by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 14, 2024 | Relationships |
I recently re-read a novel called The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer. I first read it years ago, and loved it, but one of the reasons why I enjoy re-reading books is because we’re never standing in the same spot in the river of life; whatever I gleaned from the...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 27, 2022 | Intrusive Thoughts, Parenthood transitions |
Ever since our son, Everest, earned his private pilot’s power-plane license a few months ago I’ve been wanting to fly with him. Maybe “wanting” isn’t quite the right word; it’s more like I’ve been wanting to want to fly with...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 27, 2015 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship 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 Finn | Jul 26, 2015 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Self Trust Collection, Trust Yourself |
The fear of making a mistake and the fear of failure live at the heart of what keeps many people stuck. Whether you’re struggling with relationship anxiety, career stagnation, depression, or generalized anxiety, the fear of making a mistake creates a...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 19, 2015 | Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Self Trust Collection, Trust Yourself |
“When I do something well and have success, I feel like it’s a fluke.” “I walk around feeling like a fraud. I don’t trust that I’m honestly capable of doing the things that I do.” “I have this nagging sense that...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 28, 2014 | Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
A few weeks ago my family and I spent five days up in the mountains. Overall, it was a lovely vacation, with much laughter, hiking, game-playing, and boating. But for some reason my husband and I were in one those spells when we bumped heads at some point each day....
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 7, 2014 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
“Our eyes are not viewers; they are also projectors that are running a second story over the picture that we see in front of us all the time. Fear is writing that script. Now fear is going to be a player in your life. You get to decide how much. You can spend...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 31, 2014 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
A few weeks ago I met with two women from my spirituality group. They had never been to my home, and as we stepped onto the deck to begin our meeting they both remarked on the beauty of our land. I found myself qualifying and explaining about the dirt and weeds:...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 17, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships |
It seems that our culture is perpetually stuck in the stage of life called adolescence, and the corresponding mindset seems to be accelerating at an alarming rate. Like toddlerhood, adolescence is a developmental stage characterized by an all-consuming focus on me,...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 8, 2013 | 20s, Anxiety, Dying/Death, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
There seems to be a natural and predictable pattern that people experience when healing from anxiety. The following comment on one of my recent blog posts is a sentiment I often hear: “Sheryl, could you please blog about the “space” that anxiety occupies? This...
