by Sheryl Paul | Jan 3, 2021 | Anxiety, Sexuality |
Our earth is calling on us to rise up, to be active, to do our part in making the world a better place. Perhaps our world has always asked this of us, but the call to serve seems more dire and poignant these days. When we think of activism, we tend to think of the... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 27, 2020 | Anxiety, Sexuality |
Healthy and sacred sexuality is our birthright. Just like we’re born to learn and are wired for curiosity, so we’re born to experience pleasure in our bodies and to share this pleasure with a special other. But somewhere along the way, this natural desire... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 20, 2020 | Anxiety, Sexuality |
If ever there’s an area where we’re sold a bill of goods – where we’re fed an impossible ideal and told what we “should” be feeling, doing, and thinking – it’s around sex. Here’s what we’re told: You should... by Sheryl Paul | Oct 18, 2020 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Sexuality |
An intrusive thought arrives… What if I harm someone? What if I’ve harmed someone in the past and I don’t remember? What if I’m with the wrong partner? What if I’m gay/straight? What if I left the stove on? What if I have a terminal... by Sheryl Paul | Jan 5, 2020 | Sexuality |
Whenever I meet someone new and we talk about how my 15-year old son is a pilot, they look at me sideways and say something like, “You’re a brave mom to let him fly.” As I’ve written about in other posts, allowing him to fly does, indeed, drag... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 29, 2019 | Sexuality |
In response to an email called “Emerging Womanhood” from my Sacred Sexuality course, a member shared the following on the forum. What touches me so deeply about her response is not only the exquisite vulnerability with which she tells her stories of... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 22, 2019 | Sexuality |
I hear a lot about sex in my work with clients. I hear about their fantasies, their shame, and their shame about their fantasies. I hear about their arousal confusion, their sex anxiety, and their struggle with desire. I hear about the common arc of sexuality in... by Sheryl Paul | Aug 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality |
Because we’ve all grown up in a relationship culture predicated on the romantic ideal, we enter relationships with the following imprints and fantasies about love, sex, and attraction: Love should be easy. Sex should be effortless, which means simultaneous... by Sheryl Paul | Jan 6, 2019 | Sexuality |
Sacred Sexuality isn’t only about sexuality; it’s about our relationship to our bodies, our creativity and our aliveness. When we learn to rinse away shame layers so that we can inhabit and appreciate the bodies we’re in (instead of the one... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 30, 2018 | Relationships, Sexuality |
If you’re familiar with relationship anxiety, you know that it doesn’t take much for a flyaway thought to send you into a tailspin of anxiety that then leads you to question if you’re with the right person. This thought could be, “I’m not...
