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How to Support Someone With OCD
November 11, 2021 Joanna Hardis
How to Support Someone With OCD

I think it’s probably fair to say that many of us have some level of fear around the holidays and Covid. Is being vaccinated enough? Will we unknowingly expose or

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Cognitive Defusion: 3 Techniques to Free You from Your Thoughts
August 26, 2021 Joanna Hardis
Cognitive Defusion: 3 Techniques to Free You from Your Thoughts
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Understanding Your Amygdala
August 10, 2021 Joanna Hardis
Understanding Your Amygdala

If you’re at all familiar with the amygdala, you know it affects so much. And if you’re learning how to respond differently to your anxiety or OCD, understanding this part

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5 Ways to Get Out of Emotional Reasoning
July 25, 2021 Joanna Hardis
5 Ways to Get Out of Emotional Reasoning

We all engage in emotional reasoning, which is using our feelings as proof of something and/or allowing those feelings guide to guide our behavior. Who can’t relate to feeling something

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The Basics of Emotional Reasoning
July 12, 2021 Joanna Hardis
The Basics of Emotional Reasoning

Have you ever felt so sure that something bad, something horrific was about to happen? Your heart pounds and palms sweat. It must be true, because you feel it. Right?

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How Do I Know If My Fear is “Rational”?
June 27, 2021 Joanna Hardis
How Do I Know If My Fear is “Rational”?

So much of recovery from an anxiety disorder and/or OCD is in distinguishing the “what is” from the “what if.”  Your brain tells you something scary. Your threat-alert system is

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Therapy Isn’t Working. What Should I Do?
June 14, 2021 Joanna Hardis
Therapy Isn’t Working. What Should I Do?

Sadly, I hear this a lot. It’s a delicate topic for sure. I hear stories of people who’ve been with the same therapist for years. They either still feel stuck

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Let’s Talk About Health Anxiety
May 19, 2021 Joanna Hardis
Let’s Talk About Health Anxiety

In treating health anxiety, we talk about the same process we do for all anxiety disorders. We work on becoming mindful of our experience: acknowledging how we’re feeling physical and emotionally. Rather than try to get it to go away, we become...

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How to Experience Anxiety without Resisting It
May 9, 2021 Joanna Hardis
How to Experience Anxiety without Resisting It

By experiencing anxiety, I mean ride out the fear-filled thoughts and feelings, allowing them to be there without trying to make them go away. The spirit of this is really

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You Cannot Manifest Your OCD
April 25, 2021 Joanna Hardis
You Cannot Manifest Your OCD

Something clients ask me a lot is if they’re going to manifest their intrusive thoughts by thinking them. It’s generally after they’ve Googled something and stumbled upon the law of

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How Do I Know When Therapy Is Done?
April 11, 2021 Joanna Hardis
How Do I Know When Therapy Is Done?

As I was checking out the redesigned Anxiety & Depression Association of America’s website (which is really great), I ran across an article called How to Know When to Seek

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ERP Is Like Rock Climbing (Only Safer)
March 21, 2021 Joanna Hardis
ERP Is Like Rock Climbing (Only Safer)

If you haven’t seen the documentary Free Solo, I highly recommend it. It follows Alex Honnold, a professional rock climber, and his journey to free solo Yosemite National Park’s El

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