Episode #2: Lovingkindness Meditation
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
Release Date: 04/27/2016
471 STOP Googling Symptoms: The 3-Step Plan to End Cyberchondria & Health Anxiety
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
If you find yourself compulsively Googling symptoms and feeling more anxious than reassured, this episode offers a compassionate, evidence-based 3-step plan to help you break free from cyberchondria and health anxiety.
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470 5 Things to ask yourself when you have anxiety
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode, I share five simple, science-based questions you can ask in moments of anxiety to help you respond skillfully—without feeding rumination, avoidance, or fear.
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469 How to Stop Overthinking EVERYTHING (Even If You Can’t Control It)
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit, Kimberley Quinlan breaks down why overthinking feels so necessary—and shares practical, compassionate tools to help you stop ruminating and get back to living your life.
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468 Mindfulness Exercise for OCD
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode, I share the one mindfulness skill I teach every OCD client to help you respond to intrusive thoughts without getting stuck in rumination, urgency, or compulsions—especially when you’re feeling overwhelmed.
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467 How to Calm Your Mind Before Bed: Anxiety Relief for Sleep‑Trouble Nights
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan shares a gentle, science-backed approach to calming nighttime anxiety by shifting away from forcing sleep and toward helping your nervous system truly rest.
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466 5 Mental Health Priorities for a Calmer, Stronger 2026
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
In this episode of Your Anxiety Toolkit, Kimberley Quinlan shares five science-backed mental health priorities to help you build a calmer, stronger, and more compassionate relationship with anxiety in 2026.
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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)
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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
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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.
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.