How Eating Disorders and OCD Can Team Up (and What to Do About It)

How Eating Disorders and OCD Can Team Up (and What to Do About It)

In this video, I talk about how OCD can show up in eating disorders, including: Seeing calories as a form of contamination, Avoiding people or places as a compulsion.

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Contamination OCD around Semen (the thing no one wants to talk about)

Contamination OCD around Semen (the thing no one wants to talk about)

When OCD latches onto themes that feel embarrassing or “gross,” kids often shut down. But avoiding the topic feeds the shame and the cycle. This week’s YouTube video speaks directly to them — with clarity, compassion, and hope.

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Why Your Child’s OCD Gets Worse When They Try to “Figure It Out”

Why Your Child’s OCD Gets Worse When They Try to “Figure It Out”

If your child is stuck thinking, “I just need to figure this out, and then I’ll feel better,”—this video is for them. OCD loves to trap our kids with OCD in endless mental loops, convincing them that clarity or certainty is just one more thought away.

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How to Calm Nighttime Anxiety Before Bed

How to Calm Nighttime Anxiety Before Bed

Do you find that your child’s anxiety hits hardest at night? When the world quiets down, their mind might start racing with intrusive thoughts or worries. If they dread bedtime because of overthinking or fears, they’re not alone—and there are strategies that can help.

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Why OCD Makes Your Child Doubt Everything (Teach Them How to Fight Back!)

Why OCD Makes Your Child Doubt Everything (Teach Them How to Fight Back!)

Has your child ever known something was true but still felt unsure? Like, “Did I cheat on that test?” or “What if I accidentally said something bad?” That’s OCD creating doubt—over and over again!

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When OCD Says Having Crushes and Seeing Anything “Romantic” is BAD

When OCD Says Having Crushes and Seeing Anything “Romantic” is BAD

OCD likes to target many normal things in life including having crushes and seeing anything “romantic.” This can happen at any stage of life, but can be extra confusing when you are a kid or teen.

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Is Contamination OCD Making Your Loved Ones Contaminated? Don’t Do This!

Is Contamination OCD Making Your Loved Ones Contaminated? Don’t Do This!

OCD can ruin many things in your life, but one of the biggest is relationships. Is your OCD focusing on a family member or loved one? OCD can make anything contaminated including the people you love and care about.

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When OCD Makes Your Child Worried About Staring at Private Parts

When OCD Makes Your Child Worried About Staring at Private Parts

OCD can make our kids overthink just about anything, including where they stare. Many kids, especially those with moral OCD themes, worry that they are staring at people’s private parts. This is often true for those that have intrusive thoughts about being a “bad” person or doing “bad” things.

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Does Your Child Mentally Review Past Events for Their OCD?

Does Your Child  Mentally Review Past Events for Their OCD?

OCD feeds off of compulsions, including mental compulsions. Often OCD mental compulsions are missed, even by the person that is doing them!  Mental reviewing is one of those compulsions people do without realizing they are growing their OCD. 

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The Vicious Cycle of Nausea, Anxiety and OCD

The Vicious Cycle of Nausea, Anxiety and OCD

Nausea is front and center for SO many themes related to anxiety and OCD. Feeling nauseous when you are anxious is incredibly common. So it is not surprising that anxiety, and even OCD, hijack that sensation and make it a theme in and of itself.

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Responsibility OCD – When OCD Tells Your Child They Need to Prevent Bad Things from Happening

Responsibility OCD – When OCD Tells Your Child They Need to Prevent Bad Things from Happening

OCD has many flavors and subtypes. One subtype that can cause a tremendous amount of guilt and overwhelm is responsibility OCD, which is similar to Harm OCD. When our kids have responsibility OCD they get stuck on the concern that their actions, or inactions, can directly cause harm in other people.

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Does OCD Hijack your Child’s Religious Beliefs

Does OCD Hijack your Child’s Religious Beliefs

OCD doesn’t stay in its lane. It interjects itself into everything your child cares about – including their faith and religious beliefs. OCD can turn their faith into fear. OCD can turn their devotion into compulsions. It’s important for kids to understand what is  their devotion to their faith versus their devotion to OCD in disguise.

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Is Your Child’s OCD Sabotaging Therapy?

Is Your Child’s OCD Sabotaging Therapy?

OCD doesn’t want a spotlight on it. It doesn’t want help. It just wants our kids to do what it says without question.

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Does Your Child Mentally “Neutralize” OCD Intrusive Thoughts?

Does Your Child Mentally “Neutralize” OCD Intrusive Thoughts?

OCD is sneaky, it often gets our kids to do compulsions that they may not even realize are compulsions! One common mental compulsion is neutralizing intrusive thoughts. Does your child have to compulsively pray, repeat a phrase or word or have a positive thought to neutralize a “bad” thought. Those are all examples of mental compulsions.

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How to Help Our Kids Overcome Test Anxiety

How to Help Our Kids Overcome Test Anxiety

Most of us can’t escape having to take tests as we go through life. But for some of our kids taking a test can cause intense test anxiety. In this week’s YouTube video, I dive into the common core fears around test anxiety and offer some concrete tips on how to overcome test anxiety one step at a time.

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