The OCD & Anxiety Podcast

Book your free session directly through my Calendly, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com   In this podcast I share a powerful meditation for building self-compassion for OCD. 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 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.

Book your free session directly through my Calendly, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com   In today's podcast I speak with the anxiety expert Dr. Friedemann. We cover a lot of areas including OCD, modern medicine and anxiety, the deeper meaning of anxiety problems, the underlying causes of anxiety and the role of the subconscious in perpetuating anxiety problems.    Friedemann Schaub, MD, PhD is a physician specializing in cardiology and molecular biology, researcher, personal development coach and the author of the award-winning book The Fear + Anxiety Solution: A Breakthrough Process for Healing and Empowerment with Your Subconscious Mind.   His Personal Breakthrough and Empowerment Program has helped thousands of his clients world-wide to overcome fear, anxiety and self-limiting patterns by addressing the deeper, subconscious root causes of these mental and emotional challenges.   Dr. Friedemann’s research and advice has been featured in Nature Medicine, Oprah Magazine, Huffington Post, Reader’s Digest, Teen Vogue and Shape amongst others.   You can visit him for further information at: www.DrFriedemann.com   Follow him on:    Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/DrFriedemann   Instagram - @dr.friedemannschaub     YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/FriedemannSchaub   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 talk about one of the most common traps that people fall into when dealing with OCD and that is resisting anxiety (and other challenging emotions). As always, I hope you enjoy and find it helpful. If you would like to get in touch, then please feel 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 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 Accepting the challenge and building a sense of momentum are both essential elements of personal growth. Today I discuss how to take back control over OCD by accepting the challenge.  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 OCD is very sneaky at finding a way in. Distraction can become just another potential compulsion, so it's important that we have techniques to remain busy, but in a positive 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.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com OCD themes are so often changing. This is normal as it is not actually about the themes, but the underlying anxiety. Today we discuss why OCD themes change so much and reflect on why this can actually be something that gives us hope.  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 OCD is sometimes know as the doubting disease. In today's episode we take a look at why doubt is so pervasive in OCD and how we can let go of the need for certainty. I hope you enjoy :) To find out more about anticipatory anxiety you can check out the following article. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-sticky-mind/202104/anticipatory-anxiety-bleeding-you-are-cut 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 Anticipatory anxiety plays a big role in OCD. Knowing what it is and how it impacts OCD can help us to deal with it more effectively. In short anticipatory anxiety is the near constant rumination about future orientated obsessions.  To find out more about anticipatory anxiety you can check out the following article. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-sticky-mind/202104/anticipatory-anxiety-bleeding-you-are-cut 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 OCD is genius at coming up with new and interesting ways to get us stuck. One of the ways it does this is through our own moral code. We can become obsessed with the idea of offending someone in some way or of accidentally saying something outrageous.  Normally this never happens, but the OCD mind wants certainty and this kick starts the normal process of obsessing and compulsion. The honest truth is that it's quite hard to go through life without upsetting some people some of the time. We all have different opinions about some things and agreeing with everyone about everything is impossible.  What we can do is live our life by our values and try our best to stick to that, without demanding the perfection that is driving the OCD. Today I discuss some of the common compulsions that people struggle with in this area and how to let go 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 In today's podcast I discuss some useful approaches to take in order to start being like kryptonite against OCD ;) This isn't an exact science and generally speaking, kryptonite might have it's limitations, given that it has to be mined from a far off planet and is currently in high demand due to the pressures of the pandemic.  Anyways, more seriously now, I discuss some things that can act like kryptonite against OCD and they are acceptance, exposure work, ACT and self-compassion. 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 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.