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By Dr. Margaret Paul July 19, 2021 Have you ever been around people, yet felt both alone and lonely? Have you ever been alone, yet didn’t feel lonely? Often, when I ask my clients what they feel, it’s obvious to me that they are confused between loneliness and aloneness. Aloneness Aloneness is . . . → Read More: The Vast Difference Between Aloneness and Loneliness  Comments are closed  Relationships, Self Improvement & Personal Growth  aloneness, connection with self, emotions You might not think you are selling your soul, but is this true? What have you given up for money and possessions?
      Comments are closed Self Improvement & Personal Growth addiction, aloneness, connection, disconnection, emptiness, I feel empty, Inner Bonding, loneliness, love, Margaret Paul, self-abandonment, soul, spirituality Do you have the common false belief that the better you feel about yourself, the more alone you will be? Yolanda asks: “What is coming up for me is — if I completely move out of self-judgment and fully take the responsibility to actualize the deepest yearnings of my Soul, I will be SO POWERFUL that NOBODY . . . → Read More: “If I Move Into My Power, Will I End Up Alone?” Comments are closed Relationships Alone, aloneness, authenticity, false beliefs, healing your aloneness, Inner Bonding, loving yourself, Margaret Paul, rejection, self worth, self-abandonment, self-love, wounded self Do you get addictively stuck on the Internet and can’t seem to find your way out?
Our society provides many ways we can avoid our feelings addictively. Many people today are addicted to being on the Internet as one way of avoiding feeling an underlying pain that they believe they cannot manage feeling. Continue reading Are You Addicted to the Internet?
Comments are closed Addictions Addictions, aloneness, emotional healing, emptiness, false beliefs, guilt, I feel empty, Inner Bonding, Internet addiction, Margaret Paul, painful feelings, self-abandonment, self-judgment Our culture seems to promote love addiction to such an extent that it seems like a healthy way to relate. While it is very common, it is anything but healthy. Because it is so prevalent, many people don’t realize they are love addicted. Henry asks: “Is love addiction like when I see a friendly . . . → Read More: What Does It Mean To Be Love Addicted? Do you believe that feelings of abandonment are coming from others abandoning you – or do they come from self-abandonment?
When we think about abandonment, we generally think about being left by someone. But abandonment is about leaving someone we are responsible for – a child or an old or sick person who cannot take care of themselves and whom we have agreed to take care of.
As a healthy adult, another adult can leave you, but they cannot abandon you, since they likely have not agreed to be responsible for you. It might seem strange to you, but, as a healthy adult, when you feel abandoned by someone, it is not actually about them. It is about having abandoned yourself. Most people don’t think about how they abandon themselves because they don’t recognize that they are responsible for themselves – physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially, relationally and organizationally. Continue reading Are You Abandoning Yourself? |
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