Podcast Episodes

460 Stop White Knuckling Your Anxiety (Do This Instead)

In this episode, we share how to stop "white-knuckling" your anxiety and instead use compassion, mindfulness, and gentle allowing to find lasting calm and confidence. 

Published on 4 hours ago

459 Navigating OCD During Pregnancy: A Compassionate Guide (with Erin Jones)

This episode unpacks how OCD shows up from conception through postpartum—and shares compassionate, evidence-based tools (especially ERP) to help you move from fear to values-based parenting.

Published on 1 week ago

458 How to Handle Anxiety When You're Around Toxic People

In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan shares compassionate, practical tools to help you manage anxiety around "toxic" or triggering people—without losing your peace, your confidence, or your values. 

Published on 2 weeks ago

457 The Secret to Calming Climate Anxiety (Even When the News Feels Like Doom) with Sarah Jaquette Ray

This episode turns climate anxiety from paralyzing doom into doable, feel-good action by blending nervous-system care, compassionate mindset shifts, and practical, community-centered steps.

Published on 3 weeks ago

456 The 3 Lies Depression Tells You Every Day

Kimberley Quinlan exposes the three lies depression tells (hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness) and shares simple, science-backed steps—thought witnessing, compassionate reframes, and opposite …

Published on 4 weeks ago

455 Pregnant and Scared by the Headlines? What to Know About Tylenol, SSRIs, and Autism Risk

Published on 1 month ago

454 Suicidal OCD vs. Real Suicidal Thoughts: How to Tell the Difference (with Taboo Tracie)

This episode dives into the crucial differences between suicidal OCD and suicidal ideation—how to spot them, how to respond, and how to support yourself or a loved one with skill, compassion, and evi…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

453 BDD vs Body Image vs OCD (with Chris Tronsden)

Kimberley Quinlan and Chris Trondsen break down how to tell BDD apart from body image concerns, OCD, eating disorders, gender dysphoria, BFRBs, and more—plus the right treatment moves for each.

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

452 Body Dysmorphic Disorder: What Actually Helps (and What Makes It Worse) with Chris Trondsen Two Courses: Your BDD Toolkit and The Clinician's BDD Toolkit

BDD expert Chris Tronsden joins Kimberley to unpack how distorted perception and compulsive rituals drive Body Dysmorphic Disorder—and the evidence-based skills (perceptual retraining, BDD-specific E…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

451 What Successful OCD Treatment Looks Like for Children (with Dr. Aureen Wagner)

This episode breaks down what effective, child-friendly OCD treatment looks like—showing parents and clinicians how to build bravery, reduce accommodation, and tailor ERP to a child's developmental s…

Published on 2 months ago