by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Aug 26, 2018 | Anxiety, Health anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Loss and Uncertainty Collection, Relationships |
As highly sensitive people we’re physiologically wired to look for what’s wrong or amiss. While this hypervigilence once served us and our community extremely well when we were living in the outback or jungle and we were the first to scan the horizon to... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Nov 19, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Dying/Death, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Transitions - General |
I recently came across the following in a book called “The Middle Passage” by James Hollis: “What the frightened individual wishes above all is the restoration of the sense of self which once worked. What the therapist knows is that the symptoms are... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Apr 30, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
I’ve often written that the essential task of attending to our four realms of Self in order to find wellness and equanimity, and that in order to do this we need to have a loving, competent and clear inner parent at the helm of psyche. Just as kids feel safe... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Sep 18, 2016 | Anxiety, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Parenthood transitions |
It is with great love, admiration, and appreciation that I’m sharing this beautiful post by Sarah Love, one of our moderators on the Break Free From Relationship Anxiety/Conscious Weddings E-Course forum, who is now in the last days of her first pregnancy. Over... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | May 4, 2015 | 20s, Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts |
Most of us spend our lives running from fear. We run from the bear chasing us in the dream. We run from the vague sense of discomfort that seems to follow us on a day spent alone, in silence, away from the distractions of crowds and noise. We run from the things that... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 5, 2014 | Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
One of the most common and debilitating fears among my female clients and e-course members is that marriage means the death of their freedom and independence. While marriage certainly requires a death of the single identity and lifestyle in order for the transition...
