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.
Listen on:
Episodes
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
This week I interview Dr. Ryan Vidrine about current research about treatment for OCD. He can be found at https://mindfulhealthsolutions.com or his Instagram or Facebook.
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
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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 Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
This week I interview Sarah Carr about motivation for ERP work especially if you hit a rough patch. She can be found on her website
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
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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.
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
This week I interview Mimi Cole about value. She can be found on Instagram or check out her podcast.
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
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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 Oct 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
This week I interview Eidit Choochage about Anxiety. She can be found on Instagram or on her website and check out her podcast.
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
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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 Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
This week I interview Dr. Ivy Ruths. She can be found on Instagram or on her website.
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsively Ruminating + 30 day journal
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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 Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
This week I interview Sheva Rajaee to discuss R-OCD. She is the founder of The Center for Anxiety and OCD and you can find her website here and contact her center that specializes in OCD, BDD, BFRB's, and anxiety disorders in Irvine California.
We also referenced her book that will be coming out Spring of 2021 called Relationship OCD: A CBT-based Guide to Move Beyond Obsessive Doubt, Anxiety, and Fear of Commitment in Romantic Relationships.
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
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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 Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
This week I interview Alegra Kastens to discuss how do you know it is OCD? She is an MFT and specializes in OCD, BDD, BFRB's, and anxiety disorders in Los Angeles. You can find her on instagram at obsessivelyeverafter or on her website .
She also referenced this article if you want to have a read.
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
_____
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 Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
This week we talk about can OCD make a person control their environment?
The answer is YES!
Listen to find out how and take the challenge to evaluate what are your control strategies?
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
_____
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 Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Interview with Chris Trondsen who is an OCD specialist and has OCD!
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
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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.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Learn all things OCD with the OCD Whisperer Podcast.
Let's talk about Relationship OCD!
R-OCD
Are you doing any of these things:
Checking to see if your partner is the one?
Checking if the relationship feels right?
Nitpicking your partners appearance or flaws?
Compulsively analyzing if your partner is a good fit? Are they passionate enough? Are they funny enough? And so on...
Are you accommodating your OCD by involving others by asking their opinions and you end up talking to several people only to end up more confused and uncertain?
Are you comparing your relationship to other relationships you think are ideal?
Are you compulsively reading books, article online in an attempt to figure this out and again only end up more confused or even bring more fuel to the already existing OCD fire and end up fighting with your partner?
Reminders:
This can happen in any relationships you have that includes friends, co-workers, intimate relationships, family and so on
The first thing to look for is are you compulsing especially mentally? This is where you must do some work! Interrupt your mental behavioral patterns! Episode 5 is about Compulsive Rumination (I suggest you have a listen!)
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IG @ocdwhisperer
Resources for OCD
eBk: How to Stop Compulsive Rumination + 30 day journal
_____
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.