by Sheryl Paul | Feb 23, 2020 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
We’ve all been sold the same bill of goods: Real love is infatuation. Real love is a drug-like feeling that sweeps you off your feet. Real love is the elixir that lifts you out of the pain of life. When you’re really in love, you’ll just...
by Sheryl Paul | Feb 16, 2020 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart |
I receive the below question so frequently that I decided it’s time to address it clearly in a post. This version was left as a comment on my blog several months ago: Isn’t there such a thing as a bad match between partners, even if neither of them has red...
by Sheryl Paul | Feb 9, 2020 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts, Parenthood transitions |
There are times when it feels like the walls of the world are caving in, when the windows of psyche slam shut with curtains drawn so tight that no light gets in. The darkness can enfold and leave in a moment, or it can remain for a while. It’s during these times...
by Sheryl Paul | Feb 2, 2020 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts |
Because loss exists, love is a risk. Whether it’s a friend, a partner, a child, a family member, or a pet, when we love deeply we open ourselves to the risk of loss that accompanies love. When loving a child, you know that one day that child will leave, and that...
by Sheryl Paul | Jan 26, 2020 | Anxiety, Buying a house, Job/Career Change, Moving, Transitions - General |
There are junctures in a human life, transitional times when we’re thrust over a cliff and asked to navigate the jagged rocks that jut up from the ravine below. Ideally, the culture itself would help us navigate these junctures: encircle a couple as they marry,...
by Sheryl Paul | Jan 19, 2020 | Anxiety, Trust Yourself |
When I was in my dark night of the soul in my twenties, when fear had me in its grip and manifested daily as a driving phobia, my therapist advised me to, “Do battle with fear. Show it who’s boss! Yell at it! Tell it to let you go.” As this therapist...
by Sheryl Paul | Jan 12, 2020 | HSP, Transitions - General |
This is a story about what happens when we forget to make room for grief around transitions. It’s a story that illuminates the heart of a highly sensitive person, and how easy it is to overlook and minimize the tenderness of our hearts. It’s a story of...
by Sheryl Paul | Jan 5, 2020 | Sexuality |
Whenever I meet someone new and we talk about how my 15-year old son is a pilot, they look at me sideways and say something like, “You’re a brave mom to let him fly.” As I’ve written about in other posts, allowing him to fly does, indeed, drag...
by Sheryl Paul | Dec 29, 2019 | Sexuality |
In response to an email called “Emerging Womanhood” from my Sacred Sexuality course, a member shared the following on the forum. What touches me so deeply about her response is not only the exquisite vulnerability with which she tells her stories of...
by Sheryl Paul | Dec 22, 2019 | Sexuality |
I hear a lot about sex in my work with clients. I hear about their fantasies, their shame, and their shame about their fantasies. I hear about their arousal confusion, their sex anxiety, and their struggle with desire. I hear about the common arc of sexuality in...
