelings that you didn't realize you were experiencing and how to start integrating the emotions to create deeper intimacy with yourself and your partner.

In this podcast episode, Kiyomi interviews ROCD Course Community graduate and AIR member, Eszter from Hungary. In this episode, Eszter talks about her surprising journey with people pleasing in Relationship OCD. We learn about how anxiety and ROCD has helped her, what it's taught her, how to know if you have a coping mechanism of people pleasing, ways it shows up in ROCD and your relationship, how it begins, how society encourages people pleasing and how you can use people pleasing as a path to awaken in your relationship with yourself and your partner. 

In this podcast episode, Kiyomi interviews Palak, an AIL ROCD Course Ambassador and AIR member. They both speak about the importance of anger, how anger may be showing up in your relationship, in Relationship OCD and how to transform it in a way where it gives you a greater sense of awakening and freedom within yourself and your relationship.

In this podcast, Kiyomi addresses emotions you may be feeling with the climate of the world. If you're feeling hopeless, anger, sadness, fear or despair due to external situations like politics, then this podcast is for you. In this podcast, Kiyomi talks about 3 truths to hold on to during these times, different tools you can use when things feel uncertain and what to do if you and your partner have different political beliefs.

In this episode, Kiyomi interviews an ROCD Course & Community graduate and AIR member, Emma. Emma talks about heartbreak within one relationship, why you may be experiencing heartbreak, why heartbreak is okay and normal, societal pressures and expectations that worsen ROCD, how heartbreaks have helped her and 5 ways you can work with heartbreak. 

It can feel lonely and isolating having Relationship OCD and relationship anxiety. In this podcast, Kiyomi takes you through a guided practice to help kick start your week feeling more connected and less alone. This podcast episode will make you feel understood, and is geared to inspire hope as you start your day and move into a new week of awakening in connection.