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Tag Archives: heartbreak
Is sexual addiction a real thing, or just an excuse for bad behavior? In a recent article in CNN.com Blogs, (http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/29/new-book-questions-the-myth-of-sex-addiction/?hpt=hp_bn12) psychologist David Ley states in his new book, “The Myth of Sex Addiction,” that there is no such thing as sex addiction—that the term is just an excuse for bad behavior. I disagree with...
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Posted in Relationships, Self Improvement & Personal Growth
Tags: addiction, emotional pain, emptiness, heartbreak, Inner Bonding, loneliness, Margaret Paul, marriage, relationship, self-abandonment, sex addiction, sexual addiction
Discover that ‘healthy narcissism’ 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...
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Posted in Relationships, Self Improvement & Personal Growth
Tags: Addictions, healthy narcissism, healthy self-care, heartbreak, Inner Bonding, loneliness, loving adult, Margaret Paul, narcissism, spiritual guidance, spirituality, wounded self
Are you mystified about how to create meaningful emotional connection with others? We are inherently social beings, and feeling emotionally connected with another is one of the great joys in life. Yet, all too often, we feel lonely around another or others, wanting to connect and not knowing how. We may have learned numerous dysfunctional...
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If you tend to isolate, and you believe that isolating protects you from getting hurt, you might be surprised to learn of the harm you are causing yourself. In my counseling practice, I often have clients who tend to isolate as a way of protecting against their fears – especially their fears of rejection and...
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Posted in Self Improvement & Personal Growth
Tags: courage, fear of anger, fear of disapproval, fear of engulfment, fear of rejection, heartbreak, Inner Bonding, intent to learn, isolating, isolation, loneliness, loving adult, Margaret Paul, open heart, self worth
A recent study indicates that crying does not make people feel better. But there is a problem with this study. (Crying shame: Tears don’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: “Shedding tears only improved mood in one-third of criers who kept tabs of their bawling behaviors,...
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Posted in Self Improvement & Personal Growth
Tags: authentic pain, authentic tears, compassion, crying, grief, heartbreak, Inner Bonding, Margaret Paul, shedding tears, victim pain, victim tears
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