275: Identifying and Overcoming Spiritual OCD

The Connected Life

Justin Stumvoll

Coaching, Love, Christian, Selfhelp, Christianity, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Romance, Health, Spirituality

4.9 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

For many of us, our beliefs around spirituality and faith can lead us to heightened levels of anxiety and mental torment, without even realizing it. Our thoughts on God can induce looping mental gymnastics that keep us feeling unlovable and fearful of impending doom. Obsessive-compulsive thoughts of needing to be perfect, in order to please God, can rob us of peace and a life filled with goodness. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

In this episode friend and fellow Life Consultant Rachel Hughes joins Abi and Justin to address spiritual OCD and paranoia that comes from having a broken view of God. They look at ways trauma and attachment play a role in our approach to faith, the impact of ideas about God that oppose goodness, and the role looming punishment plays in robbing us of peace. Lastly, they discuss how an understanding of a God that has unrelenting love grounds us in peace, while restoring a sense of connection that is vital to having a sound mind.

If you’ve ever battled with finding peace in your expression of faith, this episode might shine a light on some of the reasons that keep you from feeling settled and confident in your spiritual journey. Don’t miss out!

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0:00.0	Life isn't perfect and neither are we.
0:05.0	But we know how to face our fears and have some fun.
0:10.0	And talk about all the messiest things of life.
0:13.0	Like the messiest things.
0:15.0	Get connected to yourself, get connected to others,
0:18.0	and get connected to the life right in front of you.
0:21.0	This is the connected life with Justin and Abby. That's you.
0:26.0	And you.
0:27.0	Hey friends, we have an amazing episode this week. We're really excited about it, but
0:31.5	before we get started, we want to tell you about our free conflict
0:35.1	mini conference coming up May 10th and 11th.
0:38.6	I'm so freaking excited.
0:40.6	We do this every year for the Life Consulting Masterclass. It's our year-long program and this is the highest rated mini conference we do and one of the favorite subjects we teach on because people don't know what they're doing in conflict and we're all making on terrifying and this is actually a crash course on the back end of everything that we
1:06.2	learn from all the messages we made with each other. We actually had to learn how to
1:09.5	repair and connect and and fight right and so we want to invite you for free. We knew that this is the
1:16.6	subject that can change the world. And this is the one that you can invite all of
1:21.1	your you can invite your mother-in-law, you can invite your son, you can invite your mother-in-law you can invite your son you
1:24.0	can invite your spouse you can invite your best friend whoever it is that you're like we
1:27.5	need help in talking through things we need common language we need ideas
1:32.2	so that we can like oh this is how we can do this together.
1:36.0	This is to create a pathway to be able to collaborate and understand each other and love
1:40.9	each other in a better way through conversation.
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