Kimberley Quinlan: Meditating with OCD (#407)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8 • 873 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In episode 407 I interviewed Kimberley Quinlan. Kim is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who treats people with OCD and related disorders, Eating Disorders and Body Focused Repetitive Disorders. She runs her own podcast called Your Anxiety Toolkit. She also runs CBTschool.com.

We discuss an update on her, what is meditation, meditation compared to mindfulness, resistances and blocks to meditation, Kim guides us through an OCD informed meditation, the basics of meditation, compassion, and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/kim-407

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0:00.0	You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.
0:05.3	The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding
0:10.1	around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists,
0:15.2	psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories.
0:21.3	And welcome to episode four hundred and07 of the podcast and in this one I got back on a good
0:27.0	friend and fellow therapist in Kimberly Quinlan. Kim is a licensed marriage
0:32.3	and family therapist who treats people with
0:34.3	O. C. D. And related disorders, eating disorders, and body-focused
0:38.5	repetitive disorders. She also runs their own podcast called Your Anxiety Toolkit.
0:43.6	Now in this one we talk about meditation, what is it, how can it be useful,
0:49.1	we discuss some of the problems people face vocally and anxiety when trying to meditate.
0:54.7	We talk a bit about self-compassion and breath work.
0:58.3	Kim guides us through a meditation.
1:00.8	We discuss her new meditation vault and much, much more.
1:05.0	And thank you to No-C-D for supporting the podcast.
1:07.8	No-C-D offers effective and convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about an
1:14.0	OCD, their therapy plans, if they currently take your insurance, or to
1:17.9	download their free app, head to go dot treat my OCD.com
1:22.3	forward slash the O. C. D. stories, or the link will be in the episode description.
1:27.0	Thank you to all of our patrons for supporting our work.
1:30.0	To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the other benefits you'll receive as a patron,
1:34.4	please see the link in the show notes. So thank you to Kim for coming on again. It's always a pleasure to talk with her and I love the exercise. And of course thank you to you guys for listening as
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