by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 6, 2026 | 9-Month |
Small talk, chit-chat, sports and weather conversations… these aren’t what float the boat of people who find their way here. We swim in deep waters. We thrive on conversations that plumb the depths of the human experience. We want to talk about what is...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 16, 2026 | Relationships |
In our most recent Gathering Gold episode, Victoria and I unpacked a beautiful piece of writing by David Whyte that one of our recent retreat participants brought to a post-retreat Zoom gathering. The piece begins with the line: “Unrequited love is the love human...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 26, 2026 | Relationships |
My name is Joshua Seigal. I am professional poet, based in London, UK. I am currently very happily married. My wife and I have been together for eleven years, and married for eight. I have had Relationship Anxiety (AKA ROCD) in every romantic relationship I have ever...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 28, 2026 | Relationships |
When my husband and I started watching The Four Seasons television series, we laughed at the following scene between husband and wife Jack and Kate where Jack is making a toast to their friends who have been married for 25 years. Jack: It is rare in this life to find...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 21, 2026 | Relationships |
We’re living in a time when paradigms and systems are being exploded. We finally understand that there are many ways to love and be in a body and identify oneself. And, as deeply entrenched mindsets shatter, the pendulum of cultural discourse often swings...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 19, 2026 | Mother Wound |
One of the basic precepts of both psychological and spiritual work is that in order to experience healthy union we must first experience separation. Just as we had to be expelled from the mythic Garden of Eden to know ourselves as separate from the divine before...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 29, 2026 | Relationships |
One of the aspects of psychology I love most is that there are endless layers to explore about every topic. Because psychology is a relatively new field, there’s still a lot we don’t know. And because the mind and soul are as vast as the universe, there...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 15, 2026 | Relationships |
In last week’s blog post I explored the question of “What is ‘Enough’ in Romantic Love?” One reader commented: “The friendship conversation always triggers me. I can’t tell if I truly don’t like him, or if I’m seeing him through...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 8, 2026 | Relationships |
At the core of relationship anxiety is the doubt about enough: • Is my partner attractive enough? • Am I in love enough? • Do we have enough intellectual stimulation? • Is there enough emotional connection? • Are they social enough? As I’ve stated in many blog posts,...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Dec 7, 2025 | Anxiety |
There are moments and seasons for every human when the pain and uncertainty of life feel too terrible to bear. An unexpected bill arrives and anxiety lurches your stomach. Too many bills. Sinking into the sea of overwhelm. Too much anxiety. A world informed by...
