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		<title>Is There Such A Thing As Healthy Narcissism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discover that &#8216;healthy narcissism&#8217; is an oxymoron! All of us have an ego wounded self who is narcissistic to one degree or another. For the purpose of this article, I am defining narcissism as abandoning responsibility for ourselves and expecting someone else to attend to us and define our self-worth, or expecting something external to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Own Inner Work Affects the Whole World!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have more of an effect on the world than you know! &#8220;Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.&#8221; &#8211; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe What would happen if we each learned to take 100% responsibility for our own feelings and needs &#8211; learning to attend to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Divorce The Answer For You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you contemplating divorce? Reading this article may help you decide what is right for you. In my work with individuals and couples for the last 43 years, I’ve had two very different experiences regarding people who have divorced: One group of people are happy that they finally left a marriage where they were very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you Make Others Responsible for Your Painful Feelings?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addictions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all learned many ways of trying to avoid or get rid of our painful feelings. Many of these ways are fairly obvious: addictions to substances and activities, staying in your mind rather than in your body, or judging yourself. Another major way we avoid or try to get rid of our painful feelings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intimacy and Connection – The Aliveness of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to experience intimacy and connection with others, and the joy and aliveness that this offers? You need to start by learning how to love yourself, rather than abandon yourself. &#8220;Intimacy begins with oneself. It does no good to try to find intimacy with friends, lovers, and family if you are starting out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Devastation of Inner Emptiness</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-devastation-of-inner-emptiness</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news stories of sexual addiction lead us to ask &#8220;Why?&#8221; One of the sad truths in our society is how empty many people feel, and the devastation their emptiness causes others through their resulting addictive behavior. We have all heard about the sexual acting-out of Anthony Weiner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No One Appreciates Me&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever hear yourself say, or said to yourself, &#8220;No one appreciates me.&#8221; I used to say this to myself all the time. I was constantly giving myself up to please others, and then ended up feeling completely unappreciated and resentful &#8211; until I learned how to take loving care of myself and appreciate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons Why You Might Want to End Your Relationship</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/5-reasons-why-you-might-want-to-end-your-relationship</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 19:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I married my ex-husband in 1963, I was determined to create a stable, loving relationship. I wanted an intact family where we could raise our children and share the joys of our grandchildren. We did raise our children together, but ended the marriage after 30 years. We do get to share the joys of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Happiness Choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what major choice you can make that creates either happiness or misery? Discover that choice in this article!]]></description>
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		<title>Healing Addictions with Inner Bonding®</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/addictions/healing-addictions-with-inner-bonding%c2%ae</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addictions  are a way of filling the inner emptiness that comes from self-abandonment  and a lack of spiritual connection. Discover how the practice of Inner Bonding® is the ultimate way of healing addictions.]]></description>
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