The OCD & Anxiety Podcast

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com   Intrusive thoughts ca be very hard to deal with. One of the best tools I have found to unhook from such thoughts is humour. In this episode we explore this simple, but powerful technique.   Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Today I interview the amazing Jenna Overbaugh. You can find out more about Jenna and her work with the following links: Instagram: jenna.overbaugh Podcast: "All The Hard Things" on all podcast platforms - all ocd, erp education NOCD:  www.treatmyocd.com  or  www.nocd.com International OCD Foundation: iocdf.org   I hope you enjoy the...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Guilt can play a central role in keeping OCD going. Leanring to let go of unwarranted guilt is a big part of learning to overcome OCD. 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...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com OCD doesn´t have to be and in fact, shouldn´t be all doom and gloom. We can find meaning in the challenges that OCD presents and in doing so, this will help us to overcome it.  Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com When setbacks happen, it's very easy to get caught up in them and beleive that you have gone back to square one. However this is just the OCD trying to trick you. Today we explore how to keep an OCD setback in it's place.  Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providi...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com When we hold to tightly to the diagnosis of OCD it can hold us back and keep us trapped. In today's episode we take a look at how we can let go and set ourselves free. 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 rec...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com The word 'maybe' can be a hard to accept when you're struggling with OCD. Despite this, using the uncertainty that the word 'maybe' provides is a great way to face our fears and to learn to tolerate anxiety.  Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com In my expereince, the best way to learn to overcome OCD and anxiety is through a combination of exposure work and acceptance commitment therapy. In today's show we take a look at both and how they can be used to together. Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providin...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Yes we can get over OCD, but being too focused on it can keep us trapped. 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 awa...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Values are one of the best ways I have found for giving people (myself included) the motivation to overcome anxiety and OCD. Facing fears and obsesisons is not easy, but you can learn to lean into the fear if you have reason enough to do it. Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com OCD and anxiety can be like an addiction, but we don´t have to be trapped by it. In this episode we explore why OCD is so addictive and what we can do to overcome it. 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 reco...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Intrusive thoughts can be hard to deal with, but you can overcome them. In today's episode we take a look at how. 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 see...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Finding balance is at the heart of overcoming problems with anxiety. In this episode we take a look at how to find balance even when OCD is giving us a rollercoaster ride. 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...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com In this episode I talk with the amazing dr. Lauren Cook who is a therapist, keynote speaker, career coach, and author. She specializes in supporting people with their life transitions and the corresponding anxiety that often comes along with those changes. She is the creator of the Find Your Why, Know Your Way course, which helps mi...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Today we take a look at something at the heart of OCD and anxiety, avoidance. 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...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Looking for help from family and friends is important, but it´s essential that we do it in the right way. In this episode we take a look at how to get the right peer support for OCD and anxiety. Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatm...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Whilst understanding OCD and your themes is helpful, in the end it all comes down to 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 m...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com This week I discuss something that i struggled with when learning ACT and that is the difference between refocusing and distraction. I hope you find it helpful :) 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 recommen...

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...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Understanding why OCD works as it does is a big part of unravelling the problem. In this episode we take a look at why OCD attacks the things we care about most and what we can start to do about this.  Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Mental compulsions can be incredibly hard to spot. But with practice and the right skills you can do it and break the cycle of OCD. 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 anx...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com In this episode we look at some of things we do that get in the way of recovery and how to stop doing 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 prof...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com In this episode we take a look at the role of perfectionism in anxiety disorders. Perfectionism can be both a good thing and a bad thing and recognising this is important to not allowing it to be maladaptive.  Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com In this episode I talk to Alex, a philosphy and psychology undergraduate, who has also struggled with OCD and eating disorders. I hope you enjoy. 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 ex...

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com In this episode we take a look at how to be more in the present moment. This is truly one of the most important skills when it comes to managing anxiety. I hope you enjoy.  Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pize...