by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jun 26, 2022 | Anxiety, Health anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts |
Anxiety insists, “You don’t love your partner!” Anxiety declares, “You have a terminal illness!” Anxiety whispers, “You’re going to hurt your baby.” (Anxiety doesn’t always yell; sometimes it’s a quiet,... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jun 19, 2022 | Dying/Death, Health anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts |
If there was ever a time to grow practices that help us become more comfortable with uncertainty, it’s now. As we stand on this threshold of transition in our human and global history, we all feel the teetering, the crumbling of what we’ve known as we... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Feb 27, 2022 | 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 Lisa Paul | Feb 6, 2022 | 20s, Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Guest post, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
I am thoroughly delighted and honored to share this guest post by a beautiful young man named Jarrett. Like many of you, Jarrett found me through the portal and dark night of the soul of relationship anxiety – one that rendered him unable to sleep and led to... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 30, 2022 | Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
Let me start by saying that this episode of Gathering Gold was one of our favorite to record. Victoria and I were able to drop a particularly rich and fruitful space together, one that guided us into places that even we weren’t expecting. If you’ve been on... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Dec 12, 2021 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
There is often a predictable arc to relationship anxiety that includes three stages.* The first stage is characterized by typical symptoms of anxiety and panic: Trouble sleeping Difficulty eating Tearful Depressed Bolting awake in the middle of the night Difficulty... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Dec 5, 2021 | Anxiety, HSP, Intrusive Thoughts |
I’ve written many times about the confluence of my work with my personal life, and how they each inform the other: what I learn parenting my sons influences how I work with my highly sensitive clients and what I learn from my clients influences how I parent and... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Oct 24, 2021 | Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
Laughter is powerful. It can be a sign of deep comfort and intimacy, or a weapon used to reject and humiliate. Some of us grew up in homes where jokes were plentiful but tears weren’t allowed; others may have felt that silliness or goofiness was frowned upon. For... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Oct 10, 2021 | 20s, Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts |
The topic of world and eco-anxiety shows up in my practice every few months, but it currently seems to be at an all-time high. And how could it be otherwise when news of doom and disaster inflames and floods our airwaves daily? One of the byproducts of being a highly... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Oct 3, 2021 | Anxiety, Health anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Trust Yourself |
I’m touching down into another layer of self-trust, listening closely to my Yeses and Nos, to the signals in my inner landscapes that let me know which aqueduct valves to close so that the underground waters are redirected from elements of outward service to...
