Do you find yourself comparing yourself, your relationship, or your life to others quite regularly?  This is a common human trait, but if you do this often, and you find yourself always...

The Lifetime Recovery Stage is where I've been for a few years now, and I coined this term to help people understand that you don't have to spend your life battling symptoms of OCD.  You can...

No matter how bad your anxiety or OCD has been, recovery is possible!

I struggled with anxiety in relationships ever since I was a young girl.  I was insecure and didn't feel confident in...

Self-trust is something that you develop over time, but can also be lost in the right circumstances.  When you don't follow through on promises to yourself, or when you make poor decisions...

OCD is a commonly misunderstood disorder.  You'll often hear someone say "I'm so OCD" when they prefer things a certain way or like things to be tidy, but OCD is more than just being clean....

 I was terrified of doing ERP.

The thought of exposing myself to my fears was terrifying.  I was afraid that I would learn that my fears and doubts were true, or that my feared situation...

In my personal experience, the answer is YES, but not in the way you might think.  First, let's look at the definition of "cure."  Miriam-Webster defines cure as the recovery or...

ERP, or exposure and response prevention, is the gold standard (and only evidence-based) treatment for OCD and worked wonders with me and has with all of my clients who use these skills...

Rumination is defined as the action or process of thinking deeply about something. While we all have times where we deal with stress or worry by thinking about it, rumination goes beyond just...

I've always struggled with anxiety (despite not being able to recognize it until I was 38 years old).  I had very bad social anxiety ever since I could remember, and making friends...

There's a common OCD compulsion called self-reassurance, where in order to gain certainty and ease anxiety, a person will reassure themselves (as opposed to asking for reassurance from others...

Doubt in relationships is quite normal, but when you struggle with anxiety or OCD, these normal, fleeting thoughts can turn into obsessions, or constant overthinking, and even lead someone to end...