by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jan 25, 2016 | 20s, Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts |
We are not taught to meet life on life’s terms. Left to ourselves, we have this nifty little defense mechanism called an ego that will shift and move and invent and convince in order to remove us from meeting life square in the eye. All of the ego’s... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 22, 2015 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts |
If you’re like most people, there’s probably an element of pain, dread and/or overwhelm as we enter the holiday season. The rush to consume, the pressure to feel joyful, and the expectation of experiencing perfect familial bliss set against a Normal... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 6, 2015 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person |
“Mommy, come quick! Hurry! Run!” my six-year old yells one summer morning as we’re playing outside. “What is it?” “Just come! Run! There’s a dragonfly drowning in the pool!” Upon hearing the reason for the alarm, my... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | May 4, 2015 | 20s, Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts |
Most of us spend our lives running from fear. We run from the bear chasing us in the dream. We run from the vague sense of discomfort that seems to follow us on a day spent alone, in silence, away from the distractions of crowds and noise. We run from the things that... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 19, 2015 | Anxiety, Inspiration Collections, Intrusive Thoughts |
One of the most damaging spokes of the anxiety wheel is the belief that you’re the only one who struggles with the particular thoughts and feelings that dominate your inner world. In our “How are you? I’m fine” culture that worships the happy... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 3, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Job/Career Change, Moving, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
Life is uncomfortable; there is no escaping that reality. From the time we emerge from the perfect, symbiotic state of the womb and enter the world, we’re confronted with the fact that the external environment doesn’t always meet our needs and our internal... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jan 28, 2013 | Anxiety, Parenthood transitions, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
There’s construction taking place at one of our major intersections, so on the way home from town now we run the risk of running into traffic. Shortly after the construction began, we discovered a detour that allowed us to bypass the traffic. It’s a side... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 24, 2012 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Transitions - General, Wedding/marriage transition |
We all long for a peaceful life. We search for peace through the mediums that our culture sells: through spending, watching television, searching the Internet, finding the “perfect” partner, having a baby, and a variety of other misguided methods. We even... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 30, 2012 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Parenthood transitions, Pregnancy and Parenting Collections |
While I sat in my comfy chair writing last week’s post as my little boy slept and my older son was trying to fall asleep, Everest stumbled out of bed to tell me he felt scared. This was hardly a new communication; he’s felt scared more nights that I can... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | May 3, 2012 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Wedding/marriage transition |
If you want to illuminate a person’s true colors, especially their relationship to control, put them in a room with kids. Someone can talk a good talk, but when they’re asked to communicate with kids, their true colors emerge and they either turn tight and...