by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 3, 2023 | Uncategorized |
Underneath anxiety is a lack of safety. And underneath a lack of safety is a lack of trust. Said in reverse: When we trust, we feel safe. And when we feel safe, anxiety quiets down. But, oh, how challenging it can be to trust! Worry is a Buzzkill When Everest turned... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 9, 2023 | Break Free From Relationship Anxiety |
When I had Covid last year, I watched several episodes of Indian Matchmaking. I’m always interested in shows about relationships (for obvious reasons), and I’m especially interested in how non-American cultures approach romantic love. Arranged marriages... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 2, 2023 | OCD |
I recently listened to one of the most extraordinary podcast interviews I’ve ever heard. I walked with her words in my ear and my heart blown wide open by the soul of someone I can only call a true mystic of our times: Andrea Gibson. There were so many parts... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 11, 2023 | OCD |
My clients are often bewildered about why they struggle with anxiety given how loving their original family was, and is. “I don’t understand why I have anxiety when my parents were always there for me,” they wonder. Of course, being... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 4, 2023 | HSP, Intrusive Thoughts, OCD |
I’ve mentioned in a few places that I was plunged into a spiritual descent this past winter, initiated in a way I haven’t experienced in a long time. The details of the experience ask to remain mostly private, but what I will share is that it was... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | May 28, 2023 | OCD |
As I wrote about recently, at the core of anxiety and OCD lives the fear of death: either literal death or social death (humiliation, being shunned, rejected, losing your place of belonging). If we’re going to address anxiety at the root, we have to talk about... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 26, 2023 | Intrusive Thoughts |
A significant amount of anxiety would be reduced and would never manifest to begin with if we were taught about our thoughts early in life. Not only would we understand that we all have strange, dark, and wild thoughts, but we would understand that thoughts come in... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 19, 2023 | Alanis Morissette, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationships |
Many of you have found your way to my work through the portal of relationship anxiety. From there, we’ve traveled into deeper realms together, including health anxiety, friendship anxiety, parenting anxiety, career anxiety, and generalized anxiety – but... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 12, 2023 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
I was playing a game of solitaire the other night and a memory from childhood floated up to consciousness, followed by a wave of grief. I paused the game and breathed deeply into my heart, allowing tears to arrive and roll down my cheeks. As always with big grief,... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | 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...
