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Tag Archives: heartbreak
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
What do you do when you feel helpless over another’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...
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Posted in Relationships, Self Improvement & Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth
Tags: compassion, conflict, controlling behavior, disconnection, heartbreak, helplessness, Inner Bonding, inner child, loneliness, Margaret Paul, Relationships
The news stories of sexual addiction lead us to ask “Why?” 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...
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Posted in Self Improvement & Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth
Tags: Addictions, heartbreak, I feel empty, Inner Bonding, inner emptiness, intent to control, intent to learn, intent to protect, loneliness, Margaret Paul, sex addiction, sexual addiction
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