Shawn Mahshie

Here is my response to a client who suffers greatly with health anxiety, and who shared with our group about having Covid. It describes an absolutely reliable path that took care of my own fear of whatever is yet to come in this life in the way of illness or pain. (And of course I … Read more

My client was in anguish while fighting for primary custody of his children. He was also dealing with various other crises at that juncture of his life. As you read my letter to this dad, who was letting anxious thoughts get the better of him, I hope you’ll be able to apply my counsel to … Read more

Shawn: If you’re feeling your relationship with your mom is in pretty good shape now, look to see where else you were hurt and how you set up rules for yourself and conditions for others and life along the way (i.e., “I can only be happy and safe if….”) as that is how the mom … Read more

Shawn’s client, Meghan, was in a dilemma. Her aging father had a remaining item on his bucket list: a trip he had long dreamed about, yet he didn’t feel he could afford, or physically manage, travel at his advanced stage of his life. Meghan was torn about whether to sacrifice being in Shawn’s program so … Read more

I am moving in fearless faith, without a clue how my situation will work out. It has become a way of life to not go into tragedy and loss and fear and high anxiety and doom and gloom stories — all the things I would have gone into in the past when the very things … Read more

Client: I was feeling better today than I have in a long time. It was a good day.  Then my husband and I got into a small fight — with friends over — not screaming or anything major but to me it was like that.  I internalized what he was mad at me about and it … Read more

Client: Too many people in my house, too many distractions! Shawn: Is it true??? Haha. But seriously, anytime I hear my mind saying too much or not enough, it’s a major red flag that I need to drop into inquiry. Life as Your Perfect Teacher Here is life showing up as my perfect teacher and … Read more

Shawn: I love the work you did in our session last night. Good to lose the old “love, appreciation, and approval” (LAA) story and find out that it’s YOUR job to give and receive it in those moments (first to yourself so you get that you didn’t need it from them after all!). How freeing … Read more

Last week I posted an article here in Happy Symmetry about a young woman who I met recently sharing that she was suffering from anxiety and pain from a bad breakup. She said that she could tell just by listening to me that I had something that could help her.  She reached out about a … Read more

Hi there… Tonight I counseled a couple about ongoing marital issues. What’s going on with them is very much like what’s going on with you guys right now. In some ways it was a tough session for them that actually became not only a window into a lot of clarity about their dynamics, but ultimately … Read more