by Sheryl Paul | May 19, 2019 | Anxiety, Relationships, Trust Yourself |
Last weekend, I watched Brené Brown’s show on Netflix and this line, among many others, took my breath away (and gave it back): “Today I choose courage over comfort.” She talks about the shame-storm she fell into after reading the comments when her TED talk... by Sheryl Paul | May 12, 2019 | Anxiety |
In April 2015, I had a dream while on vacation in Los Angeles: Robert Johnson, the Jungian analyst who has informed so much of my work, came to me and said, “It’s time to write another book and it’s mostly written.” I woke up, faithfully wrote... by Sheryl Paul | May 5, 2019 | Anxiety, Relationships |
It’s a thought that arises frequently for those struggling with relationship anxiety: “I have to be single in order to heal.” Offshoots and extrapolations of this thought sound like: • “I have to backpack by myself across Europe.” •... by Sheryl Paul | Apr 28, 2019 | Anxiety, Relationships |
When I was in graduate school twenty-five years ago, we learned many essential principles and tools for becoming a skilled healer in the counseling arts. We thoroughly covered various modalities, including the depth psychological perspective that informs all of my... by Sheryl Paul | Apr 21, 2019 | Anxiety, Health anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts |
A significant and essential component of any healing process is learning to feel the emotions that were shut down and stuffed away in the dark recesses of childhood long ago: The tears that were squelched under the message of “too sensitive”; the fears... by Sheryl Paul | Mar 17, 2019 | Anxiety, Dying/Death |
“Though no one can tell us how, we have to work this great battle again and again: to leave the underworld – not to harden – and to make our back into the land of the living.” – Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening People often ask me,... by Sheryl Paul | Mar 10, 2019 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationships |
The relationship anxiety spike, “My partner is too silly” appears often in my work. On the surface this sounds like, “I feel annoyed when my partner is silly.” However, as I walk alongside my clients while they deconstruct what’s embedded... by Sheryl Paul | Mar 3, 2019 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships |
When I was seven years old, my favorite Justice League superheroes were the Wonder Twins. I loved that their magic rings would activate their superpowers. I loved that one shining moment when they locked rings and were transformed into their magical animal and water... by Sheryl Paul | Feb 3, 2019 | Anxiety |
In every session with clients, I drop down into the core of myself, breathing and opening into the vessel of being so that I can listen with the ears we do not see, the ones that hear underneath the top layers stories into the invisible layers where the gem that needs... by Sheryl Paul | Jan 27, 2019 | Anxiety |
One of the blessings of listening to the inner worlds of my global audience is that I hear about the thoughts, feelings, questions, and stories that are archetypal to all human beings. I’ve written extensively about the various intrusive thoughts that enter my...
