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Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression

Bonus Episode: 5 Self‑Compassion Exercises That Support ERP & OCD Recovery

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression

Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT | Anxiety & OCD Specialist

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9882 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I talk about something that doesn't replace ERP, but actually makes it more effective: self-compassion. So many people worry that being kind to themselves will weaken recovery, let them off the hook, or make OCD worse. But the truth is that self-criticism often increases anxiety, reinforces the obsession cycle, and leads to more burnout and exhaustion.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, my loves, just in case you didn't hear on Wednesday's episode, I just wanted to let you know

0:08.3

that we are doing a very special launch next Tuesday, which will be April 21st and 22nd,

0:17.3

just for 48 hours. If you were to sign up for EuroCD Toolkit, that is our comprehensive step-by-step course

0:24.6

for OCD, if you wanted to sign up during that time limit, we will be adding a bonus live

0:32.6

Q&A that will be several weeks later again, so you will have plenty of time to take the course

0:38.8

and get as much information as you have. Then we will meet on a weekend. It's usually a weekend on

0:45.1

Saturday around 10 a.m. We meet via via Zoom and you can ask me any question that you have. So if you

0:53.3

have been waiting for an opportunity to

0:55.4

actually ask me questions, get me alive, this is going to be an amazing opportunity. We did this

1:02.3

for the Rumination Reset. We did it for Your Self-compassion Toolkit. It was such a beautiful

1:07.4

group of people and I had such a great time. I was like, you know what? I want to do

1:11.7

this with my OCD folks as well. So again, April 21st and 22nd, 48 hours only. You can head over

1:21.2

to CBT School.com or get the links in the show notes and I would love for you to sign up and come and have some time live with me.

1:31.7

We can chat, we can giggle, we'll tell stories, we'll do some exercises together.

1:37.0

It will be a beautiful time.

1:39.3

Okay, just wanted to let you know.

1:41.4

And I know you're here to enjoy the episode, so I hope you love it as much as you've loved every other one. Again, thanks so much for being here.

1:50.8

Welcome. My name is Kimberley-Quinland. I'm an OCD and anxiety specialist. I'm on a mission

1:55.7

to help over 10 million people manage their anxiety with evidence-based strategies.

2:02.3

There are too many people out there who do not have access to helpful, effective science-based

2:07.7

skills.

2:08.5

And so I figured if it's the one thing I love doing, I might as well do it.

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