by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 19, 2023 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart |
I receive the question below 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 a while back: Isn’t there such a thing as a bad match between partners, even if neither of them has red... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 12, 2023 | Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Open Your Heart |
“Physical attraction is not a firm foundation on which to build a relationship, for the simple reason that it is never constant. It sets in motion a cycle of expectation and disillusionment that can go on and on. The person who lives in a world of fantasy will often... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Apr 4, 2021 | Open Your Heart, Relationships |
I receive a plethora of questions every day through a variety of channels. Questions like, “I know everyone thinks they’re the exception, but is what I’m going through really relationship anxiety?” Questions about parenting and self-doubt and... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 28, 2021 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
There are hardly words to describe what we’ve endured this year as a species. We’re exhausted. We’re tired of being on high alert. We’re at our wits’ end trying to take care of our children without enough help. We’re tired of... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 21, 2021 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
If we were raised in a healthy relationship culture – one that held what Jungian analyst Robert Johnson calls “oatmeal love” as the ideal for romantic relationships – if we had grown up ingesting healthy models of romance that held friendship and safety at... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Aug 2, 2020 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
We live in a culture predicated on one basic assumption: I deserve to have everything I want when I want it. It’s a “me, myself, and I” mindset with widespread ramifications, including the decimation of our planet. We take and take and take without... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jul 26, 2020 | Open Your Heart |
“Are you in love?” is one of the questions that triggers the maelstrom of relationship anxiety that leads people to my virtual doorstep. Alongside, “Are you with “the One”?, “Are you settling?” and “Do you have enough... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jul 19, 2020 | Open Your Heart, Relationships |
That shimmering feeling of ease that you’re longing to feel with your partner… That sense of goodness and, dare I say, rightness, you hoped would accompany committed, healthy partnership… Openings in your body and sweetness in your mind…... by Sheryl Lisa 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 Lisa Paul | Jul 28, 2019 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
Once again, I turn to the poet and mystic Mark Nepo and The Book of Awakening for gems of wisdom about the stones that block our hearts from fully loving: “It seems this is the never-ending work of relationship, each of us in our own time and way moving the...
