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...
by Sheryl Paul | Mar 15, 2020 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts |
Even as the human world of working, doing, achieving, and traveling slows down, in the natural world the birds are still singing, the trees are still blooming, the water is still flowing, our cats are still purring and our dogs are still wagging their tails, the earth...
by Sheryl Paul | Mar 8, 2020 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Parenthood transitions |
I had a dream last week that broke my heart. I was in a large lecture hall looking for a place to sit before the class started. The students were already grouped together, and every time I sat down, I was rejected: someone moved away from me, another group...
by Sheryl Paul | Mar 1, 2020 | Uncategorized |
When I was a teenager, I wanted nothing more than to have a boyfriend. Like most teenagers, I was raised on a steady diet of romantic love informed by books like Sweet Valley High and movies like Sixteen Candles. Oh, how I longed for a boy who would walk through the...
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...
