Most of us know that we need to be accountable for our harmful actions toward others. We know that we are responsible if we physically harm others, steal their property, . . . → Read More: Do You Take Accountability for Your Energy?]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-take-accountability-for-your-energy/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-rewire-your-brain https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-rewire-your-brain#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:02:38 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2561 Are you tired of repeating the same self-abandoning behaviors over and over? You CAN rewire your brain!

There is much wonderful research currently being done on what rewires the brain toward truth, self-love, and self-care. It is clear from this research that what you focus . . . → Read More: How To Rewire Your Brain]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-rewire-your-brain/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/are-you-resistant-to-loving-yourself https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/are-you-resistant-to-loving-yourself#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:42:26 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2293

By Dr. Margaret Paul September 14, 2020

Do you want to love your inner child when you are in pain, or do you reject and abandon yourself in the face of your painful feelings?

Lauren, a client of mine, has been practicing Inner Bonding for a number of years but she was . . . → Read More: Are You Resistant To Loving Yourself?]]> https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/are-you-resistant-to-loving-yourself/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/when-someones-behavior-affects-me-what-can-i-do https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/when-someones-behavior-affects-me-what-can-i-do#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:04:30 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=1573 When someone’s behavior is affecting you, what can you do, other than blame them?

We Are Not Separate

Some authors suggest that, when we are healthy enough, we will not be affected by others‘ unloving verbal behavior. We will rise above it and not take their words personally – that “Sticks and stones . . . → Read More: “When Someone’s Behavior Affects Me, What Can I Do?”]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/when-someones-behavior-affects-me-what-can-i-do/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/anger-and-other-forms-of-control https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/anger-and-other-forms-of-control#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2015 18:29:14 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=1563 If you grew up in a family where one or both parents used anger to control you, then anger likely plays a role in your life now.

Did you grow up with anger in your household? Did one or both of your parents use anger as a way to keep you in line . . . → Read More: Anger And Other Forms of Control]]> https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/anger-and-other-forms-of-control/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/do-you-remember-what-you-say-when-you-are-enraged https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/do-you-remember-what-you-say-when-you-are-enraged#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:42:28 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=1448 Discover why any kind of engaging when someone is angry is a waste of energy.

“Rage can…shut off the hippocampus [linked to memory], and people with out-of-control anger may not be lying when they say they don’t recall what they said or did in that altered state of mind.” Mindsight, P.155 Daniel Siegel, M.D.

Have . . . → Read More: Do You Remember What You Say When You are Enraged?]]> https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/do-you-remember-what-you-say-when-you-are-enraged/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-way-to-happiness https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-way-to-happiness#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 17:49:45 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=1093 Are you ready to discover the way to happiness? Are you ready to discover what Epictetus knew over 2000 years ago?

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” ~Epictetus, AD 55-135

It’s hard for me to imagine that . . . → Read More: The Way to Happiness]]> https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-way-to-happiness/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-can-i-get-him-to-stop-hurting-me https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-can-i-get-him-to-stop-hurting-me#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:48:21 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=1074 I have worked with couples for 44 years, and one thing I can tell you for sure: relationships are a system, and each partner has an equal part of the system. People come together at . . . → Read More: “How Can I Get Him To Stop Hurting Me?”]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-can-i-get-him-to-stop-hurting-me/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/inspirational-video-kindness https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/inspirational-video-kindness#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:17:52 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=1010 Do you remember to make kindness your highest priority? Watching this 1 minute movie, “Kindness,” will remind you of the joy you can receive when choosing kindness.

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. is a best-selling author of 8 books, relationship expert, and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® process – featured on Oprah, and recommended . . . → Read More: Inspirational Video: Kindness]]> https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/inspirational-video-kindness/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/3-steps-to-healing-from-betrayal https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/3-steps-to-healing-from-betrayal#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:09:31 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=920 Betrayal is one of the hardest things to go through, and it is vitally important that you deal with it in a way that doesn’t cause you even more pain.