One of the important things I learned in my own marriage and in my work with clients is that a committed relationship is NOT supposed to be a therapeutic relationship. . . . → Read More: Don’t Be Your Partner’s Therapist]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/dont-be-your-partners-therapist/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/what-should-i-do-with-my-painful-feelings http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/what-should-i-do-with-my-painful-feelings#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:51:10 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2480 Do you have a hard time knowing what your pain is about and what to do with your painful feelings?

Jane asks: Like so many others, I am disconnected from my feelings much of the time. When I do experience my feelings, I typically do . . . → Read More: What Should I Do With My Painful Feelings?”]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/what-should-i-do-with-my-painful-feelings/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/im-not-important-enough-to-want-to-love-myself http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/im-not-important-enough-to-want-to-love-myself#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:03:04 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=1600 When you were growing up, did you feel important to your parents? Did they attend to you in loving ways to show you how important you were to them? Or, did you often feel like a bother or a burden to them?

Did either of your parents or caregivers role-model loving themselves? Did . . . → Read More: “I’m Not Important Enough To Want To Love Myself”]]> http://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/im-not-important-enough-to-want-to-love-myself/feed 0