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Do You Know You Are Good?

Margaret — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:24:46 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul September 20, 2021

Life changes dramatically when you discover your essential goodness and define your own worth.

What does it mean to be good or worthy? What does it mean to be bad or unworthy? Have you defined these terms for yourself?

Do you tell yourself you . . . → Read More: Do You Know You Are Good?

Self-Worth: A Reflection of Self-Love or Self-Abandonment

Margaret — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 23:50:38 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul February 08, 2021

Self-worth suffers when you behave in ways you regret and then judge yourself.

A woman asked me the following question:

“Why am I worthy at all? Saying I am a divine being does not answer to the underlying issue of self-worth in physical world reality. . . . → Read More: Self-Worth: A Reflection of Self-Love or Self-Abandonment

Can We Ever Heal From Childhood Abuse?

Margaret — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 01:43:55 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul November 09, 2020

Will you always be struggling with the effects of an abusive childhood?

If you had an abusive childhood, will you always suffer from it? This is the question that Andrea asked me about:

“I had a terrifying childhood. I have had counseling, motion light therapy, and been . . . → Read More: Can We Ever Heal From Childhood Abuse?

When it is Loving to You to Control – and When it’s Not

Margaret — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:54:23 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul November 02, 2020

Discover when controlling opens your heart and when it closes you down and blocks your connection with your spiritual guidance.

The kind of control that actually blocks our ability to access spirit is when we try to control what we can’t control – such as . . . → Read More: When it is Loving to You to Control – and When it’s Not

You CAN Heal The Wounds of Abusive Parenting

Margaret — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:32:16 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul October 04, 2020

The outlook doesn’t have to be bleak for those of us who had abusive or neglectful parenting.

“There are clear links between an individual’s psychological coping strategies and his or her physiological coping strategies. Both are established in infancy and toddlerhood and tend to persist . . . → Read More: You CAN Heal The Wounds of Abusive Parenting

What Do You Do When Someone Hurts You?

Margaret — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 17:21:03 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul September 06, 2020

When someone does something that scares or hurts you, do you lovingly manage your pain or do try to control them?

When I was a very young child, I quickly learned to jump out of myself whenever my mother was angry at me – which . . . → Read More: What Do You Do When Someone Hurts You?

Are You Codependent With Your Higher Power?

Margaret — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:35:15 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul August 31, 2020

Hilary wrote:

I am eating very clean and working out five days a week. I try to meditate every day. Despite this, I feel disconnected and unloved by my Higher Power. I know this is just how I FEEL and not reality. I tell . . . → Read More: Are You Codependent With Your Higher Power?

“I Can’t Receive Love.”

Margaret — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 20:04:04 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul August 17, 2020

Do you have trouble giving and receiving love? You CAN heal this

Lindsay wrote during one of my webinars:

“I can’t receive love. Physically, not even a kiss or stroke of kindness. I was never told ‘you’re awesome, great job, you’re beautiful, you can do . . . → Read More: “I Can’t Receive Love.”

Are You Missing the Point of Life?

Margaret — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:13:23 +0000

“There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

“I know that leaving my job was the right thing to do, as it . . . → Read More: Are You Missing the Point of Life?

“I Don’t Know Anything!”

Margaret — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 22:18:17 +0000

By Dr. Margaret Paul April 06, 2020

What if you knew that, not only do you know nothing, but that you don’t need to know anything?

“One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.” Socrates

One of my all-time favorite movie lines is in the Alastair Sims version of A . . . → Read More: “I Don’t Know Anything!”