by Sheryl Paul | Sep 2, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
These are words I find myself saying multiple times a day: to my clients, to my sons, to myself. Breathe it in. We see a prairie dog hit by a car lying on the side of the road. I turn to look at my son’s face to see if he sees it. As we live in a rural area,... by Sheryl Paul | Dec 4, 2016 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
A subset topic of the million-dollar question – is my anxiety/doubt evidence that my truth is that I’m with the wrong partner or does it mean something else? – is the issue of intuition versus anxiety. In other words, embedded inside every question of the... by Sheryl Paul | Feb 8, 2016 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
As much as I talk about intrusive thoughts on this site and in my courses, I’ve never formally defined them. And, truthfully, in all of my training over the years I’ve never come across a precise definition of intrusive thoughts. Furthermore, despite the... by Sheryl Paul | Aug 31, 2015 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships |
A client told me a few weeks ago that she’s been feeling irritated with her husband. Then, in the hushed tones I’ve come to identify immediately as shame, she asked, “Is that normal?” At which point I told her that my post entitled “When... by Sheryl Paul | Jul 26, 2015 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Self Trust Collection, Trust Yourself |
The fear of making a mistake and the fear of failure live at the heart of what keeps many people stuck. Whether you’re struggling with relationship anxiety, career stagnation, depression, or generalized anxiety, the fear of making a mistake creates a... by Sheryl Paul | Jul 19, 2015 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Self Trust Collection, Trust Yourself |
“When I do something well and have success, I feel like it’s a fluke.” “I walk around feeling like a fraud. I don’t trust that I’m honestly capable of doing the things that I do.” “I have this nagging sense that... by Sheryl Paul | Sep 28, 2014 | Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
A few weeks ago my family and I spent five days up in the mountains. Overall, it was a lovely vacation, with much laughter, hiking, game-playing, and boating. But for some reason my husband and I were in one those spells when we bumped heads at some point each day.... by Sheryl Paul | Sep 7, 2014 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
“Our eyes are not viewers; they are also projectors that are running a second story over the picture that we see in front of us all the time. Fear is writing that script. Now fear is going to be a player in your life. You get to decide how much. You can spend... by Sheryl Paul | Aug 31, 2014 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
A few weeks ago I met with two women from my spirituality group. They had never been to my home, and as we stepped onto the deck to begin our meeting they both remarked on the beauty of our land. I found myself qualifying and explaining about the dirt and weeds:... by Sheryl Paul | Mar 17, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships |
It seems that our culture is perpetually stuck in the stage of life called adolescence, and the corresponding mindset seems to be accelerating at an alarming rate. Like toddlerhood, adolescence is a developmental stage characterized by an all-consuming focus on me,...
