by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 30, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships, Transitions - General |
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor E. Frankl If we could slow life down to micro-moments, if we could literally alter time... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jul 9, 2017 | 20s, Aging, Holidays and Seasons Collections, Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Holidays/Holy Days/Seasons, HSP, Parenthood transitions, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
It’s the season of the fallen flower. It’s the season of heat when the rising temperatures cause the petals, so vibrant and alive just a few weeks ago, to wilt. It’s the season of paradox: we bask in summer light and longer days yet the hands of... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jun 25, 2017 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships |
At least once a week, a client asks, “I know that love isn’t all butterflies and fireworks, but what should it feel like? Since I’ve never seen a healthy relationship and I’ve never been in one, I have no idea what it should be like.” I... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 23, 2017 | Anxiety, Anxiety Collection, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationships |
Anxiety is a messenger, a symptom, and a gift. I know that statement flies in the face of everything we learn about anxiety in a culture that is pathologically obsessed with eradicating shadow at every turn and consequently attempts to “get rid of” the... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Jan 22, 2017 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships |
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Oct 2, 2016 | 20s, Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Parenthood transitions, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
I’m standing on the edge of my life, as if on the shores of a cold but beautiful lake. I want to dive in but I’m scared, only the fear doesn’t sound like fear as much as doubt, anxiety, uncertainty, and ambivalence. What if I make a mistake? What if... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Oct 11, 2015 | Anxiety, Break Free From Relationship Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Intrusive Thoughts, Relationship Anxiety Collection, Relationships |
It’s the question that wakes you up on the middle of the night. It’s the question that gnaws at your gut and makes your stomach drop with roller-coaster fear. It’s the question that Googled you to many sites and articles that confirmed your biggest... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | 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 Finn | Jan 18, 2015 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
I wish I had been given one. I wish we all had been handed a Love Manual in a class in high school, and taken levels two and three in college. For there are basic laws and practices we could have learned that would have made the path of intimate relationship so much... by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Aug 24, 2014 | Anxiety, Open Your Heart, Relationships, Wedding/marriage transition |
We have an idea in this culture that you either have it or you don’t: You’re athletic or you’re clumsy; you’re a great orator or you stumble over words; you’re talented artistically or you can barely draw a stick figure; love comes easily...