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Ghost of a Podcast: Astrology & Advice with Jessica Lanyadoo

Jessica Lanyadoo

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

A listener with an OCD diagnosis has begun to experience long-dormant, invasive thoughts. She joins Jessica for an extra layer of insight into the nature of her thinking and how to support her mental health.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast. I'm your host Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic
0:06.0	medium, and animal communicator, and I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no
0:10.4	bullshit mystical advice for living your very best life.
0:14.5	Hey there, ghosties. In this episode, I'll be doing a live reading with one of my beloved
0:21.8	listeners. Everyone stay listening on an intimate conversation and get inspired as we explore
0:27.4	perspectives on life, love, and the human condition. Along the way, we'll uncover valuable
0:32.5	insights and practical lessons that you can apply to your own life. And don't forget
0:37.2	to hit subscribe or at the very least mark your calendars because every Sunday, I'll
0:41.1	be back with your weekly horoscope. And that you don't want to miss. Let's get started.
0:47.3	A lot of welcome to Ghosts. I'm happy to answer your question. Tell me what you would like
0:55.4	to read about today. Okay, so I'm going to read you my question, which is this approximately
1:01.3	two years ago, after a long term, mental reprise from my OCD intrusive thoughts have returned
1:07.0	again. In many ways, I feel healthier than ever, and I feel much more accomplished than
1:11.9	when in the hell of my twenties. I often feel like this year I'm moving on and on the
1:16.3	cusp of something exciting and good. Yeah, I'm occasionally being excerpt by these anxious
1:21.6	moments. Is there a placement or transition responsible for this? I am in therapy, but
1:27.9	the OCD can be so stubborn. And at the moment, and recently, the veil between past trauma
1:33.2	and reality has moments of piercing through again in unexpected ways. I'd love your sage
1:39.2	words on this. So let me just clarify one part of your question. Two years ago, did things
1:45.8	get better or worse? Two years ago was when I first had an intrusive thought, a harm-based
1:54.4	intrusive thought that just almost emerged from the earth and hit me. And I hadn't had
2:00.7	a thought like that since I was about 20, early 20s. Okay. The kind of gap of like a decade
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