Finding God... In Your Past Pain
God is present in your past--right now. He stands beside you in the memory of your greatest pain.
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Kathrine Snyder
Author, OCD, and PGAD Advocate
Kathrine Snyder
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Does My Parent Have Autism?
Saying that life is lonely for people for children of autistic parents is an understatement. Throughout my life, I felt unseen by my...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Agents Seeking Memoir in 2023
This list of Literary Agents is seeking high-quality, well-crafted literary memoir. Deeply felt stories, beautiful prose, and riveting...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Sensorimotor OCD
You’ve probably been told the importance of good posture. You've heard the common hints and hacks: “Imagine you are being hung from a...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
Openness: Escaping Closed-Mindedness
Fight against the closed lens and narrow vision of fear, anxiety, and controlling religions. We'll explore a new way of knowing... a new way
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Kathrine Snyder
- Sep 22, 2022
- 3 min
Finding God: Change the Soundtrack
What "soundtrack" of truth plays in your head? OCD? Fear? Anxiety? Or Empathy, Healing, and Inspiration?
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Kathrine Snyder
- Sep 22, 2022
- 2 min
Finding God... in Your Curiosity
Have you ever been hunting for something you weren’t sure existed? It may seem foolish. But you can be glad that several important...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Sep 11, 2022
- 2 min
Anxiety, Shame, and Sexual Health
PGAD can occur in people whose experience of sexuality has been filled with shame as a result of Purity Culture.
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min
How to Hear God’s Voice (part 1)
Tips on how to distinguish between God's voice and the voice of the enemy in our head. Even with lack of certainty, trust God will lead you.
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 20, 2022
- 2 min
My PGAD Story
When it comes to PGAD, many people suffer in silence. It's easy to find help for so many other conditions. A simple online search...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
When Religion and Anxiety Collide, Will Your Faith Survive?
I offer a gentle place for processing anxiety, OCD, and fear-based religion.
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
Memory Hoarding OCD
Memory hoarding OCD is overwhelming fear that if you forget something, you might lose yourself. Determine a healthy way to store memories.
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 3, 2022
- 5 min
Facts or Feelings: How to Synthesize Knowledge, Emotion, and Words
What is knowledge? Is it a dry, mechanical, one-to-one correspondence between a statement and the reality it represents? If you have OCD...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Craving Certainty: A New Way of Seeing
Focus on creative knowing that lines up with reality. You don’t have to trust your OCD, but you can learn to trust your healthy intuition.
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 3, 2022
- 3 min
A New Way of Seeing: Take the Risk
Are you terrified of risk? Whether you’re moving into OCD treatment, leaving anxiety, or finding a more biblical church, there is risk...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Seeing through Eyes of Patience
You've heard it in churches: “Don’t live another moment in your sin!” “You may not have another chance… today is the day!” The Christian...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Seeing Through the Lens of Pain
“Most people want to grow, but the price of growth is pain.” Dan Allender [1] We all want to be confident about life. To know for sure...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 3, 2022
- 3 min
Seeing with Eyes of Love
If you’ve lived with OCD or any type of religious anxiety, you're used to seeing through the lens of fear. The question “How do I Know”...
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Seeing through Eyes of Humility
OCD and controlling religions are uncomfortable with uncertainty. But we must tolerate the uncertainty to grow and mature.
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Kathrine Snyder
- Aug 3, 2022
- 2 min
Zooming In: The Specific Colors of Wisdom
As the colors appear, we'll zoom in on specific topics: mental health, sexuality, practical parenting, purity culture, and more.
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Kathrine Snyder
- May 31
- 3 min
Finding God... In Your Past Pain
God is present in your past--right now. He stands beside you in the memory of your greatest pain.
Kathrine Snyder
- Sep 11, 2022
- 2 min
Anxiety, Shame, and Sexual Health
PGAD can occur in people whose experience of sexuality has been filled with shame as a result of Purity Culture.
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