Shortly after I published my book, The OCD Mormon, in the fall of 2017, I went to Utah to do some events to publicize the book. One of my old roommates from BYU came to one of the events, and we went out for dessert afterwards to catch up and chat. She had left the…
I never thought that I would be able to have a dog. I wanted a dog so much growing up, but my parents always told me that they already had a dog (before I was a born) so they weren’t getting another one. Once I was married, we started having kids and then moved a…
I think it was at my February OCD Group in Seattle that someone asked me how I felt about the coronavirus, especially in light of my contamination OCD. Now, this was the beginning of February, so there was no quarantine or stay-at-home orders in the USA yet. Covid-19 wasn’t really on our radar in a…
Yes, it is true. I want to take you back to 2018. Honestly, 2020 hasn’t been so great and 2019 wasn’t totally awesome, either, so why not? The beginning of 2018 found me sick with influenza b, planning ADAM conference (Anxiety Disorders and Mormonism), and getting released as Relief Society President/talked to by the Bishop…
It’s been a strange year, hasn’t it? It’s been a strange two or so years for our family, actually. In December 2019, my husband and I were working on our Christmas card and basically ended up writing something like “Well, this year was hard, let’s hope next year is better.” Ha. But honestly, I feel…