by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 22, 2026 | Dying/Death |
I’m thrilled to share this guest post by my husband, Daev Finn, a licensed professional counselor working here in Boulder, Colorado and worldwide, where he shares, with wisdom and vulnerability, a bit of his journey around processing unfinished business,...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 15, 2021 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationships, Trust Yourself |
As humans in an uncertain world, we seek certainty in a variety of ways. We ask questions that are fundamentally unanswerable. We ruminate and obsess on a single thought (otherwise known as intrusive thoughts). We Google and text and seek reassurance in a variety of...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 11, 2018 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Highly Sensitive Person, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons |
My son and I are driving into town for our weekly Friday morning special time and Suzanne Vega’s song “The World Before Columbus” comes on. It’s a song she wrote for her daughter that I used to sing to Everest when he was a baby, and these...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 24, 2016 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
Oh, the list of thoughts that try to prevent us from taking the risk of loving wholeheartedly is quite long, but there are a few that always top the list, buzzing and darting in and around your ears like mosquitos in summer. I recently wrote about the “I wish he...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 23, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Dying/Death, Relationships |
As my dear friend drove our two families up to Walker Ranch for their quarterly homestead day a few weeks ago, I looked in the backseat at our three sweet and precious boys. Their faces were alive with excitement at the prospect of “going back in time,” as...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 1, 2013 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Parenthood transitions, Relationships, Transitions - General |
The dreams always recur this time of year: I’m with my grandparents or I’m grieving the loss of them, and I wake up with the weight of unshed and unarticulated grief sinking my bones. Without the spaciousness that used to characterize my mornings before I...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized |
My heart is broken. When I first heard the news, I had to suppress the torrent of tears so that my sons wouldn’t inquire. I couldn’t let them know. Given that we homeschool, it’s likely that they’ll never know. If the adults around me...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 4, 2012 | Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Parenthood transitions, Transitions - General |
I see her there, playing around corners, her hair sparkling with hints of gray. I watch her, lithe and supple, vibrant and alive, in the center of her womanhood, in the center of her life. I hear her whispering to me in poetry, the language of soul, inviting me to...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Oct 30, 2012 | 20s, Anxiety, Dying/Death, Relationships |
The conversation about God inevitably enters my work with clients. I usually don’t ask directly about God as I know many people are allergic to that word, but I’ll say something like, “Tell me about your spiritual connection.” The vast majority...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jan 21, 2011 | Dying/Death, Transitions - General |
I love Elizabeth Berg’s novels. She’s my go-to writer for books that allow me to escape into someone else’s life while offering insight and meaning. It occurred to me some years ago that the reason I love her books so much is that she almost always...
