The OCD Whisperer Podcast with Kristina Orlova
The OCD Whisperer Podcast explores anxiety, OCD, and mental health through unscripted, human-centered conversations and personal stories. Featuring clinicians, creatives, public figures, and everyday people, the show looks at how anxiety, fear, pressure, and identity shape our lives — and how people learn to live alongside them.
Hosted by Kristina Orlova, a licensed therapist with lived experience of OCD, the podcast centers honest conversation over polished answers. Episodes are reflective, unscripted, and grounded in real life, allowing space for nuance, curiosity, and moments that don’t always resolve neatly.
This is a podcast for anyone who has questioned themselves, felt overwhelmed, or wondered what’s happening beneath the surface of anxiety, OCD, and mental health — and what it means to be human while living with it.
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Episodes
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
What is healthy avoidance vs OCD avoidance
Host: Kristina Orlova, LMFT
What is healthy avoidance
What is OCD avoidance
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
What you need to know about OCD anxiety cycle
Host: Kristina Orlova, LMFT
What is an OCD anxiety cycle
What meaning are you assigning to your OCD anxiety experience?
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Are your kids asking same questions over and over?
Host: Kristina Orlova, LMFT
As a parent do you know what OCD is?
Are you familiar with your child's triggers and behavioral responses?
Start a reassurance seeking log to learn more about this behavior and set some limits
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Do your intrusive thoughts mean something?
Your Host: Kristina Orlova, LMFT
What are intrusions
Context to why we all feel guilt and shame around negative intrusive thoughts (like sexually doing something inappropriate)
Importance of separating yourself from your OCD
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Today I answer a couple of common questions I get:
How can I be ready for ERP?
How do I work on compulsive rumination??
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
_____
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Today I interview Jasmeet Singh who is a molecular biologist and a headshot photographer and my partner.
What is your OCD subtype?
Why do triggers matter?
What is 1 way you manage your stress and OCD?
415 Headshots Website415 Headshots IG
Andrew Johnson for meditation
The Honest Guys
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
_____
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Monday Jan 10, 2022
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Today I interview Paul Mc Carroll from Belfast, Ireland who is an OCD and anxiety specialist, therapist, and mental health trainer.
Here are some questions I asked:
When recovery turns into a compulsion, what can someone do?
How does stress play into OCD and when feeling exhausted by OCD how does one manage that?
What could self -care look like?
How can ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) aid in recovery?
Paul Mc Carroll's website: www.befreefromocd.com
Instagram: @befreefromocd
Facebook: @befreefromocd
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
_____
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Today I interview Kelley Franke, LMFT on Why do OCD symptoms return?
How do OCD symptoms return?
Why does someone have OCD?
What is a message you want to leave our listeners with?
Kelly's Instagram
Purely OCD Podcast
Email Kelley
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
_____
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Today I talk with Dr. Jonathan Grayson is a licensed psychologist (PSY26643) and has been specializing in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for more than 40 years and is a nationally recognized expert. He was the first person in the nation to start an OCD support group, and he wrote the book Freedom From Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Often people do not think that recovery can be possible or they get hung up on the fact that OCD is a chronic condition and that means they can never get rid of it. What advice would you give to someone who is thinking like this?
When someone is really unmotivated to implement ERP, is there anything they can do to get motivated again?
Lastly, what words of inspiration would you like to leave for our listeners?
Dr. Grayson's private practice
Book Freedom from OCD (2nd edition)
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
_____
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Today I talk with Dr. Roberto Olivardia about BDD and OCD. Here are the questions we cover:
How can someone understand how these two mental health issues work hand in hand?
How are BDD and body image or eating spectrum disorders related?
What would you say is the #1 thing that someone should do to get better?
To contact, email: roberto_olivardia@hms.harvard.edu
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
Facebook Podcast Community
_____
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes. Though I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in California & specialize in OCD and Anxiety Disorders, this does not replace therapy.
See you in the next episode!
Keep going in the meantime.
*Episodes come out out bi-weekly.