by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Nov 22, 2015 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts |
If you’re like most people, there’s probably an element of pain, dread and/or overwhelm as we enter the holiday season. The rush to consume, the pressure to feel joyful, and the expectation of experiencing perfect familial bliss set against a Normal... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | May 17, 2015 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Loss and Uncertainty Collection, Moving |
Last weekend was a challenging one for my family. The week of unrelenting rain here in Colorado created overflow in the creeks, and we were faced with a situation that was frighteningly close to the floods of 2013 as the normally gentle waters behind our house surged... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Feb 8, 2015 | Parenthood transitions, Relationships |
People often ask me how I survived the early years of motherhood when our firstborn son woke up between ten to twelve times a night and needed more than the breast to go back to sleep. Part of what allowed me to survive was an extraordinary partner who shouldered the... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Nov 24, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Rituals and Symbols |
We hear a lot about the power of gratitude lately. There seems to have been a hundredth monkey leap in consciousness, a global awareness that gratitude is a powerful and relatively easy way to sweep out the propensity toward negativity and connect to what’s good... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Nov 4, 2013 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Transitions - General |
Tomorrow I turn forty-two. Every time I’ve thought about my birthday these past couple of weeks, my mind intellectualized with statements like, “What’s a birthday, anyway? Another random and meaningless cultural construction. Just another day.... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Dec 13, 2011 | Anxiety, Transitions - General |
A beautiful and inspiring video that one of my dearest friends sent me last night. A genuine expression of gratitude is one of the most powerful antidotes to... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | May 30, 2011 | Parenthood transitions, Pregnancy and Parenting Collections |
The last lesson of my new Home Study Program – “Birthing a New Mother: A Roadmap from Preconception through the First Year to Calm Your Anxiety, Prevent Postpartum Depression, and Babyproof Your Marriage” – is called A Mother is Born. This... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Aug 17, 2010 | Parenthood transitions, Transitions - General, Wedding/marriage transition |
Not a day passes without whispering the words “thank you” at least a dozen times. Gratitude erupts spontaneously when I look at my two sons playing together, when my sweet husband walks into the room to take a quick break from work, when we all walk out... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 25, 2010 | Parenthood transitions |
Last night, as I drove through the worst snow I’ve ever driven in, as my car fish-tailed around every corner and slid dangerously close to the edge of the road, a familiar state of worry set in: Would I be okay? Would I make it home? I’m sure I would have...
