Story: Ally Kristan (Grief, worries of harm coming to others, her book) (#519)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In episode 519 I chat with Ally Kristan who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
We discuss her story, her compulsions, starting therapy in adolescence, grief, worries of harm coming to others, what else has helped her, intuition, her book, connection with nature, animism, penguins and the Antarctic (Ally's a penguin expert), and much more. Hope it helps.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The OCD Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.6 | The OCD Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around obsessive, |
| 0:11.2 | compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people |
| 0:16.9 | who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD Stories. |
| 0:21.5 | And welcome to episode 519 of the podcast. |
| 0:25.1 | And in this one, I chat with Ali Kristen, who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story |
| 0:29.7 | with us. |
| 0:31.3 | And in particular, we talk about her compulsions, starting therapy and adolescence, grief, |
| 0:37.2 | worries of harm coming to others, |
| 0:39.4 | what else has helped her, intuition, her book, connection with nature, animism, |
| 0:46.2 | penguins and the Antarctic, and this is relevant because she's a penguin expert |
| 0:49.9 | and has done a couple trips to the Antarctic and much more. |
| 0:54.5 | Really enjoyed my chat with Ali. |
| 0:57.2 | Really interesting. |
| 0:58.4 | I hope you guys like it too. |
| 1:00.2 | And thanks to our podcast partners, NoCD. |
| 1:03.2 | If OCD is interfering with your life, |
| 1:05.6 | no CD can help. |
| 1:07.1 | They're licensed therapists, |
| 1:08.8 | specialise in exposure and response prevention therapy, the most proven therapy for OCD. |
| 1:14.0 | With NoCD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual is available for children and adults with OCD. |
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