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💕 Building an inclusive faith & OCD community
🌈 Education + support for individuals, clinicians, & clergy of all faiths
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The schedule is here! 🎉

Take a look at what’s ahead at the 6th Annual Faith & OCD Conference, with a full day of sessions exploring the intersection of faith, OCD, and scrupulosity. The conference is on October 29, 2026, and is fully virtual, so you can join from anywhere in the world!

Register and check out the full conference schedule to explore individual sessions, speakers, descriptions, and CE-eligible offerings. 👉 www.faithandocd.com/conference (link in bio) by @stickwiththeick

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Registration is officially LIVE for the 6th Annual Faith & OCD Conference!!! 🎉

Presented by @stickwiththeick in partnership with the @iocdf

📅 October 29, 2026
 💻 Fully virtual + recordings available for 30 days

I am SO excited to share what we’ve put together this year with 70 inspiring speakers, with the full schedule live on our conference site.

The Faith & OCD Conference brings together clinicians, faith leaders, people with lived experience, family members, caregivers, researchers, students, and advocates to learn from one another at the intersection of faith, OCD, and scrupulosity.

For many people experiencing religious or moral OCD, a faith leader may be one of the first people they turn to for support. At the same time, navigating OCD treatment alongside deeply held faith, spiritual practices, and values can feel complicated. That’s why this conference exists.

Throughout the day, we’ll explore OCD, scrupulosity, spirituality, treatment, and recovery through an inclusive, interfaith lens. We’ll hear from incredible clinicians, faith leaders, researchers, and people with lived experience through presentations, panels, conversations, and community spaces.

Whether you are:
✨ A mental health professional wanting to better understand faith, spirituality, OCD treatment, and scrupulosity
✨ A faith leader wanting practical tools for supporting people with OCD in your community
✨ Someone living with OCD or scrupulosity looking for hope, resources, and people who get it
✨ A family member, caregiver, or loved one wanting to better understand OCD and how to support someone you care about
You belong here. 💗

Our hope is that no one feels like they have to choose between their faith, their mental health, and their recovery.

Come learn with us. Come ask questions. Come connect across traditions and disciplines. And come help us continue building a better bridge between faith communities and evidence-based OCD care.

Registration is open now at faithandocd.com/conference

We can’t wait to see you on October 29! 🩵🩷 by @stickwiththeick

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Wow!!! I am so incredibly excited to share some BIG news! I officially signed my first book deal, with an expected release in Fall 2027! 🎉

I’m beyond honored to be working with @sheldon.press (part of @hachetteuk and @johnmurrays) and the amazing @rachel.sheldonpress as I begin writing my very first book on faith, OCD, and religious/moral scrupulosity through an interfaith lens. It's called: "The Endless What Ifs: When OCD Hijacks Faith & Morality" ⭐

This project feels like the culmination of so many parts of my life coming together... my own lived experience with OCD, my work as a minister and chaplain, my research on OCD treatment as a spiritual practice, and my passion for helping others find hope and meaning in the midst of uncertainty. The book will include stories from diverse faith traditions, evidence-based treatment tools (and ways to reimagine these as spiritual practices across faith traditions), and reflections for individuals with OCD, clinicians, and clergy seeking to navigate faith and mental health in a compassionate, inclusive way. 🫂

It’s surreal to even write these words. I’ve dreamed of creating something like this for years, and it feels so special to finally share it with all of you. Thank you for being part of this community that has made this work possible. I cannot wait to bring you along for every step ahead, and I'm so honored to Stick with the Ick as we journey together! 💗 by @stickwiththeick

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Woohoo!! Yesterday was the last conference session highlight for the Faith and OCD Conference. So now…. it’s back to our regular scheduled pink advocacy programming! Happy OCD Awareness Week!! 💖🫂🎉 by @stickwiththeick

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We’re wrapping up our Community Discussion Group spotlights with Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Bahá’í, & Interfaith! 🎉💗

From 5:15–6:15 PM ET, we’ll close out the educational portion of the Faith & OCD Conference with Community Discussion Groups: informal spaces for connection, conversation, and community.

During this hour, attendees can choose from groups centered around different faith traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and shared connections. These aren’t presentations or panels. They’re simply opportunities to connect with others around experiences that matter to you.

The Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Bahá’í, & Interfaith Community Discussion Group offers a welcoming space for conversation and connection around OCD, scrupulosity, faith, spirituality, and the ways religious practices, personal experiences, and OCD recovery can intersect across different traditions.

Helping hold the conversation: ✨ Emily Bailey, PsyD ✨ Sandy M. Robinson, MA, MLIS ✨ Mary Walters, LMHC

Whether you identify with one of these traditions, navigate OCD or scrupulosity in the context of your faith or spirituality, come from an interfaith background, support someone navigating these experiences, or simply connect with this conversation, you’re welcome to join. 💗

And with that, we’ve officially spotlighted all of our Community Discussion Groups! 🎉 We’re so excited for the many opportunities to connect across different religious and spiritual traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and shared connections throughout our community.

📅 October 29, 2026 | Virtual 🎤 75 speakers throughout the day 💗 Register at FAITHANDOCD.COM/CONFERENCE

We can’t wait to connect with you in just TWO WEEKS! 💗✨ by @stickwiththeick

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✨In honor of OCD Awareness Week I’m doing an Ask Me Anything series✨

Talking about Religious Scrupulosity vs genuine faith exploration and differentiation here!

I’ll link to a resource from the @iocdf on Religious Scrup in the comments.

Highly recommend @stickwiththeick for comprehensive support and resources for all faith backgrounds!

If you’d like me to cover a question on OCD:
Submit through stories
DM me
Comment
I’ll try to get to as many as I can!

💛Kelli

#ocd #faithandocd #iocdf #ocdawareness by @stickwiththeick

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We’re continuing our Community Discussion Group spotlights with Islam! 🎉💗

From 5:15–6:15 PM ET, we’ll close out the educational portion of the Faith & OCD Conference with Community Discussion Groups: informal spaces for connection, conversation, and community.

During this hour, attendees can choose from groups centered around different faith traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and shared connections. These aren’t presentations or panels. They’re simply opportunities to connect with others around experiences that matter to you.

The Islam Community Discussion Group offers a welcoming space for conversation and connection around Islam, OCD, scrupulosity, and the ways faith, religious practices, personal experiences, and OCD recovery can intersect.

Helping hold the conversation: ✨ Mubeena Mirza, LCSW ✨ Chaplain Kaiser Aslam

Whether you identify as Muslim, have navigated OCD or scrupulosity in the context of Islamic faith and practices, support someone navigating these experiences, or simply connect with this conversation, you’re welcome to join. 💗

And this is just one of many Community Discussion Groups happening simultaneously! We’ll continue spotlighting groups representing different religious and spiritual traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and areas of connection across our community.

📅 October 29, 2026 | Virtual 🎤 75 speakers throughout the day 💗 Register at FAITHANDOCD.COM/CONFERENCE

Check back as we spotlight another Community Discussion Group! 👀✨ by @stickwiththeick

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We’re continuing our Community Discussion Group spotlights with Mindfulness & Meditation! 🎉💗

From 5:15–6:15 PM ET, we’ll close out the educational portion of the Faith & OCD Conference with Community Discussion Groups: informal spaces for connection, conversation, and community.

During this hour, attendees can choose from groups centered around different faith traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and shared connections. These aren’t presentations or panels. They’re simply opportunities to connect with others around experiences that matter to you.

The Mindfulness & Meditation Community Discussion Group offers a welcoming space for conversation and connection around mindfulness, meditation, OCD, scrupulosity, and the ways these practices can intersect with faith, spirituality, personal values, and recovery.

Helping hold the conversation: ✨ Jeffrey GenRyu ✨ Carolyn Ringenberg, LCSWA ✨ Reagan Brown, LCMHCA

Whether mindfulness or meditation is part of your spiritual practice, something you incorporate into OCD recovery, an area you’re curious about exploring, or simply a conversation you connect with, you’re welcome to join. 💗

And this is just one of many Community Discussion Groups happening simultaneously! We’ll continue spotlighting groups representing different religious and spiritual traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and areas of connection across our community.

📅 October 29, 2026 | Virtual 🎤 75 speakers throughout the day 💗 Register at FAITHANDOCD.COM/CONFERENCE

Check back as we spotlight another Community Discussion Group! 👀✨ by @stickwiththeick

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We’re continuing our Community Discussion Group spotlights with Diving into Faith & OCD Research! 🎉💗🔬

From 5:15–6:15 PM ET, we’ll close out the educational portion of the Faith & OCD Conference with Community Discussion Groups: informal spaces for connection, conversation, and community.

During this hour, attendees can choose from groups centered around different faith traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and shared connections. These aren’t presentations or panels. They’re simply opportunities to connect with others around experiences that matter to you.

The Diving into Faith & OCD Research Community Discussion Group offers a welcoming space for conversation and connection around current research, emerging questions, and opportunities for continued exploration at the intersection of faith, spirituality, OCD, and scrupulosity.

Helping hold the conversation: ✨ Mary Plisco, Ph.D. ✨ Wes Bullington, Graduate Student

Whether you’re a researcher, clinician, faith leader, individual with lived experience, or simply curious about the research shaping our understanding of faith and OCD, you’re welcome to join. 💗

And this is just one of many Community Discussion Groups happening simultaneously! We’ll continue spotlighting groups representing different religious and spiritual traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and areas of connection across our community.

📅 October 29, 2026 | Virtual 🎤 75 speakers throughout the day 💗 Register at FAITHANDOCD.COM/CONFERENCE

Check back as we spotlight another Community Discussion Group! 👀✨ by @stickwiththeick

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OCD Awareness Week 🧠💚

OCD has told each of us a LOT of things.

That we can’t trust ourselves.
That we need certainty.
That we need to avoid certain things.
That we have to listen to the thoughts, feelings, and “what ifs.”

But in this video, we’re showing you what happens when we don’t listen to OCD.

We choose to live anyway.
We choose connection, relationships, careers, adventures, laughter, and all the messy, beautiful parts of life.

OCD may be part of our story—but it doesn’t get to write the whole thing. ❤️

This OCD Awareness Week, we want you to know that a life with OCD can still be a BIG life. Recovery doesn’t necessarily mean OCD disappears forever. It means OCD doesn’t get to make all the decisions.

To everyone currently struggling: there is more to your life than OCD. And there is a life worth fighting for beyond the fear.

Now we want to hear from YOU: What has OCD told you that you’re choosing NOT to listen to? 👇🏼

Thank you to all the amazing advocates who shared a bit of there OCD for this post! Go follow them!

@kristaruthreed
@thatanxietycommunity
@panicandanxiety
@functionallyocd
@tabootracie
@caliwerner1
@ashtheadvocate99
@stickwiththeick
@ocdwhisperer
@obsessively.tea

🌻 Follow @obsessivelystrong for more OCD and related content

🌻 Link in the bio for OCD and mental health stickers!

Disclaimers: Instagram is not a replacement for therapy. Do not change your treatment based off my page. This page is for educational purposes only!

#OCDAwarenessWeek #OCDAwareness #OCDRecovery #LivingWithOCD #OCDCommunity by @stickwiththeick

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We’re continuing our Community Discussion Group spotlights with Spiritual Abuse / Religious Trauma!

From 5:15–6:15 PM ET, we’ll close out the educational portion of the Faith & OCD Conference with Community Discussion Groups: informal spaces for connection, conversation, and community.

During this hour, attendees can choose from groups centered around different faith traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and shared connections. These aren’t presentations or panels. They’re simply opportunities to connect with others around experiences that matter to you.

The Spiritual Abuse / Religious Trauma Community Discussion Group offers a welcoming space for conversation and connection around experiences of spiritual abuse, religious trauma, OCD, scrupulosity, and the complex ways these experiences can intersect with faith, identity, healing, and recovery.

Helping hold the conversation: ✨ Rev. Alyssa Muehmel ✨ Alie Bernard Garza, LCSW ✨ Marisa Bergstrom

Whether you’ve experienced spiritual abuse or religious trauma yourself, support someone navigating these experiences, or simply connect with this conversation, you’re welcome to join. 💗

And this is just one of many Community Discussion Groups happening simultaneously! We’ll continue spotlighting groups representing different religious and spiritual traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and areas of connection across our community.

📅 October 29, 2026 | Virtual 🎤 75 speakers throughout the day 💗 Register at FAITHANDOCD.COM/CONFERENCE

Check back as we spotlight another Community Discussion Group! 👀✨ by @stickwiththeick

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We’re continuing our Community Discussion Group spotlights with Art & Spirituality! 🎉💗🎨

From 5:15–6:15 PM ET, we’ll close out the educational portion of the Faith & OCD Conference with Community Discussion Groups: informal spaces for connection, conversation, and community.

During this hour, attendees can choose from groups centered around different faith traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and shared connections. These aren’t presentations or panels. They’re simply opportunities to connect with others around experiences that matter to you.

The Art & Spirituality Community Discussion Group offers a welcoming space for conversation and connection around creativity, artistic expression, spirituality, and the ways art can intersect with faith, meaning-making, OCD, and lived experience.

Helping hold the conversation: ✨ Erika McCoy, Artist & IOCDF Advocate
Whether art is part of your spiritual practice, a way you express yourself, something that helps you connect with meaning, or simply an area you’re curious about exploring, you’re welcome to join. 💗

And this is just one of many Community Discussion Groups happening simultaneously! We’ll continue spotlighting groups representing different religious and spiritual traditions, identities, lived experiences, interests, and areas of connection across our community.

📅 October 29, 2026 | Virtual 🎤 75 speakers throughout the day 💗 Register at FAITHANDOCD.COM/CONFERENCE

Come back tomorrow as we spotlight another Community Discussion Group! 👀✨ by @stickwiththeick

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