by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Oct 7, 2018 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships |
“Love is one of the great enlargers of the person because it requires us to ‘take in’ the stranger and to understand him, and to exercise restraint and tolerance as well as imagination to make the relationship work.” – May Sarton, Journal... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Apr 29, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Transitions - General |
There’s a fundamental loneliness that is part of the fabric of being human. It arrives in the corners of night, when shadows form from curtain folds and the backs of chairs. It seeps in just before twilight, when afternoon exhales its last breath and evening... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 21, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships |
Among the many questions that dart through the mind plagued by relationship anxiety, the one that can cause either hope or despair is, “Will this anxiety ever end? The short answer is yes: the acute anxiety that you’re experiencing – the one that... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Sep 24, 2017 | 20s, Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts Collection, Relationships |
Anxiety can hang its hat on almost any hook. It can focus on relationships, fertility, parenting, health, the world, money, career, death. Within each of these topics, there are endless sub-topics that lure anxiety into its lair. If we’re talking about... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 12, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Open Your Heart, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships |
There are so many ways the ego tries to dismantle real love, and it’s favorite is to perseverate on a single question until it tires itself out, then jump to the next story. I’ve dissected many of these questions on this blog and in my courses, approaching... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Dec 4, 2016 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
A subset topic of the million-dollar question – is my anxiety/doubt evidence that my truth is that I’m with the wrong partner or does it mean something else? – is the issue of intuition versus anxiety. In other words, embedded inside every question of the... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Nov 6, 2016 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
The connection question is one of the most common spikes that darts across the screen of my clients and readers’ consciousness when they’re struggling with relationship anxiety. Do we connect enough? Do we talk enough? What if I feel bored sometimes? Is... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Aug 21, 2016 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
When I was young, one of my favorite books was a collection of four short stories called “Nobody is Perfick”. I liked the first three stories, but it was the fourth one, called Nobody is Perfick, that captivated my attention. It was the story about a... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Aug 8, 2016 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
Alongside the adolescent view of love we hold in this culture that says that love is a feeling, we also believe that love should be easy. Of course, this attitude of effortlessness and ease extends far beyond the bounds of love; more and more, people seem to believe... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jul 17, 2016 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
We learn and heal in ebbs and flows, spiraling around the center of ourselves where our true Self dwells. When we’re in a cycle of growth, we burn through layers of ego fears and touch into that core place of wellness where peace and clarity reside. Our hearts...
