by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorized |
Many of you have asked me why I changed my last name. I thought I could slip it under the radar since Paul and Finn are both tiny, 4-letter names, but alas… my audience is more perceptive than that, so I will explain :). There are many reasons why, after more... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 3, 2023 | Uncategorized |
Underneath anxiety is a lack of safety. And underneath a lack of safety is a lack of trust. Said in reverse: When we trust, we feel safe. And when we feel safe, anxiety quiets down. But, oh, how challenging it can be to trust! Worry is a Buzzkill When Everest turned... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Oct 2, 2022 | Uncategorized |
“You do not have to be good.” What does this line from Mary Oliver’s poem evoke for you? When Victoria and I brought it into our last Patreon Zoom gathering, it led us into a rich and multi-textured discussion about goodness and perfection, which we... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 14, 2022 | Uncategorized |
Many of you have been following me for years, which means you’ve essentially watched my children grow up. I started this blog when our oldest son, Everest, was five and half years old and Asher was just a newborn. They’re now 18 and 13. I’ve written... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | May 16, 2021 | Uncategorized |
Victoria and I are delighted to share Episode 2 of the Gathering Gold podcast – and, yes, we changed the name! Here’s the description: In Episode 2, we’ve got news: we changed the podcast name! In the spirit of this shift, we’re talking about... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized |
In my early twenties, shortly after my first panic attack unleashed the underworld of everything I had squashed down for the first twenty-one years of my life, I became highly sensitized to every tingle, bump, and ache in my body. At one point, my hyper-focus on a... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 1, 2020 | Uncategorized |
When I was a teenager, I wanted nothing more than to have a boyfriend. Like most teenagers, I was raised on a steady diet of romantic love informed by books like Sweet Valley High and movies like Sixteen Candles. Oh, how I longed for a boy who would walk through the... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Dec 1, 2019 | Uncategorized |
We all have inside of us a well of Self. This is a fluid well that is continuously being drained and refilled by how we spend our time, depleted and nourished by how we move through our inner and outer worlds. When the well is full, we are resourced and regulated,... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Oct 29, 2017 | Uncategorized |
The following is from course member findingpeace28, who shared this on the e-course forum two weeks after her wedding. As soon as I read it, I knew had to share it with those of you struggling with relationship anxiety and, in particular, the connection spike, to... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 13, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, HSP, Open Your Heart, Uncategorized |
There have been countless times over the many years of my marriage when my husband will say something that makes me feel loved or do something that gets us back on track when we’ve been in a negative feedback loop and I’ll think, “Oh, so that’s...