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***4 Techniques to Bust Your Fears NOW!***Dealing With Stress and Anxiety the Nutritious Way- At the Heart of Anxiety - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2018 from Sheryl Paul“The final stage of healing is using what happens to you to help other people. That is healing in itself.” – Gloria Steinem “Why me?” people often ask when they’re dragged into the underworld of anxiety in any form. “Why do they have it so easy? Why does it look like everyone else glides ...
Views: 456 - Dealing with chronic anxiety disorders - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2018 from Dan ArrowAre you suffering from chronic anxiety disorder? Angst in itself is not a bad feeling. It is a useful feeling as it enables us to prepare ourselves well for any anticipated challenge. Anxiety tells us we need to prepare for something and be ready to meet the challenge. In the absence of ...
Views: 363 - The Scariest Thing We Do - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2018 from Sheryl PaulEvery day that I work with clients struggling with relationship anxiety I find myself saying some version of, “Of course you’re scared. Loving is the scariest thing we do.” As I’ve written about several times on this blog, fear doesn’t always present as fear but instead shows up as irritation, ...
Views: 440 - The Cracks are How the Light Comes In - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2018 from Sheryl PaulWhen discussing the concept that a root cause of relationship anxiety is the fear of being hurt by love, course members and coaching clients will often say, “I had a good childhood with loving parents. Why would I be so scared of love?” I’ve written other posts about how essential it is to peel ...
Views: 373 - I Love You Go Away - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2018 from Sheryl PaulAmong the many misconceptions that people have about love – that it’s only a feeling, that the feeling of being “in love” should exist from day one, that attraction is static and based on external attributes – the faulty belief that often gets swept under the rug more than any other is that ...
Views: 2388 - “I Married the Wrong Person” - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2018 from Sheryl PaulWhenever a theme arises in my weekly work with clients I know it’s important to write about it here. Last week the theme was: “I married the wrong person” or “It would have been easier with someone else.” One of the most important tasks for those on the road to awakening is to notice all of ...
Views: 382 - Social Anxiety and the Cocktail Party - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2018 from Sheryl PaulWhile flipping through one of my favorite bedside stand-bys, Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion, I came across the following passage and chuckled out loud: “My experience is that I can feel that I’m in the Grail Castle when I’m living with people I love, doing what ...
Views: 339 - Does Relationship Anxiety Ever End - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2018 from Sheryl PaulAmong 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 wakes you in the night and causes you to lose ...
Views: 464 - Invisible Lines of Hope - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2018 from Sheryl PaulOut beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. Rumi When we’re being asked to unpack a new layer of wound that will lead to healing, it can feel daunting, overwhelming, and ...
Views: 319 - Anxiety: Can Someone Experience Anxiety If They Don't Feel Safe In Their Body? - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2018 from Oliver JR CooperThere appears to be a lot of people in today’s world who suffer from anxiety, and while this may be something that only affects certain areas of their life, it may be far more severe. When it relates to the former, there may be times when they are able to settle down and to feel at peace. ...
Views: 321 - People With Anxiety May Have A Gift! - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2018 from Taryn DeCiccoThis article was originally posted at http://www.apple-a-day-clinic.com/Health_and_Nutrition_Blog?m8:post=people-with-anxiety-may-have-a-gift Anxiety isn’t often viewed as a positive thing to have. It is something that many people suffer through every day. Anxious people can come off as too ...
Views: 488 - Paint with numbers - for Alzheimer's & Dementia! - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2018 from Dave SmithArt relaxes the mind and is so called to be “food for the Soul”. Art has been a big part of human history since the beginning of our society. Dating back to the times we lived in caves, the earliest works of art can found on the cave walls. It is a skill deeply engrave us that we ...
Views: 990(2 votes) - 3 Tips to Overcome Anxiety and PTSD | Women Entrepreneurs - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2018 from eWomenNetwork MarketingThis week's blog was inspired by our most recent guest on the Spotlight On eWomen Podcast, Aime Hutton. By all medical accounts, Aime shouldn’t be here today. Born 3 months early in 1976, she was given 24 hours to live. That was only the beginning of her struggles as she was severely bullied in ...
Views: 359 - Unpacking Intrusive Thoughts - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2018 from Sheryl PaulOver the years, I’ve worked with many clients who have suffered from the intrusive thought, “What if my partner is gay?” (or “What if my partner is straight?” for those in a same-sex relationship), and while I’ve written several posts on the “What if I’m gay?” spike I haven’t written about what ...
Views: 399 - Pregnancy Anxiety - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2018 from Sheryl PaulAs I’ve written about before on this blog, one of the privileges of being the position of guiding people through the darkest aspects of their psyche and soul is that they share thoughts and feelings with me that they wouldn’t share with anyone else. Part of the reason why they share openly about ...
Views: 366 - Something is Wrong - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2018 from Sheryl PaulFear-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. This character, terrified of change, will gather ...
Views: 378 - Live the Questions - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2018 from Sheryl PaulI recently came across the following in a book called “The Middle Passage” by James Hollis: “What the frightened individual wishes above all is the restoration of the sense of self which once worked. What the therapist knows is that the symptoms are helpful clues to the place of injury or ...
Views: 311 - When It's Time To Say Enough - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2018 from Sheryl PaulFor those of you who are struggling with relationship anxiety, you probably saw the title of this post and wondered if I was going to talk about when to leave a relationship, and perhaps felt nervous that it was going to spike you. But hopefully you have enough faith in my site that you know ...
Views: 333 - What If We Don't Have A Strong Enough Connection? - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2018 from Sheryl PaulThe following is from course member findingpeace28, who shared this on the e-course forum two weeks after her wedding. As soon as I read it, I knew had to share it with those of you struggling with relationship anxiety and, in particular, the connection spike, to offer you a lifeline of hope and ...
Views: 291 - Perfection and The Fear of Failure - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2018 from Sheryl Paul“It’s better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.” – Dan Millman, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior When I was in graduate school many ago, my classmates would often ask me how I was able to write papers so quickly and ...
Views: 396 - How to Stop People Pleasing - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2018 from Desiree PattonPeople pleasing occurs when a person puts his or her wants and needs aside to please another person. An example of people pleasing includes saying, “I don’t care, whatever you want” when someone asks what restaurant you’d like to have lunch at, even though you really do have a preference about ...
Views: 428(1 vote) - Where Anxiety Hangs Its Hat - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2018 from Sheryl PaulAnxiety can hang its hat on almost any hook. It can focus on relationships, fertility, parenting, health, the world, money, career, death. Within each of these topics, there are endless sub-topics that lure anxiety into its lair. If we’re talking about relationship anxiety, for example, the hook ...
Views: 404 - The Fear of Losing Control - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2018 from Sheryl PaulWhen we spiral down into the deeper layers of anxiety – whether relationship anxiety or any other form that anxiety takes – we find some universal root causes that live at the center. These exist on both the emotional and psychological/spiritual planes, and they all need our attention if we’re ...
Views: 590 - The Critical Moment to Break Free From Anxiety - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2018 from Sheryl Paul“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 like a movie turning it into sloooooow ...
Views: 372 - Intrusive Thought: "What if I Harm a Child?" (POCD) - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2018 from Sheryl PaulWhen the same thought, image, dream, or motif shows up across cultures and crosses all of our lines of classification (age, gender, geography, race, religion), we call it an archetype. For example, the dreams where you show up at school without your pants on or have forgotten to study for a test ...
Views: 456 - Caught in a Thought - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2018 from Sheryl PaulA coaching client recently shared the following (shared here with her permission): A few weeks ago, I found myself obsessively thinking about a situation with a friend of mine – someone to whom I’ve given my power for many years. I was completely caught by this theme and I couldn’t get out ...
Views: 403 - Discover the science behind Ayurveda, Unani and Yoga - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2018 from Naturoveda Health WorldAyurveda, Unani and Yoga have been known to treat diverse diseases as well as preventing numerous disorders since time immemorial. It has also been observed that alternative treatment methods are steadily gaining ground as people are becoming more and more aware of the harmful effects of ...
Views: 310 - Teen Suicide and Social Media - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2018 from Sam VakninTeen Suicide and Social Media By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Social media and the devices that they run on are designed to be addictive, as many industry executives have confessed. Addiction is always punctuated by periods of withdrawal and its “cold ...
Views: 675 - Motivation & the Inner Game - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2018 from Geoffrey KnightI am often called upon in my hypnotherapy practice to help people motivate themselves more effectively. This can extend to successfully thinking about your job or career, about making money and having abundance in your life, or to maximizing your sports performance. Hypnosis can be a very ...
Views: 295 - Are These False Beliefs Controlling Your Life? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2018 from Margaret PaulWhat limiting beliefs are controlling your life? Do you identify with any of these common false beliefs? All of us absorbed numerous deep false beliefs as we were growing up, and these beliefs now govern much of what occurs in our work and our relationships. It is sometimes challenging to ...
Views: 407 - Is Your Lover 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind'? - Object Constancy and Borderline Personality Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2018 from Imi Lo“Although the push-pull behaviors in our current relationships seem to be triggered by our partner, they are actually a result of old fears we carry from our childhood. “ Anxiety is a normal part of being in an intimate relationship. It usually comes in two forms- the fear of abandonment, ...
Views: 607 - The One Essential Question that Lives Inside Relationship Anxiety - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2018 from Sheryl PaulOne of the most challenging elements of relationship anxiety to understand is that, if you’re in a healthy, loving relationship with no red flags, the anxiety is projection. This means that the parade of intrusive thoughts that tortures the anxious mind and sensitive soul are actually pointing ...
Views: 602 - How to Cope With the Back to School Pressure - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2018 from Tori UtleyAfter a long break, the students feel excited about returning to school. However, there is so much to do, and it can be quite hectic for parents and the children. The anxiety for students is usually about the starting a new class and not knowing what to expect. Nick Chapman has compiled a ...
Views: 345 - Write An Article, Save a Life - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2018 from Ronda BehnkeIt didn’t sound like great advice when my friend Galen dispensed his wisdom after I told him my dilemma. “Write an article.” I had written dozens of articles already; how would writing another change things? Still, I sit with pen and paper to write my thoughts. The problem I seem to be ...
Views: 307 - In the Midst of a Crazy-Making Uranus Station, The Pull Towards Midsummer Madness Feels Irresistible - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2018 from joan pancoeTo view in your browser, to activate all links and see all the visuals,CLICK HERE: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=128 "All madmen may not be mystics, but all mystics are mad. By mad, I mean they have gone beyond the mind. The madman may have fallen below the mind, and ...
Views: 410(1 vote) - When Anxious, Start at the Beginning - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2018 from Sheryl PaulAnxiety 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 symptom of anxiety as quickly and cleanly ...
Views: 430 - Am I Only With My Partner Because He Makes Me Feel Safe? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2018 from Sheryl PaulThere 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 each in the same way: name it as an ...
Views: 420 - When Love Makes You Flinch - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2018 from Sheryl PaulOne of the common fear-lines that arises when the ego is trying to deconstruct the idea of relationship anxiety and convince you that your truth is that you’re just with the wrong person is: “If what Sheryl says is true, why don’t more people talk about it?” It’s an understandable question, ...
Views: 399 - Conversations with my Seven Year Old: In the Fear Forest - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2018 from Sheryl PaulOne of the blessings of having a second child is that we, as parents, gain some skills by walking with the first one through predictable stages of growth, maturity, illness, and emotional challenges. When our firstborn had a high fever, we panicked. When the younger one has a fever, it’s old ...
Views: 376 - If I'm Calm Now Is It Still Relationship Anxiety? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2018 from Sheryl PaulThere is often a predictable arc to relationship anxiety that includes three stages.* The first stage is characterized by typical symptoms of anxiety and panic: Can’t sleep Can’t eat Tearful Depressed Bolting awake in the middle of the night Difficulty functioning at work Fluttering ...
Views: 338 - Conversations with my Seven Year Old: In the Fear Forest - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2018 from Sheryl PaulOne of the blessings of having a second child is that we, as parents, gain some skills by walking with the first one through predictable stages of growth, maturity, illness, and emotional challenges. When our firstborn had a high fever, we panicked. When the younger one has a fever, it’s old ...
Views: 293 - When Will I Feel Better? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2018 from Sheryl PaulWhen you’re neck-deep and soul-soaked in anxiety, when you’re having trouble eating, sleeping, and basically functioning, when the love you formally felt for your partner has been eclipsed by indifference, doubt, or numbness, when intrusive thoughts invade your brain day and night, you will ...
Views: 454 - Is Your Job Threatening Your Mental Health? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2018 from Tori UtleyWithout our jobs we can hardly make a living, it is important to work, but in some situations, changes have to be made to adjust and save your mental health. Working keeps you active, you can sustain a better social life by interacting with others out there, and if you love your job, then you ...
Views: 323 - The Effects of Stress and How Chiropractic Can Help - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2018 from Brent WellsNo matter what you do to try and keep your life relaxing and fun, some situations are going to arise that cause you stress. There's nothing that you can do to prevent those kinds of things from happening. What you can do, however, is have control over how you react to such occurrences. Some ...
Views: 522 - YOUR 2018 TRIPLE ECLIPSE DOWNLOAD SURVIVAL GUIDE: How to Safeguard Your Sanity with the Witnessing Protection Program - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2018 from joan pancoeTo view in your browser and see ALL the images and activate all links: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=127 “How strange—all living beings have the fully awakened nature, but none of them knows it. And because of that they drift and sink from lifetime to lifetime in ...
Views: 568(1 vote) - 5 Therapeutic, At Home Remedies to Help Get Rid of Any Migraine - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2018 from Meghan BelnapMany people suffer from migraines and they are quite troublesome. It is important to talk to a doctor to help you find the triggers causing these migraines. Still, you need a solution right now, and the following five therapeutic ideas should help you reduce the pain. Try Aromatherapy One main ...
Views: 391 - Anxiety - Alone, In Certain Company, Or Situations? - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2018 from Suzanne ZachariaAnxiety is debilitating. It can be mild, more of a nervousness, or it can make life very difficult indeed. So what are its triggers and what can you do about them? Is anxiety something that is there all the time, or is it especially active when others are there? I asked the question of if you ...
Views: 683 - Five ways to release stress from the body - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2018 from Kelly MoyerDid you know that when there is stress it is usually carried in our bodies somewhere? Not only that but it can create health issues and sometimes these issues can play a role in how we function daily in our lives. These issues can wreak havoc in our minds and our bodies if we let it or we can ...
Views: 742 - Try not to worry about it - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2018 from Lynda HudsonAre these the most annoying words ever spoken? What do these people think? Do they think you’re really trying your best to worry about it? No, in fact you’re almost certainly trying your hardest NOT to worry … but it’s constantly on your mind. But the truth is that the more you try NOT to ...
Views: 572 - Were You an Intense Child? - by Submitted on May 31, 2018 from Imi LoPeople’s brains vary. Research has shown that some people are born with a neurological make up that can make them more emotionally or intellectually intense, sensitive, and more open to external stimuli than the general population. They are more aware of subtleties; their brain processes ...
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