The OCD & Anxiety Podcast

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com A very happy new year to everyone. In today's episode I interview Paul Mc Carroll about how to start off the year in the best possible way when you struggle with OCD. Paul also has a free guide to striving the holiday season which you can find here: www.befreefromocd.com/resources 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 It is so easy for us to tune into radio OCD as for most of us we have been doing it all our lives. Learning to get over OCD is learning to let go of the OCD frequency and to start tuning into a better one.   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 Merry Christmas to all of you, I hope you have a great holiday season and thank you for listening :) In today's episode we discuss how to overcome some of the stress of Christmas by directing our attention where we want it to go.  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 Look for the things you are getting right with OCD, rather than the opposite.  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 I interview Nìall ÒMurchu. Nìall is a wellbeing expert and Level 3 Wim Hof Instructor. He shares his own personal story of dealing with adversity as well as going into detail about using the Wim Hof Method in the best possible way.  Nìall has a book coming out in February called `The Blissful Breath`. To find out more about Niall you can head over to his website: www.breathewithniall.com To find out more about the Wim Hof Method you can head to www.wimhofmethod.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 Pure O is actually very common, however the name is a little misleading. Today we take a look at what Pure O is and how you can start dealing with it better.  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 It's easy to think that intrusive thoughts are a barrier to overcoming OCD, but it simply isn't true. Today I discuss how to move past this limiting belief.  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 Justin and I discuss the many different ways in which you can learn to overcome OCD. We also explore the role of faith and spirituality in OCD. I Hope you enjoy :) Justin K. Hughes, MA, LPC, owner of Dallas Counseling, PLLC, is a clinician and writer, passionate about helping those impacted by OCD. His treatment approach utilizes CBT (with ERP) and techniques from other approaches (ACT, MI, CT).   A common contributor to the field of OCD treatment through writings, live streams, conferences, and more, he serves on the IOCDF Faith Task Force and is the Dallas Ambassador for OCD Texas. Working with a diversity of clients, he also is dual-trained in psychology and theology, regularly helping Christians who seek to integrate faith.   Check out www.justinkhughes.com to stay in the loop and get free guides/handouts!   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 Bring acceptance to the emotions under the 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 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 I interview James Withey. James is an author with lived experience of anxiety, OCD, depression, anorexia and PTSD. His best selling book 'How to Tell Depression to Piss Off: 40 Ways to Get Your Life Back'' was published by Little Brown in May 2020 in paperback, e-book and audio book.  The follow up book, 'How to Tell Anxiety to Sod Off: 40 Ways to Get Your Life Back ' also published by Little, Brown is due out in January 2022. He is the founder of The Recovery Letters project which publishes letters from people recovering from depression, addressed to people experiencing it. www.therecoveryletters.com. The Recovery Letters book was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Hachette) in July 2017.   The book was selected for World Book Night 2018 and as a Reading Well title in the same year. Cosmopolitan magazine named The Recovery Letters as 'One of the 12 mental health books everyone should read'. The sequel to The Recovery Letters book, 'What I Do to Get Through: How to Run, Swim, Cycle, Sew, or Sing Your Way Through Depression' was published by Jessica Kingsley in Feb 2021.  His fifth book, 'How to Get to Grips with Grief: 40 Ways to Manage the Unmanageable', will be published by Little, Brown in July 2022. His books have been published in seven languages across the world.  James lives in Hove, East Sussex in the UK with his husband and emotionally damaged rescue cat. He writes and speaks about depression, anxiety, grief, mental health and mental illness. You can find him at www.jameswithey.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.