This is Mental Health Awareness Month, and I’m sharing my experience working at a camp for kids with OCD and anxiety disorders. Learn why this kind of summer camp matters and how your purchase from the FEARLESS collection (at Natural Life) can help us plant more camps! Working at a Camp for Kids with OCD and Anxiety Splat! Another vomit-filled balloon hits me. How did I wind up running a summer...
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JACK Founder Kim Vincenty Honored with IOCDF Hero Award
Jul 20, 2023
The Board of JACK Mental Health Advocacy (JACK MHA) is thrilled to announce that Founder and President, Kim Vincenty, was recognized by the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) with the 2023 Hero Award. The Hero Award, presented at the 28th Annual OCD Conference in...
The Ostrich Syndrome, OCD & Medical Providers
Jun 22, 2023
An ostrich has an eye three times the size of its brain. Therefore, it sees way more than it will ever understand. Several years ago, my doctor friends were leaving on a typical weekend to attend a medical conference out of town. A babysitter was taking care of...
Bobbie’s Story
Jun 2, 2023
I was once told that God doesn't call the qualified but instead qualifies the called according to His purpose. Bobbie's Story The fact that I am even sitting here or writing this is a testament to God's miraculous ability. I am a timid and anxious individual. However,...
Blessed to Be Tom’s Mom
Apr 16, 2023
I am blessed to be a mom of two sons. When my youngest son Tom was diagnosed with depression and anxiety at ten years old and then with OCD and Body Dysmorphic Disorder at 15 years old, I realized that this was something that I could not fix. I was heartbroken and...
Building a Life in OCD Recovery
Feb 6, 2023
We do the hard work. We show up. And we do the excruciating tasks of exposing ourselves over and over (and over). We muster every bit of strength and grit that we have to resist doing the compulsions that bring us even the slightest bit of comfort. Yet, day in...
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