Did you feel loved, valued, cherished and safe as a child?

Many of us did not receive the love we needed. Whether it was due to physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse . . . → Read More: Your Wounded Self Is Not the Real You]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/your-wounded-self-is-not-the-real-you/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/protecting-from-your-wounded-self-or-your-loving-adult http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/protecting-from-your-wounded-self-or-your-loving-adult#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:01:14 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2568 Do you sometimes get confused about when protecting yourself is loving and when it’s controlling?

Clients often ask me a question such as the following:

“What’s the difference between protecting or controlling from your wounded self or from your loving adult? Isn’t the loving adult supposed . . . → Read More: Protecting: From Your Wounded Self or Your Loving Adult]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/protecting-from-your-wounded-self-or-your-loving-adult/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/is-your-intent-to-be-safe-or-to-be-loving http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/is-your-intent-to-be-safe-or-to-be-loving#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:40:39 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2570 We often convince ourselves we are being loving when we are really trying to avoid facing our fears.

Knowing our true intent is sometimes a tricky thing.

For example, Tony knows that he has huge fears of being rejected or controlled by a woman. In . . . → Read More: Is Your Intent to Be Safe or To Be Loving?]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/is-your-intent-to-be-safe-or-to-be-loving/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/healing-from-attracting-unhealthy-relationships http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/healing-from-attracting-unhealthy-relationships#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:51:26 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2545

By Dr. Margaret Paul September 27, 2021

Are you attracting emotionally unhealthy relationships over and over? You CAN heal and attract loving relationships with friends and a partner!

Janis asked me the following question:

“I have been doing therapy and reading a lot about healing since a short but very emotionally abusive relationship . . . → Read More: Healing from Attracting Unhealthy Relationships]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/healing-from-attracting-unhealthy-relationships/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-know-you-are-good http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-know-you-are-good#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:24:46 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2531

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?]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-know-you-are-good/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/are-you-reliable-and-dependable http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/are-you-reliable-and-dependable#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2022 23:14:09 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2533

By Dr. Margaret Paul September 13, 2021

Can your inner child and others rely on you to follow through on what you say you are going to do?

It seems to me that, more and more, I can’t depend on others to follow through on what they say they are going . . . → Read More: Are You Reliable and Dependable?]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/are-you-reliable-and-dependable/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/getting-unstuck-from-resisting-love http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/getting-unstuck-from-resisting-love#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:06:50 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2510

By Dr. Margaret Paul August 2, 2021

Do you get stuck in resistance, not wanting to open or to love out of fear of being controlled?

How often do you get stuck in anger, anxiety, withdrawal, or depression? You know you can open, pray, and invite love into your heart, and do . . . → Read More: Getting Unstuck From Resisting Love]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/getting-unstuck-from-resisting-love/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/love-nurture-and-nature http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/love-nurture-and-nature#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:54:39 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2447  

By Dr. Margaret Paul [ 1357 Hit(s) ] May 17, 2021

Loving yourself and sharing your love with others is not about nature vs. nurture, but nature and nurture.

By Dr. Margaret Paul May 10, 2021

I’ve often . . . → Read More: Knowing Ourselves Thorough Relationships]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/knowing-ourselves-thorough-relationships/feed 0 http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-become-free http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-become-free#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:10:19 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2426

By Dr. Margaret Paul April 19, 2021

Do you want to feel free?

 I used to think that to become free you had to practice like a samurai warrior, but now I understand that you have to practice like a devoted mother of a newborn child. . . . → Read More: How To Become Free]]> http://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-become-free/feed 0