"I Feel Like Everyone Hates Me" and Other Lies My Friendship Anxiety Tells Me

  "Are they talking about me? Why haven’t they responded yet? Maybe I'm missing something? Why do I feel like everyone hates me?"  We’ve all been there. Anxiety has this awful quality of making mountains out...

Feel a sticky OCD thought coming on? Here are 5 ways to nip it in the bud.

Imagine this –– you’ve had a great couple of days. No major intrusive thoughts – or at least ones you can’t handle. Your therapy sessions seem to be more focused...

9 Common Obsessions & Compulsions in OCD

The most amazing thing happens when you begin to educate yourself about OCD.You learn that those irrational thoughts and fears — the same fears that you spent years trying to...

Do big life changes give you anxiety?

  We all experience transitions throughout our lives. Whether they are exciting (moving to a new place, starting a new job, becoming a parent) or unexpected (being let go from...

What is it really like to have OCD?

If we had a dollar for every time we heard someone use the phrase "I'm so OCD," we'd be super rich. And bitter. But, after taking time to really think about it — how...

What is Autumn Anxiety?

Fall is the season of change. For some people this can mean a season filled with anxiety and sadness which — believe it or not — makes for the perfect...

What is Existential OCD?

(Trigger Warning: Existential thoughts & ideas) “Existential OCD” or “Philosophical OCD” is not often talked about. But knowledge of this subtype can make all the difference in someone’s road to...

How Do I know If I Have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

It's easy to overlook the possibility that OCD could be the cause of your anxiety. Most people assume they have to have to be experiencing very unusual rituals to have...

Unnecessary Necessary Precautions

If you were up late in NYC last night, you probably witnessed the most intense lightning storm. If you didn’t — lucky you.  I never had a problem with lightning in...

6 things you should know about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Presently was born as a result of our experience with OCD & anxiety, and our desire to help those who are silently struggling. Though widespread in pop culture, before starting...

Lindsay vs. OCD vs. Bird vs. TJ Maxx

What could be so complicated about a trip to TJ Maxx? Apparently, a lot.  I was on my way home from work and decided I would stop into TJ Maxx to...

6 Phrases We All Use That Are Actually Really Toxic

Believe it or not, there is such a thing as too much positivity.

Sometimes the best phrases are the ones that sting a little - that make you think harder and feel more.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy-inspired reminders can teach us to accept – not reject – the scary thoughts & feelings of anxiety. The less afraid we are of being anxious, the less we allow it to pull us away from the present moment.

What do great ad campaigns and human connections have in common?

They often begin with revealing a weakness.    Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity: an advertising competition in the mystical land of Cannes, France — where all the best, brightest,...

Sisters. Cofounders. OCD Warriors.

We were lucky enough to have had the support of our family to get us the help we needed. But, there are so many people out there who know absolutely nothing about what they are dealing with internally and how to manage it.

And, because of the stigma that still exists around mental health disorders, we are not properly taught how our mind works, how it breaks, and how it heals. 

But the more we share about ourselves, the struggles we go through and the ways we’ve learned to overcome them, the more we can help to inform someone else’s experience. 

We want to empower those who suffer silently to discover real, effective ways to feel less overwhelmed by anxiety and find the space in their mind to live in the present moment.

The brain needs a check-up, too.

Every year, we are strongly encouraged to go to the doctor. They check our weight, height, blood pressure, heart beat, etc. They make sure our vital bodily functions are working...

Positively Toxic

It was the end of the summer of 2020. The pandemic was still terrifyingly fresh, my social life had become non-existent since I moved home, and I was about to...