{"podcast":{"title":"Gathering Gold","slug":"gathering-gold-6575848","podcast_index_feed_id":6575848,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/gatheringgold/feed.xml","website_url":"https://gatheringgold.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11733333/Gathering_Gold_logo8y7md.jpg","author":"Sheryl Paul and Victoria Russell","episode_count":124,"summary":"Join Sheryl Paul, a counselor informed by the Jungian depth psychological tradition, and her co-host Victoria Russell, as they dive into the realms of our inner worlds and explore actions we can take to grow more self-trust and self-love. These bi-weekly episodes will provide guidance for diminishing fear and shame, embracing sensitivity and creativity, and approaching life with curiosity and compassion.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T00:18:21.944217+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gathering-gold-6575848"},"episode":{"title":"The Upside of OCD with Michael Alcee","slug":"the-upside-of-ocd-with-michael-alcee","published_at":"2025-06-27T16:04:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gathering-gold-6575848/the-upside-of-ocd-with-michael-alcee","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gathering-gold-6575848","url":"https://gatheringgold.podbean.com/e/the-upside-of-ocd-with-michael-alcee/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8fa4sihvyuwb9jht/GG_203_The_Upside_of_OCD8z77o.mp3","summary":"Today's very special guest, Michael Alcée, is author of the book The Upside of OCD: Flight the Script to Reclaim Your Life. In our conversation, Michael explains what he means and does not mean when he talks about the \"upside\" of OCD; why Michael thinks all people with OCD start out as mini-existentialists and poets; and the key missing ingredient in many of our contemporary treatments for OCD. How can OCD be both meaningless and meaningful at the same time? What messages might OCD be trying to deliver to us, if we only know how to listen? All of this and more in today's episode.","meta_description":"Today's very special guest, Michael Alcée, is author of the book The Upside of OCD: Flight the Script to Reclaim Your Life. In our conversation, Michael e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3655,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gathering-gold-6575848/episodes/the-upside-of-ocd-with-michael-alcee/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gathering-gold-6575848/the-upside-of-ocd-with-michael-alcee.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}