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Imperfectly Good: Navigating Religious & Moral Anxiety to Release Fear and Find Peace
January 17, 2023
Is religious and moral anxiety (scrupulosity OCD) sabotaging your life? What would your life be like if scrupulosity OCD wasn’t in it? Do you believe it is possible to live with purpose and vitality? Has…
Is Rumination Getting You Stuck in the OCD Cycle?
September 16, 2022
Rumination is what cows do when they rechew their food (cud) to digest it. They spend about eight hours every day doing it. We humans also ruminate. We can spend minutes, hours and even days…
Is Your Adolescent Getting Stuck in the Perfectionism Trap?
June 15, 2022
Is your teen creative and bright? Does she seem to take pride in the activities she undertakes, only to feel overpowered to the point of wanting to quit? Does your adolescent seem to feel embarrassed…
Is your Adolescent Struggling with Scrupulosity OCD?
March 21, 2022
Allie seemed to enjoy her friends and extracurricular activities. She was a busy teenager but preferred to spend more time engaging in religious behaviors (e.g., praying, singing religious songs, and reading scriptures) than her friends.…
Scrupulosity: The obsessive fear of not being good enough – BBC Reel
January 31, 2022
Last October, Madeline Johnson, a video producer for BBC Reel, reached out and asked if she could interview me about Scrupulosity OCD. There isn’t enough awareness about this type of OCD, so I was glad…
There is Opposition in All Things
January 20, 2022
There is clearly opposition in all things. The pain you experience with your current challenges wouldn’t be there if you didn’t care. What can you do when what you are doing is not working? You…
Finding HOPE Every Day
September 20, 2021
We are all traveling on the same train of humanity and are very familiar with pain. However, it may be our dream to someday be free of a particular challenge. “Someday I’ll be free of…
The Labels from Your Mind
June 29, 2021
Not long ago, I decided to adopt a puppy and excitedly told my sister about it. She said, “Annabella, you are not a dog person. You are too busy. You really shouldn’t.” I responded, “Says…
When Anxiety Shows Up
May 23, 2021
There is no doubt anxiety is an emotion no one likes to experience. Some of us may experience it every once in a while, others may experience it too often to count. The fact is…
Adversity is part of the journey
April 16, 2021
“Additional tutoring and suffering appears to be the pattern for the Lord’s most apt pupils. Our existence, therefore, is a continuum matched by God’s stretching curriculum.” Neal A. Maxwell1 Society’s Influence Our society has come…
Life is an Adventure That We All Agreed to Experience!
March 28, 2021
At one time or another, all of us will experience pain that may linger –physical, financial, emotional, or mental. Is it fair? We know the answer. The problem is that when we are in the…
Anxiety and a Pebble in your Pocket
March 22, 2021
Pebbles found on the seashore can be fascinating. Some are smooth due to being rolled against the sand by strong ocean currents. Others are rough. Some are broken and have become fused or stuck with…
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