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Relationships: Hanging in Through the Hard Stuff

Margaret — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:09:36 +0000

Relationships: Hanging in Through the Hard Stuff

By Dr. Margaret Paul April 26, 2021

Do you have the courage to hang in through the hard times and do the learning and healing we all need to do to create a loving relationship?

Are you committed to working through the difficult . . . → Read More: Relationships: Hanging in Through the Hard Stuff

What Prevents You From Loving Yourself?

Margaret — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:14:10 +0000

In your daily life, are you guided by fear or by love? What are the fears that block being loving to yourself and others?

How often is the question, “What is loving to myself and others – what is in my highest good and the highest good of another?” the question that guides . . . → Read More: What Prevents You From Loving Yourself?

Can We Run Out Of Love?

Margaret — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:52:35 +0000

Is your experience of love that it is scarce and limited?

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Love never decreases by being shared. ~Chinese Proverb

There seems to be a myth that love is scarce – that there is only . . . → Read More: Can We Run Out Of Love?

“Can We Be Friends After A Relationship Ends?”

Margaret — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:16:20 +0000

Discover what you may need to address before deciding whether you can be friends with an ex partner.

Elise writes:

“My partner and I separated a year ago. My partner now wants to finalize the relationship but work on being ‘friends’. I am having difficulty connecting as just ‘friends’, it seems to trigger . . . → Read More: “Can We Be Friends After A Relationship Ends?”

The Terror that Triggers Protective Behaviors

Margaret — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:05:40 +0000

Do you know what triggers you and why?

Have you ever found yourself suddenly feeling angry or scared or shut down when a moment ago you were feeling fine?

People or situations can trigger us into rage, anger, blame, compliance, caretaking, resistance, withdrawal, numbness, dissociation, explaining, complaining, lecturing, righteousness and so on. These . . . → Read More: The Terror that Triggers Protective Behaviors

Are You Abandoning Yourself?

Margaret — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:43:51 +0000

Do you believe that feelings of abandonment are coming from others abandoning you – or do they come from self-abandonment?

When we think about abandonment, we generally think about being left by someone. But abandonment is about leaving someone we are responsible for – a child or an old or sick person who . . . → Read More: Are You Abandoning Yourself?