The OCD & Anxiety Podcast
Contact me for a private session, visit www.robertjamescoaching.com/contact This podcast is all about OCD and anxiety and how we can have a better relationship with it. If you struggle with OCD or another anxiety disorder and want to learn how to manage it better, then this podcast is for you.
Episodes
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In this episode Robert James explores how, even when OCD feels overpowering, you still have the power to choose how you respond. He emphasizes acceptance, self-compassion, and redirecting attention toward your values as practical ways to create meaning and move forward.
Robert also outlines next steps you can take, and mentions a free discovery call and a 1...
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In this episode, coach Robert James shares a vivid metaphor of a noisy neighbor to explain how OCD demands perfection and certainty, and how we can disempower it by facing anxiety head-on.
He discusses practical steps like exposure activities, acceptance, and living by your values, and mentions a 12-week program with a free discovery call for anyone seeking...
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This episode is a short guided meditation specifically for Sensory Motor OCD, led by coach Robert James. It teaches you to allow sensations like breathing, blinking, or swallowing without trying to fix them, using gentle awareness and grounding.
The practice invites you to imagine your awareness as a spotlight, soften around sensations, and intentionally sh...
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Robert James explains why setbacks are a normal part of OCD recovery and why they don’t erase the progress you’ve already made, drawing on neuroplasticity and practical experience.
He offers concise, actionable reframes — patience, acceptance, learning from mistakes, and using exposure and values-based work — to help you move forward after difficult moments
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Robert James explains why rumination is a compulsion that keeps you trapped in the OCD cycle and how repeated thinking for certainty only strengthens obsessions.
He outlines practical alternatives—like journaling, practicing letting go, and returning to the present—and mentions a 12‑week program and free discovery call for those seeking more support
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Robert James explores whether any sensorimotor OCD subtype is truly worse, sharing his lived experience with breathing, swallowing, blinking and other sensations. He explains how OCD often switches themes and why they are all rooted in the same uncertainty and anxiety.
The episode outlines practical approaches—acceptance, self-compassion, ACT and exposure—a...
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Coach Robert James leads a short guided meditation to help people with OCD and anxiety learn how to let go of the need to control. Using breath awareness and a rope-release visualization, the practice helps soften physical tension and create mental space.
The meditation encourages allowing intrusive thoughts and difficult feelings to come and go, building t...
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In this episode Robert James uses the snowstorm and snow globe metaphors to explain how OCD amplifies doubt and drives us to act. Learn why waiting and letting the storm settle can bring clarity, reduce compulsive problem-solving, and help you move forward in line with your values.
Robert also briefly mentions a 12-week coaching program and a free discovery...
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In this episode, Robert James shares his personal journey of living with and overcoming Sensorimotor OCD—how it nearly destroyed his life, the years he spent isolated and confused, and how discovering a path to recovery inspired him to create a 12-week program and a mission to help others.
He discusses techniques like intentional exposure, refocusing attent...
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In this episode Robert James explains the 'OCD gap'—the tendency to fixate on what’s missing—and contrasts it with the 'gain', the progress you’ve already made. He shows how shifting attention from perfectionism to past achievements helps reduce obsessions and compulsions.
This idea of “the gap” and “the gain” was first introduced by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Be...
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Robert James explains how “what-if” questions drive obsessive-compulsive thinking, why uncertainty is the engine of OCD, and simple strategies to resist compulsions and allow a little uncertainty.
He draws on personal experience and offers practical steps to refocus on values, plus details about a free discovery call and a 12-week program at robertjamescoac...
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Coach Robert James explores how manual breathing, swallowing and blinking can become compulsions in Sensorimotor OCD and why the body already knows how to do these functions naturally.
He explains the role of uncertainty, offers practical guidance on letting go by bringing attention to the present and focusing on personal values, and mentions a 12-week prog...
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Join Robert James for a short guided meditation designed to help you face fear with compassion. This practice gently leads you to notice and allow anxious thoughts and sensations without needing to escape, inviting warmth and kindness into the experience.
Use this visualization to build choice and resilience so you can respond to fear with care, not avoidan...
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OCD often convinces you to wait for the “right” moment, but waiting only keeps you stuck. This episode explains why starting today — even with small, manageable steps — builds momentum and changes your relationship with anxiety.
If you’re struggling, the host offers a free discovery call and a structured 12-week program to help you begin recovery and take p...
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Host Robert James shares his personal experience with sensorimotor OCD—feeling isolated, misunderstood, and judged—and explains why many sufferers stay silent.
He introduces his 12-week program that combines community group coaching, ACT, exposure work, videos, worksheets, and meditations rooted in his lived experience and professional coaching. Visit rober...
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Robert James leads a short, compassionate sleep meditation designed for people with OCD, focusing on gentle breathing, body awareness, and accepting intrusive thoughts without judgment.
Use imagery of white light, floating leaves, and progressive relaxation to soften tension, release the demand for sleep, and allow your mind and body to rest
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Robert James explains how most OCD compulsions are really reassurance seeking driven by intolerance of uncertainty and difficult emotions. He uses the crossroads metaphor to show why short-term reassurance keeps you stuck and why allowing discomfort leads to lasting recovery.
The episode covers practical tools—acceptance, exposure, and values-based action—a...
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In this episode Robert James explains why trying to find the "right" way to blink, swallow or breathe only feeds sensory motor OCD and never brings lasting relief. He describes how these searches for certainty are actually compulsions and why they create endless rumination.
Robert offers an alternative: allow your body to do natural actions naturally, come ...
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This episode explains what obsessive–compulsive disorder feels like, how intrusive thoughts and compulsions create a distressing cycle, and why many compulsions are invisible.
It offers simple guidance for loved ones: be patient and empathetic, avoid giving reassurance that fuels OCD, set gentle boundaries about reassurance, and encourage professional suppo...
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This episode explores how OCD can make you doubt your relationship, how to spot when doubts are driven by OCD rather than real problems, and why snap decisions can be harmful.
Robert James offers practical tips to manage rumination, focuses on the core signs of a healthy relationship (kindness, trust, support), and explains when to seek help or a discovery ...
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