by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Sep 16, 2018 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Health anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts |
The Google search terms “how do you know if you’re in love” or “not in love with my partner” are some of the most common ways that people find their way to my work. Because our culture has sold us the bill of goods that romantic love is... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | May 7, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships, Transitions - General |
At least once a day the phrase “it’s hard being human” enters my brain. It usually arrives on the heels of my sons arguing with each other and me trying to teach them how to communicate more effectively. As a result of feeling hurt, one will lash out... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Dec 7, 2015 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Divorce/Calling it Off/Break Up, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
I’ll never forget the day I was trying to find a parking spot at our local market and I saw this bumper sticker: Great Doubt Great Awakening Little Doubt Little Awakening No Doubt Fast Asleep – Zen Maxim Now, Boulder is full of philosophical bumper... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Mar 29, 2015 | Anxiety, Dying/Death, Empty Nest, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
It’s often during this time of year in the Northern hemisphere, when the entire natural world is quivering with a restlessness to birth itself anew, when the animals are shaking the last snowflakes off their backs and the flowers are poking their heads above... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 25, 2015 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
These are statements I hear quite often in my practice: I feel like I’m lying when I say I love you to my partner. I feel like a fake, an imposter, like I’m leading him/her on. If I don’t feel love, how can I say it? And I’m not always feeling... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Jan 11, 2015 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
Love cannot be measured. It cannot be placed in test tubes in a science laboratory or placed on the great scale of life to determine whether or not there’s enough. The anxious/sensitive mind longs for a definite answer to the questions that swirl through its... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Oct 19, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
When fear pricks the heart it flies in the face of every message about love we absorb from the culture: that love should provide a safe haven against the storms of life; that love should be easy; that love and fear are mutually exclusive, and that if fear enters the... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Sep 14, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
At the core of each human being rests a heart full of love, tinged with sadness and aching with longing. Some would say this longing points to our awareness of our original separation from a divine source, the knowing that we are all one yet painfully separated from... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Apr 27, 2014 | Anxiety, Getting Married Collections, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
One of the defining characteristics of relationship anxiety is the propensity to perseverate on a “what if” question regarding the amount or legitimacy of your love for your partner. “What if I don’t love him enough?” or “What if... by Sheryl Lisa Paul | Apr 21, 2014 | 20s, Anxiety, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
Love is not the absence of fear. Like joy and sadness, love and fear are dualities that live in the same chamber of the heart. When we love another deeply, fear will rear its head. Designed to protect the vulnerable heart, fear is the sentry who guards the sacred...
