Episode #2: Lovingkindness Meditation
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
Release Date: 04/27/2016
465 How to stop OCD Mental Compulsions (with Lauren Rosen)
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan and OCD specialist Lauren Rosen break down exactly how mental compulsions work—and teach a practical, step-by-step way to stop engaging with them so you can get your time, presence, and joy back.
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464 Anxiety vs. ADHD: Are You Misdiagnosing Yourself? (with Kati Morton)
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
If you’ve been wondering whether your “anxiety” might actually be ADHD (or both), this episode helps you sort through the overlap by focusing on the driver behind your symptoms—so you can get clarity, support, and the right tools.
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463 My OCD Subtype Keeps SHIFTING: 3 Steps to GENERALIZE Your ERP Skills
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode, Kimberley breaks down why OCD themes shift so quickly and teaches you how to generalize your ERP skills so you can respond effectively—no matter what obsession shows up.
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462 Your Holiday Anxiety Isn't About the Holidays
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode, Kimberley breaks down why holiday anxiety feels so overwhelming and teaches you compassionate, practical strategies to help you move through the season with more ease, clarity, and self-kindness.
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461 How OCD Affects Relationships (And What Partners Need to Know)
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
This episode breaks down how OCD can quietly strain relationships and teaches partners practical, compassionate strategies to communicate better, set healthy boundaries, and reconnect as a team.
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460 Stop White Knuckling Your Anxiety (Do This Instead)
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode, we share how to stop “white-knuckling” your anxiety and instead use compassion, mindfulness, and gentle allowing to find lasting calm and confidence.
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459 Navigating OCD During Pregnancy: A Compassionate Guide (with Erin Jones)
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
This episode unpacks how OCD shows up from conception through postpartum—and shares compassionate, evidence-based tools (especially ERP) to help you move from fear to values-based parenting.
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458 How to Handle Anxiety When You’re Around Toxic People
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In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan shares compassionate, practical tools to help you manage anxiety around “toxic” or triggering people—without losing your peace, your confidence, or your values.
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457 The Secret to Calming Climate Anxiety (Even When the News Feels Like Doom) with Sarah Jaquette Ray
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
This episode turns climate anxiety from paralyzing doom into doable, feel-good action by blending nervous-system care, compassionate mindset shifts, and practical, community-centered steps.
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456 The 3 Lies Depression Tells You Every Day
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
Kimberley Quinlan exposes the three lies depression tells (hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness) and shares simple, science-backed steps—thought witnessing, compassionate reframes, and opposite action—to break the cycle and rebuild momentum.
info_outlineLovingkindness is a great way to create more compassion and self care in your life.
I was recently lucky enough to attend and present at the Trichotillomania Learning Center Annual Conference in Dallas for those who suffer Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors. The conference was filled with a beautiful group people who struggle with hair pulling and skin picking, two disorders that are grossly misunderstood and stigmatized in our culture.
What struck me over the long weekend was the incredible love between the attendees. There were tears and laughter and hugs and love shared between so many people from all over the world. On the last day, I could see that most of the tears were coming from the fact that they most would leave their conference family, where they were accepted, and return back to their lives, where they feel so alone and were no longer fully understood.
I share this meditation in hope to create or continue an experience of love that that I felt so strongly during such a beautiful gathering. It is a loving kindness meditation that has helped me greatly when I feel alone or misunderstood and I hope it helps you also.