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		<title>“I Feel Overwhelmed”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often hear from my clients that they feel overwhelmed. Generally, feeling overwhelmed means one of three things: Overwhelmed by their feelings Overwhelmed by time pressures Overwhelmed by how to do things ‘right’ The feeling of overwhelm is generally caused by how we are treating ourselves and what we are telling ourselves. Peter In my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspirational Video: Be Who You Are</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/spiritual-growth/inspirational-video-be-who-you-are</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[be yourself]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[essence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know who you are? When you know who you are, you can be who you are. Watching this 1 minute movie, &#8220;Be Who You Are,&#8221; will remind you of who you are! Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is a best-selling author of 8 books, relationship expert, and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® process &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blaming Others Can Ruin Your Health</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/blaming-others-can-ruin-your-health</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement & Personal Growth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being a victim]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article on CNN Health &#8211; http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/17/bitter.resentful.ep/index.html?&#38;hpt=hp_c2- by Elizabeth Cohen, is very interesting, regarding the negative health effects of blame and resentment. &#8220;Feeling bitter interferes with the body&#8217;s hormonal and immune systems, according to Carsten Wrosch, an associate professor of psychology at Concordia University in Montreal&#8230;.&#8221; &#8220;The data that negative mental states cause heart problems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Pity or Self-Compassion</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/self-pity-or-self-compassion</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement & Personal Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feeling sorry for yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frequency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal responsibility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you understand the difference between self-pity and self-compassion? There is a vast difference between feeling sorry for yourself and feeling kindness toward yourself. Self-Pity When you see yourself as a victim, you indulge in self-pity. You are a bottomless pit of misery, and you may find yourself crying endless victim tears. You might say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caretaking: A Covert Form of Narcissism</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/caretaking-a-covert-form-of-narcissism</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/caretaking-a-covert-form-of-narcissism#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caretaking is NOT the opposite of narcissism! I used to think that caretaking was the opposite of narcissism. I thought that narcissists were people who demanded that others give themselves up to care-take the narcissist. I thought that caretakers were people who were programmed to take care of others instead of themselves. I thought that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Crying Make you Feel Better?</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/does-crying-make-you-feel-better</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement & Personal Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authentic pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authentic tears]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study indicates that crying does not make people feel better. But there is a problem with this study. (Crying shame: Tears don&#8217;t make you feel any better, study shows, By Cari Nierenberg, http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/29/7190543-crying-shame-tears-dont-make-you-feel-any-better-study-shows#.TjR9l8uTx0A.email). The study indicates that: &#8220;Shedding tears only improved mood in one-third of criers who kept tabs of their bawling behaviors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Challenge of Accepting Our Helplessness Over Others</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/the-challenge-of-accepting-our-helplessness-over-others</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/the-challenge-of-accepting-our-helplessness-over-others#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when you feel helpless over another&#8217;s choices? What is the result? Are you happy with how you manage this feeling? Helplessness is a very difficult feeling. It can even feel like life or death to those of us who were left to cry for hours as babies, with no one coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burned by Coffee or Burned by Heartbreak &#8211; They Feel the Same</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/burned-by-coffee-or-burned-by-heartbreak-they-feel-the-same</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/burned-by-coffee-or-burned-by-heartbreak-they-feel-the-same#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[back pain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Science has finally confirmed what anyone who&#8217;s ever been in love already knows: Heartbreak really does hurt.&#8221; http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/03/28/burn.heartbreak.same.to.brain/index.html &#8220;In a new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers have found that the same brain networks that are activated when you&#8217;re burned by hot coffee also light up when you think about a lover who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;If You Really Loved Me, You Wouldn&#8217;t&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/if-you-really-loved-me-you-wouldnt</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/if-you-really-loved-me-you-wouldnt#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How often have you had the thought, &#8220;If you really loved me, you wouldn&#8217;t&#8230; Get angry, yell, curse, call names, say mean, untrue things about me Project your behavior onto me Withdraw, run away, shut down, sit spaced-out in front of the TV Resist doing what I ask you to do Look at other women, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Disconnected From Your Partner?</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/feeling-disconnected-from-your-partner</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/feeling-disconnected-from-your-partner#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We can&#8217;t seem to connect anymore.&#8221; This is one of the most common complaints I hear in my counseling practice. We all know that it is generally easy to connect at the beginning of a relationship &#8211; before all the protections and defenses come up. But what do you do to reconnect once you feel [...]]]></description>
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