Have you wondered if your relationship is based on healthy love and devotion, or on obsession and addiction?

Have you ever felt confused about whether your feelings in a relationship were coming from a healthy place or from a wounded place? This is Mari’s . . . → Read More: Your Relationships: Love or Addiction?]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/your-relationships-love-or-addiction/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/managing-conflict-opportunities-or-deal-breakers http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/managing-conflict-opportunities-or-deal-breakers#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:42:58 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2387

How do you handle differences in your relationships? Do you fight or do you learn?

If you are in a relationship, do you get into conflicts over your differences? If you are not in a relationship, are you looking . . . → Read More: Managing Conflict: Opportunities or Deal Breakers?]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/managing-conflict-opportunities-or-deal-breakers/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/relationships-why-am-i-struggling-after-all-my-healing http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/relationships-why-am-i-struggling-after-all-my-healing#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:44:45 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2313

By Dr. Margaret Paul November 23, 2020

Do you believe that, because you may have already done a lot of healing work, your relationship should be easier?

I can’t tell you how often I hear from my clients that “I should be further along in my healing process,” especially when it comes to relationships.

By Dr. Margaret Paul June 08, 2020

Do you sometimes wonder if you really know the person you are dating?

People often ask me how they can know whether or not someone they are dating is really an open and caring person.

“He seems open and caring, but how can I . . . → Read More: You Don’t Really Know Someone Until You Have Conflict]]> http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/you-dont-really-know-someone-until-you-have-conflict/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/are-you-making-someone-your-higher-power http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/are-you-making-someone-your-higher-power#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:02:57 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2250

By Dr. Margaret Paul April 27, 2020

Do you believe that in a good relationship, it is your partner’s job to make you feel loved and worthy?

By Dr. Margaret Paul December 02, 2019

Research indicates a surprising discovery about how our face affects our emotions.

I love it when I learn something new that adds a bit of joy to life. In the . . . → Read More: Do You Feel Free? If Not, Learn How Now!]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-feel-free-if-not-learn-how-now/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/how-to-move-out-of-your-ego-wounded-self http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/how-to-move-out-of-your-ego-wounded-self#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 23:39:16 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2193

November 18, 2019

If you sometimes get stuck in your wounded self and can’t see how to get back into your loving adult, here are some ideas that may help you.

Sometimes, when we get stuck in our wounded self, it is hard to wind our way . . . → Read More: How to Move Out of Your Ego Wounded Self]]> http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/how-to-move-out-of-your-ego-wounded-self/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/sometimes-its-hard-to-be-a-loving-adult http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/sometimes-its-hard-to-be-a-loving-adult#comments Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:30:32 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2182

When do you find it especially hard to show up for yourself as a loving adult?

All of us are, at times, challenged in being a loving adult.

Most of the time I can be a loving adult just by deciding to be. But there are . . . → Read More: Sometimes it’s Hard to be a Loving Adult]]> http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/sometimes-its-hard-to-be-a-loving-adult/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/resistance-to-being-a-loving-adult http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/resistance-to-being-a-loving-adult#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:36:10 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2179

Have you experienced feeling resistance to being a loving adult and taking responsibility for your feelings?

When I first started practicing Inner Bonding, I was in much resistance to taking responsibility for myself. I had spent too many years believing that getting love – and trying to . . . → Read More: Resistance to Being a Loving Adult]]> http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/resistance-to-being-a-loving-adult/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/what-do-you-do-to-avoid-the-pain-of-life http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/what-do-you-do-to-avoid-the-pain-of-life#comments Mon, 09 Sep 2019 20:36:06 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2170 By Dr. Margaret Paul September 09, 2019

How do you try to avoid the painful feelings caused by others and events, and what is the result?

We all learned many way of avoiding the existential pain of life when we were growing up, because . . . → Read More: What Do You Do To Avoid The Pain Of Life?]]> http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/what-do-you-do-to-avoid-the-pain-of-life/feed 0