by Sheryl Lisa Paul | May 22, 2022 | Relationships
There’s no such thing as a perfect parent. We enter parenthood with wounds and imperfections that will invariably influence our children in some way, The role of parent is not to parent perfectly but to have enough self-awareness and humility to recognize our... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | May 15, 2022 | Anxiety, Mother Wound, Parenthood transitions, Relationships |
This is what I can tell you about the mother wound. I can tell you about mother-longing. I can tell you that we never stop longing for a mother to… … feed us. … take care of us. … nurture us in just the right way: not too much and not too... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | May 1, 2022 | Anxiety, Relationships, Trust Yourself |
As I’ve sat in the seat of guide and mentor over the last twenty-five years, I’ve been privileged to be invited into the deepest recesses of psyche where archetypal material – the pain, wounds, joys, thoughts, compulsions, and anxiety common to all... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Apr 3, 2022 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationships |
Are you looking for the magic pill to free you from relationship anxiety? Are you hoping that you’ll read an Instagram post or see a Tik-Tok video and the pieces of confusion about your relationship will instantly fall into place and in one fantastic movie... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 27, 2022 | Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Podcast, Relationships |
For those of you who struggle with the relationship anxiety spike, “I’m not in love enough with my partner”, I have a cure for you: Spring! Okay, maybe it’s not the type of “cure” that our black-and-white minds would like to believe... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 19, 2022 | Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationships |
For those of you in the throes of relationship anxiety, let me first start by saying that you’re not alone and I know how painful and scary it is. I also know that it is entirely possible to break free from relationship anxiety. I have done so myself and I have guided... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 6, 2022 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationships |
I talk a lot about intrusive thoughts on this site, particularly how they pertain to relationship anxiety. I see thoughts as the flares from the Self brilliantly designed to attract our attention so that we can learn to turn inward and attend, possibly for the first... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Feb 20, 2022 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Self Trust Collection, Transitions - General, Trust Yourself, Wedding/marriage transition |
Oh, the what-ifs… I’ve received hundreds of queries over the years that reflect some version of the same question: “What if I learn to trust myself and then I realize that my truth is that I have to leave my partner?” or “What if I turn... 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...
