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Let me just start by saying this: mom guilt is a liar. And not a subtle, whisper-in-your-ear kind of liar. I’m talking loud, convincing, and relentless—like that one friend who always sounds so sure of herself but constantly gives terrible advice. (You know the one.) As a licensed therapist who specializes in OCD and anxiety—and […]

When you’re working on recovery from anxiety or OCD, one of the most common traps is: thinking you’ll remember what helps in the moment. That you’ll just know what to do when anxiety kicks in. But if you’ve ever been hijacked by a spiral or pulled back into a compulsion after doing “so well,” you […]