Christian Faith and OCD, Scrupulosity, Intrusive Thoughts, Compulsions, ICBT

Martin Reed is a certified health education specialist and a clinical sleep health specialist.

Martin’s personal insomnia journey and how it led him to learn helpful techniques
Regaining his sense of sleepiness
Misleading information about sleep
Do we really need a certain amount of sleep?
Helpful tips to calm a racing mind and sleep better
Can we still sleep even when we have difficult thoughts and feelings?
Martin Reed’s sleep coaching and online sleep education

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Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

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Today on the show, I’m joined by Joe Padilla, a licensed and ordained minister, and co-founder of Mental Health Grace Alliance.  Joe shares with us how his family was personally impacted by mental health and how he was able to work through it.

Stepping down the ministry to navigate his wife’s mental health issues
Barriers to seeking professional and pastoral help
Doing research and equipping himself to help his wife overcome her mental health condition
Learning how to integrate neuroscience, psychology, and biblical scriptures for mental health recovery
Reinventing support group models and curriculum that integrate faith and science. 
Joe’s work at Mental Health Grace Alliance

Links and Resources:

https://mentalhealthgracealliance

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

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Today on the show, I am joined by Amanda Huffman, a clinical social work/therapist who uses holistic, integrative, evidence-based, & cutting edge approaches in her practice.

Amanda talks about Somatic Experiencing therapy and how it can help people with anxiety and OCD. 

• How long does it take to become a somatic experiencing therapist?
• The theory behind somatic experiencing 
• How somatic experiencing can help process trauma 
• How is somatic experiencing different from other therapies?
• Amanda’s view on somatic experiencing and Christian faith

Links and Resources:

www.amandajhuffman.com

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

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My guest today is an experienced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) practitioner and author, Ingrid Ord. Ingrid talks about the connection between ACT and Christianity.


How did Ingrid develop an interest in ACT?
What is ACT and how does it work?
How does ACT help with anxiety and OCD
Taking your anxiety along with you.
ACT and faith in God
Bible characters who went through hard times and learned to accept their situations
Ingrid’s book, ACT with Faith

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www.actwithfaithbook.com/ingrid-ord-author/
www.actwithfaithbook.com/shop/

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

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In today’s episode, I’m going to talk about suffering and ways we have a tendency to increase our own suffering.

What I’ve learned from my recent suffering
Going through intense physical pain and how it led to emotional pain
How our thoughts increase our suffering
How acknowledging pain and emotions can make you feel better
What are primary and secondary suffering?
Seeking God for clarity and getting into a place of acceptance
How to decrease your suffering

Links and Resources:

 Is Mindfulness for Christians? with Dr. Irene Kraegel
Book: https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Your-Pain-Well-Being-ebook

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

Carrie's services and courses: carriebock.com/services/
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Joining the show today is Jon McLernon, a fitness coach and emotional eating expert. Jon shares with us his traumatic experience that changed his life and shaped him to be the person he is now. 

 What happened to Jon while he was on a humanitarian mission in South Africa 
Impact of the traumatic incident on Jon’s mental health
Using food as a coping mechanism
Making the decision to forgive
How did Jon forgive and move into a place of compassion? 
How Jon started to become a weight loss coach 
How Jon helps his clients create life-changing transformations. 

Links and Resources:

facebook.com/jonmclernoncoach

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

Carrie's services and courses: carriebock.com/services/
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Courtney Reissig, a mom, author and speaker is joining me on the show today to share how God used the Psalms to prepare her for a traumatic and life-threatening pregnancy experience.

• How Courtney started diving into the Psalms
• Psalms as the language of the realities of life 
• How Courtney processed her emotions 
• How she worked through her trauma and what she learned from it
• How to use the Psalms in prayer 
• Courtney’s Book, Teach Me How to Feel 

Related links and resources

courtneyreissig.com

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

Carrie's services and courses: carriebock.com/services/
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Join Carrie in a solo episode as she speaks about anxiety and shame around money and how to cope with it. 

Common financial traps
Evaluating your finances and making good financial decisions
Thought processes and limiting beliefs about money and how to reframe them.
Honoring God with your finances  
More helpful tips and advice on dealing with financial anxiety

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

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Jen Roland, a certified mental health coach through the American Association of Christian Counselors, Christian writer and speaker is joining me on the show today to talk about fitness, mental health, and Christianity.

Jen’s personal fitness journey 
Her initial motivation to lose weight and get fit.
Jen’s unhealthy obsession with fitness and how it caused stress and anxiety
Inviting God to her health journey. What did God show her that changed her perspective about health and fitness?
How exercise and movement can help with chronic pain  Christian view of health and fitness
Practical tips on how to start exercising when you feel overwhelmed.

Links and Resources

www.jenroland.com

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

Carrie's services and courses: carriebock.com/services/
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Today, I'll be talking about anxiety, goals, failure, and New Year's Resolutions.

Why I don't set  New Year's Resolutions
Why people with anxiety may shy away from setting goals
 Self-Evaluation & Setting Personal Goals 
Where does fear of success come from?
Overcoming failures
Aligning your goals with God's will 

Verses and Scriptures discussed: Philippians 2:12-13, Isaiah 1:17, Ephesians 2:19

Explore the Empowered Mind: Christian ICBT for OCD: https://carriebock.com/training/ 

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