by Sheryl Paul | Jul 29, 2018 | Anxiety, Lack of Attraction Collection, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
Love is a verb. This is one of the great truths about love that our culture fails to teach, one that, even when we understand the principle, we need to remember it and practice it over and over again. I think of marriage or any long-term, committed relationship with a... by Sheryl Paul | 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 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 Paul | Nov 26, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships, Transitions - General |
Fear-mind has a special genius for trying to prove that it’s right. It’s like we all have this aspect of our personality – some call it ego, other call it lower self – that has secretly attended law school and graduated at the top of its class.... by Sheryl Paul | Sep 17, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships |
A common dream theme appeared last week on my Open Your Heart forum: cheating on one’s partner. The course participant wrote: I never remember dreams but just had one last night where I cheated on my bf with a guy I used to date and had no feelings for. In the... by Sheryl Paul | Aug 27, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Parenthood transitions, Relationships |
I shared the following client dialogue several weeks ago in a post called The Critical Moment to Break Free From Relationship Anxiety: “What am I trying to escape?” my clients asks. “Your feelings. Not the feelings that are attached to your intrusive thought and which... by Sheryl Paul | Aug 20, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
We long for rapture. We long to be transported to an otherworldly place where the problems that weigh heavily into our souls and the pain that pierces our hearts lift away, if only for a moment. We long to feel profoundly alive and deeply fulfilled. We long for... by Sheryl Paul | Aug 13, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, HSP, Open Your Heart, Uncategorized |
There have been countless times over the many years of my marriage when my husband will say something that makes me feel loved or do something that gets us back on track when we’ve been in a negative feedback loop and I’ll think, “Oh, so that’s... by Sheryl Paul | Apr 9, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
One of the biggest obstacles to finding more wellness and equanimity is the belief that we shouldn’t be feeling what we’re feeling; that if we were more evolved or healed or with a different partner we wouldn’t feel so ________ (anxious, depressed,... by Sheryl 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...
