by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jan 8, 2022 | Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality, Sexuality Collection |
We talk about social anxiety. We talk about relationship anxiety. We talk about transition anxiety. Now it’s time to talk about sex anxiety: not only how anxiety in general or relationship anxiety in particular kills libido but how much anxiety we carry about... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 17, 2018 | Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality, Sexuality Collection |
One of the spokes of any anxiety wheel is cognitive distortions: the assumptions, misunderstandings, and expectations we form about love, relationships, romance, parenting, sexuality, and nearly every realm of being human. Because we’re not explicitly taught how... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 10, 2018 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships, Sexuality |
“This is your body, your greatest gift, pregnant with wisdom you do not hear, grief you thought was forgotten, and joy you have never known.” ― Marion Woodman, Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman’s Body and Soul We’re a neck-up... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jan 7, 2018 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Relationships, Sexuality |
I hear a lot of whispered truths from women about their sex lives. I hear that they don’t like kissing, that they haven’t had sex in months (or longer), that they would be perfectly fine never to have sex again. But the statement I hear more than any other... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 6, 2016 | 20s, Anxiety, Open Your Heart |
We’re not meant to travel life’s pathways alone. In other times and other places, a culture’s members are guided through life’s transitions and trials by the elders who have already traveled that terrain. Girls are ushered through the tangle of... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 28, 2016 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
“I love him but I don’t desire him” is a statement I often hear from clients and course members. Our culture teaches us to be turned on by mystery. Desire and longing are so intimately linked that it’s often when a relationship becomes solid... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 12, 2012 | Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
“Physical attraction is not a firm foundation on which to build a relationship, for the simple reason that it is never constant. It sets in motion a cycle of expectation and disillusionment that can go on and on. The person who lives in a world of fantasy will...