Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
von Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT | Anxiety & OCD Specialist
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- 15 mintypische Länge
- vor 21 Std.letzte Folge
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477 When Your OCD Brain Tricks You
This week's episode is a heartfelt and practical conversation about how OCD can change shape over time, the ways it tricks the brain, and the grounding tools that can help you move through fear with more courage and self-compassion.
Bonus Ep: How to FORGIVE Yourself for Intrusive Thoughts: Self-Compassion for OCD Shame & Guilt
In this episode, we talk about one of the most painful parts of OCD and anxiety: the shame that comes from intrusive thoughts. Many people experience sudden thoughts that are violent, sexual, blasphemous, or completely against their values—
How to SILENCE Your Inner Critic: 3 Self-Compassion Skills To Use IMMEDIATELY 476
In this episode, I walk you through how to retrain your inner critic using science-backed self-compassion skills so you can reduce anxiety, increase resilience, and build a healthier relationship with your own mind.
475 Social Anxiety TRICK: Focus on THIS ONE THING to Instantly Feel More Confident in Groups
In this episode, I share a powerful mindset shift that helps you stop performing in social situations and start connecting, even when anxiety comes along for the ride. If social situations leave you replaying conversations for hours afterwa
474 ERP at Home: How to Build an Exposure Plan Without a Therapist
In this episode, I walk you step-by-step through how to build your own exposure and response prevention (ERP) plan so you can start breaking the OCD and anxiety cycle with clarity, courage, and compassion.
473 Mindfulness vs. Distraction: Which is Better for Anxiety & Panic? (A Therapist Explains)
In this episode, I break down the difference between mindfulness and distraction for anxiety so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start responding in ways that actually support long-term recovery.
472 How to make Exposures FUN(ish) with Kimberly Leonte
If you find yourself compulsively Googling symptoms and feeling more anxious than reassured, this episode offers a compassionate, evidence-based 3-step plan to help you break free from cyberchondria and health anxiety.
471 STOP Googling Symptoms: The 3-Step Plan to End Cyberchondria & Health Anxiety
If you find yourself compulsively Googling symptoms and feeling more anxious than reassured, this episode offers a compassionate, evidence-based 3-step plan to help you break free from cyberchondria and health anxiety.
470 5 Things to ask yourself when you have anxiety
In this episode, I share five simple, science-based questions you can ask in moments of anxiety to help you respond skillfully—without feeding rumination, avoidance, or fear.
469 How to Stop Overthinking EVERYTHING (Even If You Can't Control It)
In this episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit, Kimberley Quinlan breaks down why overthinking feels so necessary—and shares practical, compassionate tools to help you stop ruminating and get back to living your life.
468 Mindfulness Exercise for OCD
In this episode, I share the one mindfulness skill I teach every OCD client to help you respond to intrusive thoughts without getting stuck in rumination, urgency, or compulsions—especially when you're feeling overwhelmed.
467 How to Calm Your Mind Before Bed: Anxiety Relief for Sleep‑Trouble Nights
In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan shares a gentle, science-backed approach to calming nighttime anxiety by shifting away from forcing sleep and toward helping your nervous system truly rest.
466 5 Mental Health Priorities for a Calmer, Stronger 2026
In this episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit, Kimberley Quinlan shares five science-backed mental health priorities to help you build a calmer, stronger, and more compassionate relationship with anxiety in 2026.
465 How to stop OCD Mental Compulsions (with Lauren Rosen)
In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan and OCD specialist Lauren Rosen break down exactly how mental compulsions work—and teach a practical, step-by-step way to stop engaging with them so you can get your time, presence, and joy back.
464 Anxiety vs. ADHD: Are You Misdiagnosing Yourself? (with Kati Morton)
If you've been wondering whether your "anxiety" might actually be ADHD (or both), this episode helps you sort through the overlap by focusing on the driver behind your symptoms—so you can get clarity, support, and the right tools.
463 My OCD Subtype Keeps SHIFTING: 3 Steps to GENERALIZE Your ERP Skills
In this episode, Kimberley breaks down why OCD themes shift so quickly and teaches you how to generalize your ERP skills so you can respond effectively—no matter what obsession shows up.
462 Your Holiday Anxiety Isn't About the Holidays
In this episode, Kimberley breaks down why holiday anxiety feels so overwhelming and teaches you compassionate, practical strategies to help you move through the season with more ease, clarity, and self-kindness.
461 How OCD Affects Relationships (And What Partners Need to Know)
This episode breaks down how OCD can quietly strain relationships and teaches partners practical, compassionate strategies to communicate better, set healthy boundaries, and reconnect as a team.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 action—to break the cycle and rebuild mom
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 evidence-based care.
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.
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 ERP, CBT/ACT, and thoughtful medication) t
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 stage.
450 Why Your Brain Focuses on the Worst-Case Scenario (and What to Do About It)
Learn why your brain fixates on the worst-case—and the simple, science-backed practices that help you rebalance attention, reduce compulsions, and live from your values instead of fear.
449 Discover 12 science-backed statements to stop self-blame, ease anxiety, and build self-compassion for lasting recovery.
Discover 12 science-backed statements to stop self-blame, ease anxiety, and build self-compassion for lasting recovery.
