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If your family and friends are looking for support  to help you manage OCD better, then this could be a very helpful podcast for you.

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

Today's episode is about those tricky emotions that we don't want to experience. The emotions in exile. In my experience, the more we can learn to explore and be with those emotions, the better off we are going to be.

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

In today's episode I talk with the amazing OCD specialist Lauren McMeikan Rosen MFT. We discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic, the search for an OCD cure and the meaning of acceptance amongst many other OCD and anxiety related topics. 

To get in touch with Lauren you can find her on Instagram @theobsessivemind or you can check out her website www.theobsessivemind.com 

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

In today's episode we take a look at the difference between avoidance and approaching and how they can hamper or vastly improve our ability to overcome OCD and anxiety. 

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

Rather than accepting, what we often need to learn to do is to just tolerate the difficult thoughts and sensations that OCD gives us. Today we explore how to develop more tolerance.

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

The label of OCD serves a purpose, but when we hold onto it too tightly it can hold us back and stop us from making the progress that we need to make. 

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

This week we explore reassurance seeking, one of the most common OCD compulsions.

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

This week I interview the OCD specialist Paul Mc Carroll. To get in touch with Paul you can find him on Instagram @befreefromocd or you can check out his website www.befreefromocd.com

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

Whilst struggling with OCD in my twenties, I also gained a lot of experience with social anxiety. These two issues seem to go hand in hand and perpetuate each other. The good news though is that through exposure and a mindful willing approach, you can overcome both of them. 

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com

This week I delve into a familar topic, that of meditation. I explore why it can be so helpful for OCD and how to start using it in an effective way.

Disclaimer:

Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.