by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 8, 2022 | Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality, Sexuality Collection |
We talk about social anxiety. We talk about relationship anxiety. We talk about transition anxiety. Now it’s time to talk about sex anxiety: not only how anxiety in general or relationship anxiety in particular kills libido but how much anxiety we carry about... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jun 17, 2018 | Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality, Sexuality Collection |
One of the spokes of any anxiety wheel is cognitive distortions: the assumptions, misunderstandings, and expectations we form about love, relationships, romance, parenting, sexuality, and nearly every realm of being human. Because we’re not explicitly taught how... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jun 3, 2018 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships, Sexuality, Sexuality Collection |
Clients often say to me, “My partner isn’t a great lover. He or she doesn’t know how to touch me like past partners have.” To which I respond, “Maybe that’s true, but if your own anxiety, current life circumstances, and sexual/body... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jun 4, 2017 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality Collection |
We live in a microwave culture, which means we expect everything to happen and arrive quickly. We expect our food to arrive within minutes of ordering it. We expect our communication to arrive within seconds of sending it. We expect our things to arrive within days of... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | May 14, 2017 | Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality Collection |
We have forgotten who we are. We have forgotten that we’re women of the moon and the sea, women of the tides and the jungles. We have forgotten that we run with the wolves and we swim with the dolphins, that we listen to the wisdom of the trees and we follow the... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jul 5, 2015 | Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality Collection |
One might think, given how much I write about relationships, that I would write more about sex. I’ve touched on the subject sporadically – here and here and here – but I haven’t delved into the topic in depth for a variety of reasons, the... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Aug 19, 2013 | Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality Collection |
Sex is a common source of anxiety for many couples. Plagued by the world of “shoulds” that permeates our mindsets regarding love and relationships, most people carry a host of unrealistic expectations into their sex lives.When sex fails to live up to the...
