In this episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit, Kimberley Quinlan shares powerful tools to help you stop treating every thought and feeling like a fact—so you can break free from anxiety’s grip and start living in alignment with your values.
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444 ARFID or OCD? Understanding the Difference When Food Feels Scary
In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan breaks down the subtle but crucial differences between OCD, ARFID, orthorexia, and eating disorders—and how understanding these distinctions can lead to more effective, compassionate treatment. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why the function behind food-related anxiety matters more than the behavior itself How OCD, ARFID, and orthorexia can look similar—but require very different treatment approaches What exposure therapy looks like for each condition (and why it must be values-led) The unique role disgust plays in ARFID and how to gently work through it How to involve family members in the recovery process without reinforcing avoidance Why healing doesn’t mean perfection—and how to measure progress with compassion
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443 The Dark Side of High-Functioning Anxiety (It’s Not What You Think)
In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan explores the hidden emotional, physical, and psychological costs of high functioning anxiety—and offers powerful, practical tools to help you break free from the pressure to constantly perform.
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442 What 99% of People Get WRONG About Intrusive Thoughts
In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan breaks down the most common misconceptions about intrusive thoughts and shares powerful, compassionate strategies to help you respond in a way that reduces anxiety and stops the OCD cycle.
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441 The 6 Ways Social Anxiety Keeps You Stuck (And How to Break Free)
Struggling with social anxiety? In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan shares the six sneaky ways it keeps you stuck — and the powerful mindset shifts that will help you break free.
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Kimberley Quinlan, an anxiety specialist for over 15 years, delivers Science-Based Solutions for Anxiety, Panic, Depression, OCD, Social Anxiety, Health Anxiety, & other difficult emotions.
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