by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 22, 2023 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Health anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts |
At the core of most, if not all, intrusive thoughts and obsessions is the question of enough. It can show up as: • Do I love my partner enough? or • Did I wash my hands enough? But what you’re really trying to answer is: Am I enough? I love what Jon Hershfield... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 15, 2023 | Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Wedding/marriage transition |
Note: I first published this post in 2011 and it remains one of my most popular blog posts. I’m updating it now to include more relevant language and also concepts that have evolved in the last twelve years about relationship anxiety. *** One of the most common... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 1, 2023 | Sexuality |
One of the most common statements I hear from women about their sexuality is, “I’m often stuck in my head during sex. Sometimes I’m planning the dinner menu or thinking about what we need from the grocery store. I have a hard time staying in my... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Dec 18, 2022 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts |
Continuing from last week’s post where I talked about the most important part of working with intrusive thoughts is to separate the content from the underneath layers that need attention, I wanted to give some direction about what the three most common emotions... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Nov 6, 2022 | Dying/Death, Intrusive Thoughts, Trust Yourself |
I had planned to share about something else this week for the podcast. I was going to tell a story about a moment in a corn maze with our family, Victoria, and her boyfriend when we were in New Jersey a few weeks ago. As you can hear in the video below (click on the... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 11, 2016 | 20s, Anxiety, Dying/Death, Inspiration Collections, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
One of the most potent prescriptions for healing intrusive thoughts and anxiety from the root is to allow ourselves to live in whole-hearted, full-bodied expression. This means taking the lid off of our joy just as much as our pain, and learning to spiral out of... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Sep 27, 2015 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships |
Alongside the thoughts, “Maybe I’m just trying to convince myself to stay”, “I don’t know if I love my partner enough”, and “Do we have a strong enough connection?”, the question of finding a “better match”... 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 | Apr 15, 2013 | Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
If I had said no instead of yes… If I hadn’t given him a chance… If I had listened to the lines of “We’re just good friends” and “He’ll be a great boyfriend… for someone else,” denying the undeniable draw I... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 7, 2013 | Getting Married Collections, Wedding/marriage transition |
When I was promoting my first book, The Conscious Bride, interviewers often asked, “What about men? Why don’t you talk about “The Conscious Groom”? At the time, my answer was that, while women are conditioned to view the wedding and all that...
