Hey guys and welcome to episode 181 of the OCD stories.com podcast.

Now first of all I just want to thank you for listening to the

podcast whether you've listened since day one or whether you've just found it I appreciate your time so thank you very

much and I hope it's helping you now in this episode I got Kimberly Quinlan on she's

been on the show several times and if you haven't checked her out I encourage you to do so.

She's a therapist based in the States and I wanted to get her on to talk about

self-love and also self-acceptance. For me it's an important one that I notice and a lot of people who struggle, not just

with OCD, but generally or who are suffering.

And I just wanted to go into this topic more because I feel it's important.

You know, in my own journey I've seen it help me kind of learn that loving relationship with myself,

develop it over the years, taken a while but I think

it's been fruitful for me and I want to discuss it further on this episode in case it helps you

guys. So first of all we get an update on her,

you know what she's been up to, what she's learned. We didn't talk about kind of what is self-love

or self-acceptance. Why is it important in recovery?

What comes before self-love? Maybe self-love is not right at this time for you. So what comes before that? Kimberly shares some steps or

stages before self-love. You know having self-love, loving yourself when you have these taboo or shameful thoughts

learning to receive she talks about which I found fascinating self-compassion

practicing self-love when you feel like a bad person and reducing stigma around self-love.

So yeah I really hope this this topic of self-love inspires you in some way, offers you some sort of hope or wisdom or advice or points in the right

direction. So without further ado here is Kimberly Quinlan. On today's show I have Kimberly Quinlan.

Kimberly is a licensed marriage and family therapist who treats people with

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