by Sheryl Paul | Apr 7, 2019 | Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Trust Yourself |
Just as there are no rules for life, there are no rules for relationships. That statement can be triggering for the ego, the part of us that insatiably demands definite answers and craves formulas. “Tell me how to live and how to love and then I’ll know... 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 | Jan 20, 2019 | Break Free From Relationship Anxiety |
As evidenced by our high divorce rate and, even more disheartening, how few long-term marriages are thriving and fulfilling, it’s clear that our culture has it all wrong when it comes to love. Not only do we project our gold and gods onto our partners instead of... by Sheryl Paul | Jan 13, 2019 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Health anxiety, Parenthood transitions, Relationships |
When addressing anxiety effectively, we must attend to all four realms of self: physical, emotional, cognitive, and soul – or body, heart, mind, and soul. Attending only to one of the four realms is helpful, but it won’t help you heal anxiety from the... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 16, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety |
I spend a lot of time thinking about our culture, and it’s a topic I bring up almost every week in my blog and courses in some form. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how terribly sad and actually tragic it is that culture should support its members into... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 9, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships |
A few weeks ago, as I was cleaning out our closet, I stumbled upon a stack of papers from my grandmother. Most of the papers were familiar, but one unfamiliar packet literally dropped onto my lap, a stapled report for an adult-education class in psychology that she... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 2, 2018 | 20s, Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety |
A great deal of my work centers around shattering myths about love, romance, and intimacy that cause untold amounts of anxiety in relationships and sexuality. If we start with the very basic “doubt means don’t” slogan that permeates the culture of... by Sheryl Paul | Nov 25, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Parenthood transitions |
For this week’s blog post, I’m directing you to two articles that I recently wrote for MindBodyGreen, one on relationships and one on parenting. Here are the excerpts: The 3 Biggest Mistakes People Make in Relationships Over the nearly two decades that... by Sheryl Paul | Nov 18, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
People often ask me why they’re struggling with relationship anxiety or social anxiety or any other kind of anxiety when other people seem to glide through life more effortlessly. The subtext embedded in the question is, “Is there something wrong with... by Sheryl Paul | Oct 14, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Parenthood transitions, Relationships |
Perhaps the area of our lives to suffer most from the increasingly fast pace of the culture is love, for the expectation of immediate results naturally leads to a belief that love should not only be easy, but that when there’s a problem, it should be remediated...
