by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 24, 2017 | 20s, Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships |
Anxiety can hang its hat on almost any hook. It can focus on relationships, fertility, parenting, health, the world, money, career, death. Within each of these topics, there are endless sub-topics that lure anxiety into its lair. If we’re talking about... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 23, 2017 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
When the same thought, image, dream, or motif shows up across cultures and crosses all of our lines of classification (age, gender, geography, race, religion), we call it an archetype. For example, the dreams where you show up at school without your pants on or have... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | May 7, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships, Transitions - General |
At least once a day the phrase “it’s hard being human” enters my brain. It usually arrives on the heels of my sons arguing with each other and me trying to teach them how to communicate more effectively. As a result of feeling hurt, one will lash out... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 26, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Self Trust Collection, Transitions - General, Trust Yourself |
“I’m always comparing my relationship to other people’s relationships. Why does everyone else look like they’re so in love?” “I have such a hard time making decisions. Sometimes I can’t even decide what to order at a... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 19, 2017 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person, Parenthood transitions, Pregnancy and Parenting Collections, Relationships |
One of the blessings of having a second child is that we, as parents, gain some skills by walking with the first one through predictable stages of growth, maturity, illness, and emotional challenges. When our firstborn had a high fever, we panicked. When the younger... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Dec 24, 2016 | Anxiety, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Relationships |
Last week, I had the blessed opportunity of having a closure session in person with a beautiful woman with whom I’ve worked for almost six years. As we sat face-t0-face (as opposed to screen-to-screen) and the session’s minutes clicked toward the end of... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Dec 4, 2016 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
A subset topic of the million-dollar question – is my anxiety/doubt evidence that my truth is that I’m with the wrong partner or does it mean something else? – is the issue of intuition versus anxiety. In other words, embedded inside every question of the... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 30, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
I like to start every article that I write about anxiety, worry, or intrusive thoughts by saying that I hold a different view than most people about the function of anxiety in that I see it as a gift. I know firsthand how miserable it is to suffer from anxiety, but I... 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 | Jul 23, 2013 | Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
In case you think you’re alone, let me tell you right off the bat that there are thousands, if not millions, of straight people suffering from the obsessive question, “What if I’m gay?” (and many gays suffering from the thought, “What if...