by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 10, 2016 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Dying/Death, Intrusive Thoughts, Rituals and Symbols, Transitions - General, Wedding/marriage transition |
Fear is a part of life. Sometimes we can keep it at bay, but eventually, with certainty, it will creep in like a red tide on an otherwise calm beach. We try to run, but it’s faster than we are. We try to hide but it discovers all of our hiding places. Eventually... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 15, 2015 | Anxiety, Anxiety Collection, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Rituals and Symbols |
“Dreams come in the service of health and wholeness.” – Jeremy Taylor, author of “The Wisdom of Your Dreams” A few weekends ago I attended one of the most inspiring, nourishing, revelatory workshops of my life. It was a workshop on... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 24, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Rituals and Symbols |
We hear a lot about the power of gratitude lately. There seems to have been a hundredth monkey leap in consciousness, a global awareness that gratitude is a powerful and relatively easy way to sweep out the propensity toward negativity and connect to what’s good... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 13, 2014 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Parenthood transitions, Pregnancy and Parenting Collections, Rituals and Symbols, Transitions - General, Uncategorized |
“Were you in labor at this time five years ago?” my husband asked tonight as we were cleaning up the kitchen after our early Passover dinner. “No, not yet. I didn’t go into labor until 4am.” April 14, 2009 – 4am I’m awakened... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 10, 2014 | Anxiety, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Relationships, Rituals and Symbols |
Where there is expectation there’s a setup for disappointment, which is why holidays like Valentine’s Day so often include tears. For whether you’re single or partnered, it’s almost impossible to escape the expectation that on this one day your... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Dec 16, 2013 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Relationships, Rituals and Symbols, Transitions - General, Wedding/marriage transition |
Last week’s post provoked some anxiety in my clients and readers already prone to relationship anxiety, as I suspected it would. Alongside more typical intrusive thoughts like, “What if I’m gay?”, “What if I don’t love my partner... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 2, 2013 | Anxiety, Parenthood transitions, Rituals and Symbols |
“The crickets sang in the grasses. They sang the song of summer’s ending, a sad, monotonous song. ‘Summer is over and gone,’ they sang. ‘Over and gone, over and gone. Summer is dying, dying.’ “The crickets felt it was their... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 21, 2011 | Rituals and Symbols |
One of the things that disturbs me about blogging, scrapbooking, and photography in general is that, more often than not, it presents a skewed perspective of life. When documenting our lives, we tend to include the beautiful moments, that one precious second when a... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 6, 2011 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Parenthood transitions, Rituals and Symbols |
At each equinox and solstice, my family creates a ritual that facilitates sending prayers of release and rebirth on the wings of the change of seasons. Seasons, like dusk, dawn, and all major life transitions, are portals where the ordinary barriers that separate us... by derez | Mar 28, 2011 | Rituals and Symbols, Wedding/marriage transition |
I received an inspiring email from a woman with whom I worked prior to her wedding in 2010. A few weeks ago she emailed me to say, “I just wanted to thank you for all your help, through the blog and the session. The wedding was magical and, just as you...