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Will Van Der Hart and Thea Joshi - When Thoughts Get Stuck: OCD, Faith & Finding Peace

Sep 8, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments

Will Van Der Hart welcomes Thea Joshi to the podcast to discuss their new book, When Thoughts Get Stuck: Peace of Mind in the Battle Against OCD, which they co-wrote together. In this honest…

Will Van Der Hart welcomes Thea Joshi to the podcast to discuss their new book, When Thoughts Get Stuck: Peace of Mind in the Battle Against OCD, which they co-wrote together. In this honest conversation with Will James, they explore OCD, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, faith and the journey towards finding peace of mind.

Will Van Der Hart welcomes Thea Joshi to the podcast to discuss their new book, When Thoughts Get Stuck: Peace of Mind in the Battle Against OCD, which they co-wrote together. In this honest…

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Speakers: Will Van Der HartHostThea JoshiGuestWill JamesHost

Top entities: obsessive-compulsive disorder×87 Christianity×21 Jesus×10 God×10 The gospel×2

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈7k followers

Welcome to The Good Leader Podcast0:00 – 0:19

Will Van Der HartHost

0:00

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome back to the Good Leader podcast.

Will Van Der HartHost

0:06

I'm Will Vander Hart.

0:07

I'm Will James.

Will Van Der HartHost

0:09

And we have changed seats today.

0:10

[laughs]

Will Van Der HartHost

0:10

I'm very excited to, uh, be interviewed by Will, and we're here with our special guest, Thea Joshi.

Will Van Der HartHost

0:16

Thea, welcome to the show.

Thea JoshiGuest

0:17

Thank you so much.

Thea JoshiGuest

0:17

Thanks for having me.

0:19

Amazing.

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Welcome to The Good Leader Podcast0:00 – 0:19

Will Van Der HartHost

0:00

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome back to the Good Leader podcast.

Will Van Der HartHost

0:06

I'm Will Vander Hart.

0:07

I'm Will James.

Will Van Der HartHost

0:09

And we have changed seats today.

0:10

[laughs]

Will Van Der HartHost

0:10

I'm very excited to, uh, be interviewed by Will, and we're here with our special guest, Thea Joshi.

Will Van Der HartHost

0:16

Thea, welcome to the show.

Thea JoshiGuest

0:17

Thank you so much.

Thea JoshiGuest

0:17

Thanks for having me.

0:19

Amazing.