by Sheryl Paul | May 24, 2020 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationships |
We live in a culture that seeks to eradicate symptoms. Instead of viewing anxiety and its cohort of cousins, including intrusive thoughts, insomnia, obsessions, and compulsions, as evidence of an internal system that is working in order, our culture sees it as...
by Sheryl Paul | May 17, 2020 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
If you were drowning in the churning waters of relationship anxiety and I held out a rope and said, “Grab hold! This rope will teach you how to lift yourself out of the currents of your suffering. It asks only one thing of you: the willingness to look square in...
by Sheryl Paul | May 10, 2020 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons |
Much of my work is devoted to exploding the constrictive boundaries that define our modern life. I explode our definitions of romantic love from the limited understanding that love is only “a feeling” or “a knowing” into a much broader conceptualization that...
by Sheryl Paul | May 3, 2020 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Parenthood transitions |
When I hear a theme appear in my group calls, workshops, and with my clients, I know we’re in the realm of the archetypal collective consciousness and it’s time to write about it here. Such has been the case these last few weeks around the idea of...
by Sheryl Paul | Apr 26, 2020 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts |
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” ― Joseph Campbell We run from the bear chasing us in the dream. We run from the panic that rattles the doors of psyche. We run from the thoughts in our heads. But when we turn to face them, and can reach into...
by Sheryl Paul | Apr 19, 2020 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Trust Yourself |
How would you life be different if you weren’t caught in the stronghold of your perfectionist and fear of failure? What would unfold if you weren’t addicted to other people’s opinions and approval, and buffeted around by their stories like a leaf in...
by Sheryl Paul | Apr 12, 2020 | Anxiety |
Transitions are ruptures, and through the fissure we’re given an opportunity to see ourselves more clearly. We see both our gifts and our challenges. We see where we shine and where we struggle. We see where we go when anxiety is high and the ground beneath our...
by Sheryl Paul | Apr 5, 2020 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Transitions - General |
There is a healthy place for anxiety, fear and anger. Fear alerts us to real-and-present danger. Anxiety, when approached through the lens of compassion, is a wise messenger alerting us to needs and wounds that are asking for attention. And righteous anger, which...
by Sheryl Paul | Mar 29, 2020 | Anxiety, Relationships |
The title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s book Love in the Time of Cholera keeps popping into my head. It’s been years since I’ve read the book and it likely bears little resemblance to what is currently sweeping the globe, but nevertheless when a title...
by Sheryl Paul | Mar 22, 2020 | Anxiety |
There’s a lot of fear and uncertainty coursing through our systems these days. For those of you who have been committed to inner work for a while, you’ve probably been relying on your well-practiced tools and are managing the current state of the world...
