by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 8, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection |
A coaching client recently said to me, “You talk a lot about doing “the work”, and I wondered for so long what “the work” was. I thought that if I understood anxiety intellectually I would feel better. And the first time I went through... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 24, 2017 | 20s, Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships |
Anxiety can hang its hat on almost any hook. It can focus on relationships, fertility, parenting, health, the world, money, career, death. Within each of these topics, there are endless sub-topics that lure anxiety into its lair. If we’re talking about... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 16, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships |
A coaching client recently shared the following (shared here with her permission): A few weeks ago, I found myself obsessively thinking about a situation with a friend of mine – someone to whom I’ve given my power for many years. I was completely caught by this... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jan 8, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Wedding/marriage transition |
Our stories form a crystal cave of stalactites and stalagmites in our minds, a cool chamber that seduces us with the promise that if we spend enough time there we will divine our answers. How beautiful this cave looks! How many promises it offers! And how familiar... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 31, 2016 | 20s, Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
The spike of the week from my clients and readers who struggle with relationship anxiety comes in at: “What if I’m too young? What if I haven’t met my match yet and I’m just deluding myself to think I could have met my person at a young age?... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 13, 2016 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships |
One of the key elements to breaking free from the grip of intrusive thoughts and, thus, the stronghold of relationship anxiety, is to learn how to stop feeding the thoughts. This is not an easy task. In fact, as anyone who works in the inner realms well knows,... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 8, 2016 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
As much as I talk about intrusive thoughts on this site and in my courses, I’ve never formally defined them. And, truthfully, in all of my training over the years I’ve never come across a precise definition of intrusive thoughts. Furthermore, despite the... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 15, 2015 | 20s, Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Conscious Weddings Message Board Posts, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships |
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind – you are the one who hears it. If you don’t understand this, you will try to figure out which of the many things the voice says is really... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 2, 2015 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships |
There it is, beneath the thoughts, the chatter, the doubt, the irritation, the barriers against love in all of its varied manifestations: the fear of loss, the fear of change, the excruciating awareness that we will, all of us, ultimately, be separated from the ones... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 15, 2015 | Anxiety, Anxiety Collection, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Rituals and Symbols |
“Dreams come in the service of health and wholeness.” – Jeremy Taylor, author of “The Wisdom of Your Dreams” A few weekends ago I attended one of the most inspiring, nourishing, revelatory workshops of my life. It was a workshop on...