{"podcast":{"title":"The OCD Whisperer Podcast with Kristina Orlova","slug":"the-ocd-whisperer-podcast-with-kristina-orlova-1214844","podcast_index_feed_id":1214844,"rss_url":"https://feedcdn.podbean.com/ocdwhisperer/feed.xml","website_url":"https://ocdwhisperer.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/6995592/3.jpg","author":"Kristina Orlova","episode_count":196,"summary":"New podcast weblog","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T14:19:00.616425+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ocd-whisperer-podcast-with-kristina-orlova-1214844"},"episode":{"title":"188. Guided Mindfulness Meditation for Anxiety and Overthinking","slug":"188-guided-mindfulness-meditation-for-anxiety-and-overthinking","published_at":"2026-06-10T16:37:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ocd-whisperer-podcast-with-kristina-orlova-1214844/188-guided-mindfulness-meditation-for-anxiety-and-overthinking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ocd-whisperer-podcast-with-kristina-orlova-1214844","url":"https://ocdwhisperer.podbean.com/e/guided-mindfulness-meditation-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wnydf8tnxsqaru82/OCDWhisperer_Guided_Meditation7d5o0.mp3","summary":"A guided meditation to help with overthinking, anxiety, and a mind that just won’t slow down. Some days your head feels on overdrive. You sit down to relax and the thoughts keep racing anyway. This meditation doesn’t ask you to stop the thoughts. You’ll rest your attention on your breath, lose it, get pulled into a thought, and come back. That’s it. That’s the skill of mindfulness, and it gets stronger every time you practice. No experience is needed to start. Feel free to sit on the floor, sit in a chair, or even lie down. Headphones can help, but they aren’t required. You can’t do this exercise wrong. Having your mind wander off and coming back isn’t the practice failing, it’s actually the practice working. I’m Kristina Orlova, a licensed marriage and family therapist. I treated anxiety and OCD, and I live with OCD myself, so I understand what a loud brain feels like. This meditation is general and may work for anyone, whether you deal with anxiety or just want to reset your day. One honest note. This is for general wellbeing, not a substitute for therapy. If breath focus ever makes you more anxious, that's a real thing that happens to some people. Open your eyes, listen to the sounds around you instead, or take a break. DISCLAIMER: This guided meditation is provided for educational, informational, and relaxation purposes only. It is not medical advice, psychotherapy, or mental health treatment, it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any physical or psychological condition, and it is not a substitute for care from a licensed professional. Although Kristina Orlova is a licensed marriage and family therapist, watching or listening to this content does not create a therapist-client relationship with Kristina Orlova or KOR Results Family Therapy Inc. No…","meta_description":"A guided meditation to help with overthinking, anxiety, and a mind that just won’t slow down. Some days your head feels on overdrive. You sit down to rela…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":591,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ocd-whisperer-podcast-with-kristina-orlova-1214844/episodes/188-guided-mindfulness-meditation-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ocd-whisperer-podcast-with-kristina-orlova-1214844/188-guided-mindfulness-meditation-for-anxiety-and-overthinking.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}