How to Forgive Well: The Ultimate Guide for the Scrupulous 

There’s a difference between knowing how to forgive and knowing how to forgive well.  “I know I have to forgive my father,” said one of my clients. She was stuck ...

Confession and Repentance, Forgiveness, Relationships, Trauma

Jaimie Eckert

Oct 6, 2024

Here’s What a Scrupulous Confession Looks Like

I’ve sinned, and I know it. My ribcage squeezes together with shame and my stomach turns over. As a person with religious OCD, my guilt isn’t theoretical–it’s something palpable, a ...

Burnout, Compulsions, Confession and Repentance, Emotions, Prayer, Stories

Jaimie Eckert

Mar 20, 2024

Anxiously Confessing Sin: Scrupulosity Data

Are you ritualistically, anxiously confessing your sins in a way you know God didn’t intend? In a recent survey of 431 people with religious OCD, I asked them to respond ...

Anxiety, Compulsions, Confession and Repentance, Statistics

Jaimie Eckert

Jan 11, 2024

Praying Too Much: Is It Religious OCD?

Jesus spent entire nights in prayer. The Apostle Paul said we should pray without stopping. So how do we know when we’ve prayed the way we’re supposed to pray? How ...

Confession and Repentance, Prayer, Rumination

Jaimie Eckert

Jun 7, 2020