Books to Help Kids with OCD: An Interview with Marin Canaday

CALM AND CONNECTED - EPISODE 151

OCD can manifest itself in different ways with different obsessions and focus that are going on in your life. Children’s author, Marin Canaday describes OCD feeling like a monster devouring your emotions and feelings, where you could get to the point where you feel out of control and you begin to believe the lies the OCD obsessions tell you about yourself. 

Marin joins me today in this episode and we discuss some of the following areas: 

  • Marin discusses how the idea for her book, My Little Monster came about

  • Doubting yourself and OCD

  • Contamination and germs and OCD

  • Religion and OCD

  • Harm and OCD 

  • Hiding symptoms and coping strategies

  • Getting diagnosed

  • How Marin likes to rest and relax

Listen on janinehalloran.com

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