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

In this episode, Carrie helps listeners distinguish between everyday uncertainty and OCD by exploring obsessional doubts, compulsions, rumination, faith-related OCD, and the ways ICBT can help identify when OCD is turning uncertainty into a crisis.

Episode Highlights:

How to recognize when an everyday uncertainty may be turning into an OCD obsession

Why OCD often targets the people, beliefs, and values that matter most to you

How urgency, internet research, rumination, and reassurance-seeking can signal OCD

What ICBT teaches about the difference between everyday doubts and obsessional doubts

How Christians can respond to uncertainty without trying to force absolute certainty

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

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In this episode, Carrie welcomes back licensed clinical social worker Nikole Kruger to explore the overlap between autism and OCD, why many adults are identified later in life, and how understanding neurodivergence can reduce shame and improve treatment.

Episode Highlights:

How autism and OCD can overlap and why the two are sometimes difficult to distinguish

Why many adults don't realize they're autistic until later in life, even if they've always felt different

How masking can lead to exhaustion, burnout, and challenges with identity and relationships

Why understanding the function behind a behavior is essential when treating OCD and autism together

Practical ways therapists, churches, families, and individuals can create more supportive environments for autistic people

Connect with Nikole Krueger here: www.ocdtherapies.com

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

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In this episode, Carrie continues with Part 2 of her testimony, sharing how God sustained her through a high-risk pregnancy, her husband's rare neurological diagnosis, profound grief, and the ongoing journey of trusting Him through life's greatest uncertainties.

Episode Highlights:

Why trusting God often begins where control comes to an end.

How surrender became a turning point that strengthened her faith.

What helped Carrie navigate grief, uncertainty, and unanswered questions.

Why remembering God's past faithfulness builds confidence for today's challenges.

How living one day at a time creates space for peace and hope.

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

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In this episode, Carrie shares Part 1 of her personal testimony, revealing the truths God taught her during one of the darkest seasons of her life and why those lessons still shape her faith today.

Episode Highlights: 

Why God's promises became my anchor through divorce, grief, and unanswered prayers

How suffering exposed beliefs I didn't realize I had about God's character

What helped me keep trusting God when life didn't unfold the way I expected

How counseling, community, and Scripture became part of God's provision during heartbreak

Why God may be doing far more behind the scenes than you can see today

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

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In this episode, Carrie sits down with Whitney Paige to share how her journey through OCD, scrupulosity, chronic illness, and spiritual struggle reshaped her understanding of God's love and faithfulness.

Episode Highlights:

Why chasing certainty often keeps Christians stuck in the OCD cycle.

The connection between chronic illness and mental health.

Practical ways to anchor your faith when your feelings tell a different story.

What scrupulosity can distort about God's character and His love for you.

The role of community, treatment, and biblical truth in finding lasting hope.

Whitney's award-winning book, By His Stripes, and how her testimony is encouraging Christians to trust God through OCD, chronic illness, and seasons of suffering.

Connect with Whitney Paige:

www.whitneypaigeco.com

Check out Whitney Paige's book By His Stripes: https://www.whitneypaigeco.com/author

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

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In this episode, Carrie sits down with Kathy Young as she shares her journey through postpartum OCD, multiple inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations, a misdiagnosis of postpartum psychosis, and the lessons she learned on the road to recovery.

Episode Highlights:

-How to recognize when postpartum OCD symptoms may be mistaken for postpartum psychosis or other mental health conditions.

-Why sleep deprivation, hormonal changes, and anxiety can intensify OCD symptoms after childbirth.

-How perfectionism and the need for control can quietly fuel obsessive thinking during motherhood.

-Practical ways to communicate your needs and build a stronger support system during difficult seasons.

-Strategies for navigating intrusive thoughts, embracing uncertainty, and leaning on God throughout the recovery process.

Connect with Kathy: https://lessnoiselowwhispers.substack.com/

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

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In this episode, Carrie welcomes back Jon Seidl, a returning guest, author, speaker, and founder of Veritas Recovery, to share his personal journey through addiction and recovery while exploring how identity, shame, unresolved pain, and a deeper relationship with Christ can shape the path toward lasting healing and freedom. 


Episode Highlights:

How unresolved trauma and emotional pain can influence addictive behaviors later in life.

Why shame often keeps people stuck while godly conviction creates a pathway toward healing.

The role identity plays in both addiction and long-term recovery.

What it means to pursue freedom by addressing the root causes of unhealthy coping mechanisms.

Insights from Jon Seidl’s book Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic and his journey toward recovery through faith, vulnerability, and God's grace.

Connect with Jon Seidl here: www.jonseidl.com

www.jonseidl.com/confessions-of-a-christian-alcoholic-book

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

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In this episode, Carrie sits down with Rachael Kelley, a Christian writer and former Empowered Mind student, to discuss navigating OCD flare-ups, overcoming scrupulosity, and learning to trust God's love throughout the recovery journey. 

Episode Highlights:

How Rachael Kelley learned to navigate OCD flare-ups without viewing them as failures in recovery.

The primary obsessional doubt that was driving many of her scrupulosity fears.
Why OCD often disguises itself as spiritual conviction and how to recognize the difference.

The ICBT strategies that helped her challenge intrusive thoughts and obsessional reasoning.

How learning to tolerate uncertainty strengthened both her recovery and her faith.
Practical tools, support systems, and mindset shifts that continue helping her move forward when OCD resurfaces.

Connect with Rachael Kelley:

https://www.instagram.com/rachael.anne.writes/

https://rachaelannewrites.substack.com/

Ultimate Resource Guide for Christians with OCD: https://rachaelannewrites.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-resource-guide-for-christians

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

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In this episode, Carrie welcomes Erica Hackworth to share how discovering the connection between her ADHD, autism, and OCD transformed her relationships, faith, self-understanding, and journey toward recovery.

Episode Highlight:

Discover how ADHD, autism, and OCD can overlap and influence one another in unexpected ways.

Recognize the hidden signs of OCD that extend beyond contamination fears and perfectionism.

Identify the difference between OCD-driven fear and genuine spiritual conviction.

Learn practical ways to communicate neurodivergent needs within relationships and family life.

Apply ICBT principles to break free from shame, intrusive thoughts, and self-condemnation.

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

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In this episode, Carrie sits down with Ana, a missionary who shares her journey through scrupulosity OCD, navigating fear and major life decisions while discovering Jesus as her Good Shepherd, faithfully leading her through missions, marriage, and deeper trust in Him. 

Episode Highlights:

How scrupulosity OCD can distort your view of God and His will for your life

Why fear and anxiety don't necessarily mean you're making the wrong decision

Practical ways to discern God's direction through prayer, Scripture, and wise counsel

How to move forward in faith when you don't have complete certainty

Why OCD and mental health struggles do not disqualify you from God's calling and purpose

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

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