The OCD & Anxiety Podcast
This podcast explores how to build a more positive relationship with OCD and anxiety, helping listeners take back control and live the life they choose rather than one dictated by fear. Each week, the host interviews experts, therapists, coaches, and other professionals to discuss the best ways to manage OCD and anxiety. Additionally, the podcast features interviews with individuals who have experienced OCD and anxiety, sharing their stories as a way to provide support and insight.
Episodes
When Imagined Fears Feel Real: Imagination, OCD & You
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What OCD Recovery Really Looks Like
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This episode explains what "recovered from OCD" means in everyday life: how reading, relationships and simple pleasures can be enjoyed again while difficult moments still happen.
It describes practical strategies—mindfulness, acceptance, ERP-informed thinking, the "sp
OCD Took Over His Life. Here’s What Helped Him Get It Back
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Robert James interviews Eric about his lived experience with anxiety and centri-motor OCD, from a health scare and spiralling rumination to finding relief through meditation, grounding, and a structured three-step approach.
Eric explains the role of values, acceptance
Why OCD Feels So Real — The Faulty Alarm System Explained
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In this episode Robert James explains OCD as a faulty alarm system: intrusive thoughts trigger intense anxiety, and compulsions (checking, reassurance-seeking, rumination) only reinfor
Today I Had A Bad OCD Day - Here’s What I Did
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Bonus - Sensorimotor OCD Episode
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In episode 643 of the OCD and Anxiety Podcast, Robert James discusses Sensorimotor OCD and how the stories we tell ourselves trap us in ongoi
Why One More OCD Podcast Never Feels Like Enough
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The Social OCD Loop: Did I Say the Wrong Thing?
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How to Get Out of Your Head When Anxiety Takes Over
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How to Let Go of an Obsession After Being Massively Triggered
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When Rumination 'Works': The Hidden Trap of OCD
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If My OCD Came Back Tomorrow, Here’s Exactly What I’d Do
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Fear of Fear: How to Break the Panic Cycle
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Why You Don't Need to Feel Calm to Overcome OCD & Anxiety
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When Seeking Certainty Fuels Your OCD
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From Terror to Agency: Adriana’s Journey Out of OCD
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When OCD Feels Like a Storm: Step Back, Observe, Breathe
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OCD Acceptance vs Tolerance: A Better Way to Handle Intrusive Thoughts
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Why You Can’t Stop Overthinking with OCD — Even When You Know It’s Pointless
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What to Do in the First 10 Seconds of an OCD Trigger
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Why You Can’t Stop Overthinking — And How to Break the Cycle
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The Hidden Energy Cost of OCD: Why You Feel So Drained
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OCD Setbacks: Not Back to Square 1
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OCD - Your Fork in the Road
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OCD Rumination: The Night I Got Trapped in My Head
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How a Sense of Urgency Keeps You Stuck in Rumination
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How To Let Go When OCD Triggers You
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OCD's One Trick
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Take One More Paddle: What Surfing Taught Me About OCD Recovery
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When OCD Turns Decisions Into Traps
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The Most Confusing Part of OCD Recovery
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OCD and Regret: When the Past Becomes a Compulsion
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OCD Rumination: When Thinking Becomes the Trap
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The Limiting Beliefs That Keep OCD Alive
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Not Ready, Still Moving: OCD, Anxiety and the Next Step
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OCD Whack-a-Mole: Stop Chasing Certainty
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Stop Fighting OCD: Why Resistance Keeps You Stuck
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When Recovery Means Living Bigger Than Anxiety
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When Caring Becomes a Burden: Hyper‑Responsibility OCD Explained
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Is ChatGPT Making Your OCD Worse?
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This Is Why OCD Feels Impossible to Switch Off
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When Love Feels Uncertain: My Battle with Relationship OCD
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When Your Mind Betrays You: Understanding Harm OCD
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The OCD Memory Loop: Why Reviewing Makes It Worse
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In episode 606 Robert James explains why repeatedly replaying pas
Why OCD Makes You Overthink for Hours (And How to Break the Cycle)
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Robert James explains why overthinking is often the compulsion in
When Thinking Becomes the Compulsion - Overcoming Pure O Rumination
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In this episode Robert James explains how obsessive thinking can
Why You Can’t Relax: OCD’s Hidden Fuel
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Host Robert James explores a hidden driver of OCD: the ongoing in
Escaping Existential OCD
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In this episode Robert James explains existential OCD: how normal
The Present-Moment Superpower: Stop Rumination and Beat OCD
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Robert James explains a practical, easy-to-use approach to reduce
Episode 600: When Therapy Fuels OCD — What to Watch For
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From the Chaos of OCD to Inner Peace
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Coach Robert James explains how to move from the chaos of OCD int
I only have mental compulsions - Pure OCD
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In this episode Robert James explains "Pure O"—OCD where the comp
How to Support a Partner with Relationship OCD (ROCD)
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Episode 597 with Robert James is aimed at partners of people with
Anna’s OCD Story: From Suffering to Supporting Others
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In this episode Robert James speaks with Anna, a psychotherapist
Why OCD Recovery Feels Wrong at First
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In this episode Robert James explains why OCD often feels worse w
How To Tolerate Uncertainty In OCD
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When OCD Targets What You Love Most
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Why Control Fuels OCD
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When People Laugh At Your OCD
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The Most Dangerous Belief in OCD
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How to Unhook From OCD Thoughts Fast
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Robert James explores the exact moment OCD hooks you, explaining why intrusive thoughts are normal and why the real problem is engaging with them. He outlines how attention and rumination feed obsessions and offers practical alternatives.
Learn simple strategies—notice without analyzing, tolerate uncertainty, use mindfulne
5 Sneaky Mistakes Keeping You Stuck with Sensorimotor OCD
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Robert James outlines five common mistakes that keep people trapped in Sensorimotor OCD—fighting sensations, testing for improvement, pseudo-acceptance, trying to do things “normally,” and shrinking your life to avoid triggers.
He offers five simple replacement habits and short exposure exercises to retrain attention, redu
OCD’s Most Convincing Lie: “I’m Broken”
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Robert James dismantles the common OCD belief that "I'm broken," explaining how intrusive thoughts and compulsions create a learned loop—not a damaged identity. He describes how compulsions reinforce anxiety, how neuroplasticity offers hope, and why learning to tolerate uncertainty is the key to change.
The episode also ou
5 Recovery Mistakes That Keep You Stuck in OCD
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In episode 586 Robert James outlines five common recovery mistakes that keep people stuck: treating anxiety as a problem to be solved, turning recovery into a certainty project, using safety behaviours during exposures, arguing with OCD, and avoiding life until you feel ready. He draws on his own experience and practical e
The Certainty Habit (That Makes OCD Worse)
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Robert James explains how chasing certainty and seeking reassurance actually strengthens OCD and keeps anxiety returning.
He shares five practical shifts you can use right away: notice the certainty hunt, stop feeding it with attention or reassurance, allow discomfort without solving it, return to what matters, and practic
What to Do When OCD Urges Feel Overwhelming
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Robert James (OCD & Anxiety podcast, episode 584) explains what to do when intense OCD urges feel overwhelming and why strong urges can actually signal progress.
The episode shares three practical approaches: create space and feel the physical sensations, redirect attention toward your values and the present, and chang
When OCD Shrinks Your World — How to Break Free
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In this episode Robert James explains how OCD narrows your world by pulling attention inward through compulsions, certainty-seeking and constant self-monitoring, and why that inward focus strengthens the problem.
He offers a clear alternative — shifting attention outward into people, purpose, movement and flow — and outlin
The One Rule That Beats OCD
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Robert James explains why trying to ‘fix’ OCD keeps you stuck and introduces a single rule: stop treating discomfort as a problem to solve. He covers five practical angles—tolerating uncertainty, replacing the fixing reflex with immediate life moves, cultivating flexibility, using simple micro-skills, and building healthie
How OCD Turns Nothing Into Something
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In this episode Robert James explains how OCD can take tiny, harmless thoughts and rapidly inflate them into urgent, consuming anxiety, and why OCD wins when we react by trying to fix or prove the thought.
He shares a real-life beach example and practical steps to resist the urge to engage — giving thoughts space, refusing
How to Break an OCD Spiral Fast (Use Movement)
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Robert James shares how exercise and simple movement can interrupt OCD rumination, calm the nervous system, and help you rebuild momentum in recovery.
He explains why movement uses up stress hormones, brings you into the present, and can be a practical tool alongside therapy or medication. Practical tips include starting s
The Real Reason OCD Won’t Let Go
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Robert James explores how resisting difficult emotions fuels OCD and offers practical guidance on shifting from fighting anxiety to curiously tuning into bodily sensations. Learn how accepting discomfort, practicing curiosity, and building tolerance can reduce compulsions and help reclaim your life
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OCD Recovery Starts Before You Feel Ready
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In this episode Robert James explains how OCD keeps you stuck by convincing you that you must solve your thoughts before living. He shows that recovery comes from changing your response: tolerating uncertainty, taking action aligned with your values, and building momentum through commitment rather than certainty.
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The Sneakiest OCD Compulsion
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In episode 578 Robert James explores a sneaky OCD compulsion: constantly checking your internal state—how anxious you feel, whether a thought is still there, or if you’ve handled it correctly. He explains how monitoring becomes a safety behavior that teaches the brain to treat uncertainty like a problem that must be solved
OCD Rumination: How to Stop the Mental Loop Fast
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In this episode Robert James explains how rumination fuels OCD and shares a simple three-step technique—acknowledge, tolerate, refocus—to break the cycle. He also teaches a postponement strategy to give your nervous system space and to build long-term resilience.
Practical, compassionate, and actionable, this episode shows
Relationship OCD Before the Wedding: A Real Recovery Story
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Robert James interviews a former client, who shares her experience overcoming relationship OCD while planning and ultimately having her wedding.
She explains how therapy, acceptance and commitment techniques, and group support helped her sit with uncertainty, cancel and later reschedule a smaller ceremony, and move forward
Why OCD Spikes After a Good Day
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Robert James explains the cruel irony that when you begin to improve from OCD, intrusive thoughts and anxiety can temporarily increase — not because you’re failing but because the habit of OCD resists change. He shares the three-step approach: acknowledge thoughts, tolerate the anxiety, and redirect attention to the presen
3 Things Keeping You Stuck in OCD
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Robert James explains three common reasons people stay trapped in OCD: impatience and seeking quick fixes, searching for a perfect or secret solution, and failing to manage rumination.
He outlines why recovery takes time, how chasing instant relief backfires, and offers practical help—including a 12-week program and suppor
OCD Is a Problem Solving Trap
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Robert James explains why trying to fix intrusive thoughts keeps you stuck in OCD and shows a simpler approach: stop solving the puzzle. Learn how labeling the urge, allowing uncertainty, and choosing not to follow the 'white rabbit' breaks the cycle and helps you reclaim control.
Includes a mention of his 12-week Break Fr
When Control Becomes the Compulsion
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Coach Robert James explores how the search for certainty fuels OCD and why trying harder only strengthens compulsions. He explains that letting go of control isn’t giving up but stepping out of an unwinnable battle, and that acceptance — not elimination of anxiety — helps the nervous system settle.
Through metaphor and pra
Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts
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Robert James discusses practical strategies to manage and reduce intrusive thoughts — a common and distressing part of OCD.
He explains why fighting thoughts can make them worse, how to allow uncertainty without being overwhelmed, and ways to redirect attention to meaningful life activities. The episode also mentions a 12-
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