In episode 541 I chat with Brad Stulberg who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us. Brad is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes about mastery, meaning, and excellence.
We discuss his OCD story, beginnings of his OCD, health obsessions, self-harm themed OCD, finding a therapist for his OCD, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), writing about his OCD, OCD support groups, values, mindfulness, his new book The Way of Excellence, and much more. Hope it helps.
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Find out more about Brad:
Website: https://www.bradstulberg.com/
His latest book, The Way of Excellence: https://wayofexcellencebook.com/
The article he mentioned on mental health for Outside Magazine: https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/anxiety-cant-be-trained-away/
Resources:
Dr Steven Hayes (episode) and his book, A liberated mind: https://amzn.to/4uKBrJz
Mark Freeman’s (episode) book, You are not a rock: https://amzn.to/4o1otVr
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All the best,
Stuart