by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Mar 23, 2025 | Relationships, Uncategorized |
It seems almost impossible that after twenty-five years of talking about relationship anxiety there are still new aspects to write about. But, when we remember that the human psyche is as vast as the universe and relationships are one of the most complicated topics we...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Feb 16, 2025 | Relationships |
We grow up absorbing many slogans about romantic love, most of which I’ve unpacked on my blog and in my course. Among the most common are: “You will just know when you meet the One.” “Don’t settle.” “If you don’t have...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Nov 24, 2024 | OCD |
Life can be uncomfortable. Life can be imperfect. Life can be imbalanced, which often leads to feeling off-kilter. Life can be disorienting. Life can be messy, dirty, and disorganized. There are moments or times when brain synapses and the alchemical mysteries align...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Oct 27, 2024 | Anxiety |
There are times when it feels like the earth is quaking beneath our feet. This might be when we’re enduring a personal challenge or transition, it might when we’re drowning in the cesspool of intrusive thoughts, and it might be when the global uncertainty...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 22, 2024 | Highly Sensitive Person |
Highly sensitive people prone to anxiety and OCD often fall into all-or-nothing, black-and-white thinking, which makes it difficult to accept that: • Love and hate about the same person can co-exist. • You can be attracted and not attracted to a romantic partner. •...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Sep 15, 2024 | 9-Month |
As much as you want to change and heal, as much as you long to feel more fullness, aliveness, calm, and well-being, as much as you deeply desire a way to navigate life with more ease and less attachment to control, as much as you ache to break free from your intrusive...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 25, 2024 | OCD |
OCD says: “I have to be morally perfect.” Compassionate mind responds: “What would it be like to let yourself be “bad” once in a while, which is actually being human?” The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful, and the Ugly Highly sensitive people and those with OCD are...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 18, 2024 | OCD |
Rest is good AND we are meant to move. Rest is important AND we are meant to work. Rest is essential AND we are meant to be productive. Rest is delicious AND we are meant to be active. There’s been a lot going on in the world these last several years. Humans have been...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 28, 2024 | Relationships |
We are an impatient culture, and our patience is rapidly dwindling. If the email doesn’t arrive within seconds, we wonder what went wrong. If the Amazon package is “delayed”, we check our orders. If the food isn’t delivered within an hour, we...
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...
