๐ŸŽ™ Making progress

A special episode recorded as part of my OCD treatment. Thoughts on my experience doing exposure treatment and how success is not the absence of failure, but rather progress.

Note: This episode contains strong language

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The OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center

Who is Fernando


๐ŸŽ™ On Editing

Thoughts on the book On Writing, by Stephen King, and how it has affected my writing workflow.

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On Writing

Editing page

Final post from editing example image: ๐ŸŒ€ Not a comedian

๐ŸŒ€ My 2019 Goals


๐ŸŽ™ Answering Questions

An exploration of the phenomenon of considering a topic for the purpose of answering someone elseโ€™s question instead of just learning for yourself.

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๐Ÿ’ฎ Coming out (tl;dr Hi, Iโ€™m Ben, and I have OCD. ๐Ÿ‘‹)

What is OCD?

The OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)

Black and white thinking (Splitting)


๐ŸŽ™ 7: Self Talk

Thoughts on the spectrum of kindness and compassion we extend in talking to others, talking about others, talking to ourselves, and talking about ourselves.

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๐ŸŒ€ Relative Suffering

The Screwtape Letters


๐ŸŽ™ 6: Podcasting with iOS

A discussion of the tools I have tried and the system I am using now to record, edit, and publish my podcast.

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Shure MV88 Microphone

Wavelength app

Garage Band app

Ferrite app

๐ŸŽ™ 3: Intro Music microcast episode


๐ŸŽ™ 5: First Impressions of Mexico

A few thoughts and stories about my experience visiting Mexico for the first time.


๐ŸŽ™ 4: Playing Solo

My experience playing racquetball by myself, and the surprising effect that I found from talking to myself while playing.

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Right vs left

Rematch


๐ŸŽ™ 3: Intro Music

I share my experience coming up with the intro music for my podcast, and the different iterations I went though.


๐ŸŽ™ 2: At Your Own Pace

I share my thoughts from time spent at the rec center, and how those can be applied to life more generally.

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Being the worst


๐ŸŽ™ 1: Hello World

My first microcast episode is mostly an introduction to me and where Iโ€™m at right now. I explore a bit of my mental health journey, and the kinds of things Iโ€™m working on right now in order to heal.

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Coming out ๐Ÿ’ฎ (tl;dr Hi, Iโ€™m Ben, and I have OCD. ๐Ÿ‘‹)