Sheryl Paul: The Wisdom of Anxiety

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Sheryl Paul is a counselor in the depth psychology tradition who has helped thousands of people through her website, online courses, and books. With Sounds True, she has released the new book, The Wisdom of Anxiety: How Worry and Intrusive Thoughts Are Gifts to Help You Heal. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Sheryl about why we should consider anxiety "a distress flare from the subconscious" that is meant to alert us to unspoken and unacknowledged inner truths. Sheryl explains why running away or numbing out from anxiety is ultimately futile, and describes how opening to one's anxious thoughts can summon valuable personal epiphanies. Tami and Sheryl also talk about what it means to develop our wise inner parent and how we can examine the meaning of intrusive thoughts. Finally, they discuss the importance of positive daily rituals and why life transitions are so acutely stressful. (69 minutes)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to
0:46.0	communities in need including at-risk youth prisoners, veterans, and those in
0:52.3	developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.4	please visit sounds true foundation.org. Or.
1:04.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:10.0	Today my guest is Cheryl Paul.
1:13.4	Cheryl is an accomplished counselor who specializes in life transitions
1:18.9	with women and also in the area of dealing with anxiety.
1:24.0	She is informed by Jungian-depth psychological traditions
1:28.6	from her graduate training at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She has guided thousands of people worldwide
1:36.0	through books, courses, blogs, and private sessions and has been a guest on the
1:41.9	Oprah Winfrey show as well as Good Morning America.
1:46.0	Cheryl Paul also has a new book which sounds true
1:50.0	called The Wisdom of Anxiety, and unusually for insights at the edge because
1:56.2	Cheryl Paul lives in Boulder, Colorado she's here with me in the Sounds True Studio.
2:03.0	I'm here in the Sounds True Studio with Cheryl Paul talking about her new book The Wisdom of Anxiety.
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