by Sheryl Paul | Mar 24, 2019 | Trust Yourself |
As I frequently write about on my site, there are so many ways the mind tries to protect us from the vulnerability, discomfort, and pain of being present, but the one that presents most often in my audience is the defense mechanism of intrusive thoughts. If... by Sheryl Paul | Nov 4, 2018 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Trust Yourself |
We live in an ageist culture. It’s not only that we’re terrified of death and hurry to sequester the topic away under the nearest rock or stuff it into the closest corner; it’s that, in a culture that reveres youth, beauty, and physical perfection,... by Sheryl Paul | Oct 28, 2018 | Anxiety, Anxiety Collection, Health anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Trust Yourself |
Our era has been called the Information Age, the Technology Age, and the Digital Age. But it could also easily be called The Age of Anxiety, for anxiety is rampant and can manifest in so many ways: social anxiety, test anxiety, work anxiety, relationship anxiety,... by Sheryl Paul | Oct 21, 2018 | Anxiety, Relationships, Trust Yourself |
“One of the big traps we have in the West is our intelligence, because we want to know what we know. Freedom allows you to be wise, but you cannot know wisdom. You must be wisdom… The intellect is a beautiful servant, but a terrible master. Intellect is... by Sheryl Paul | Apr 22, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Relationships, Trust Yourself |
“The final stage of healing is using what happens to you to help other people. That is healing in itself.” – Gloria Steinem “Why me?” people often ask when they’re dragged into the underworld of anxiety in any form. “Why do... by Sheryl Paul | Apr 15, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Job/Career Change, Moving, Self Trust Collection, Trust Yourself |
Our culture fails to teach us the essential skills we need to navigate through life successfully in so many ways. As I discuss often on this site, it fails to teach us about healthy, real love. It fails to teach us about how to feel our feelings and work with our... by Sheryl Paul | Apr 8, 2018 | Anxiety, Relationships, Trust Yourself |
How would your life be different if you didn’t care what other people thought? How might your relationship, your job, and your day-to-day functioning be different if you weren’t weighed down by others’ opinions? How might you peel and crack out of... by Sheryl Paul | Oct 15, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Inspiration Collections, Trust Yourself |
Last Monday, after a typical Colorado October snowstorm, my sons and I drove into town to serve dinner to the homeless. Consistent with this time of year, the snow started to melt just hours after it fell, and what was left was a stunning display of beauty where the... by Sheryl Paul | Oct 8, 2017 | Anxiety, Self Trust Collection, Trust Yourself |
One of the byproducts of being a highly sensitive person prone to anxiety is that you tend to take on others’ pain and stories. This is particularly true if you had an enmeshed relationship with a parent growing up and didn’t learn to solidify the borders... by Sheryl Paul | Oct 1, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Trust Yourself |
“It’s better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.” – Dan Millman, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior When I was in graduate school many ago, my classmates would often ask me...
