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		<title>How to Connect with Others</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Isolate?</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/do-you-isolate</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; especially their fears of rejection and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Vital Importance of Community</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/the-vital-importance-of-community</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[caring communities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[die of old age]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Outliers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roseto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Discover why people in a particular kind of community die of old age, rather than from heart disease and cancer. I&#8217;ve been reading in many different sources about the research involving community and well being. In his best-selling book, &#8220;Outliers,&#8221; Malcolm Gladwell opens with a study done in a small Pennsylvania town called Roseto. In [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[controlling behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disconnection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heartbreak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helplessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inner Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner child]]></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>The Devastation of Inner Emptiness</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-devastation-of-inner-emptiness</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-devastation-of-inner-emptiness#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement & Personal Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Addictions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[I feel empty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sex addiction]]></category>
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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>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>
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		<category><![CDATA[back pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[helplessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inner Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindness]]></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>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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		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional disconnection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[existential feelings]]></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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		<title>Do You Chase When Someone Withdraws?</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-chase-when-someone-withdraws</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-chase-when-someone-withdraws#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[codependent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heartbreak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inner Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner child]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serenity Prayer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A member of our website asked this question in our advice section: I&#8217;ve read several of the articles on the site, but have not seen anything mentioned about &#8220;chasing&#8221; after someone who is pulling away in a relationship. That has to be a form of protection against deeper feelings, though, right? If someone is pulling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Don&#8217;t Deserve to be Loved&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/i-dont-deserve-to-be-loved</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/i-dont-deserve-to-be-loved#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 12:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Improvement & Personal Growth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[core shame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deserve to be loved]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://margaretpaul.com/?p=525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever said to yourself, &#8220;The reason God doesn&#8217;t love me is I don&#8217;t deserve to be loved?&#8221;&#160; Have you ever looked inside to discover why you might not be loving to yourself and answered with, &#8220;I&#8217;m not worthy of love&#8221;? I hear this all the time from my clients. It is often one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You and Your Partner Hurting Each Other?</title>
		<link>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/are-you-and-your-partner-hurting-each-other</link>
		<comments>http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/are-you-and-your-partner-hurting-each-other#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You and your partner might be hurting each other without realizing how and why you are doing this. Are you aware of how you may be hurting your partner? Are you aware of how your partner may be hurting you? Are you aware of the painful feelings of loneliness, heartache and heartbreak you likely feel [...]]]></description>
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