by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 18, 2015 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
I wish I had been given one. I wish we all had been handed a Love Manual in a class in high school, and taken levels two and three in college. For there are basic laws and practices we could have learned that would have made the path of intimate relationship so much... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 12, 2014 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
The wall around your heart is not made of bricks or concrete or glass; it’s made of unshed, hardened tears, water that began soft and fluid then gathered together like guards when they were not allowed release. Our hearts are born soft. We’re born to love:... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 1, 2013 | Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
“Love rests on no foundation, It is an endless ocean, with no beginning and no end. Imagine, a suspended ocean, riding on a cushion of ancient secrets. All souls have drowned in it, and now dwell there. One drop of that ocean is hope, and the rest is... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Nov 29, 2011 | Anxiety, Divorce/Calling it Off/Break Up, Parenthood transitions, Wedding/marriage transition |
My mother was in town last weekend to celebrate an early Thanksgiving. We had a lovely time and it filled my heart to see the way she delights in my boys and affirms our out-of-the-box parenting choices. Being of like mind and similar temperament, she and Everest have... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Aug 30, 2011 | Getting Married Collections, Wedding/marriage transition |
Fear’s entire mission in life is to keep you safe from the risk of loving. It sees love as a dangerous cesspool where the invisible sea creatures lurk beneath the dark surface, waiting to snatch you into their murky waters. Fear believes that if you risk your... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jul 13, 2011 | Relationship Anxiety Collection, Wedding/marriage transition |
One of the most common questions I’m asked by people in committed relationships who are struggling with anxiety is: What if I’m just convincing myself to stay? What if they’re a great partner but I just don’t really love them? It’s a... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 17, 2011 | Divorce/Calling it Off/Break Up, Rituals and Symbols, Wedding/marriage transition |
Living with kids close to nature and on a creek, I find that my fear-mind has many opportunities to reveal itself. In spring, when the creek swells to river stature and rushes in white-lipped rapids, I worry that one of my kids will somehow escape through the gate...
