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By Dr. Margaret Paul November 23, 2020 Do you believe that, because you may have already done a lot of healing work, your relationship should be easier? I can’t tell you how often I hear from my clients that “I should be further along in my healing process,” especially when it comes to relationships. . . . → Read More: Relationships: “Why am I Struggling After All My Healing?” By Dr. Margaret Paul October 12, 2020 If you were not lovingly held as a baby or toddler, you may need to do some healing work in this area. Were you deprived of comforting holding as a child? I was. I was held by my mother, but the energy of her touch . . . → Read More: Healing the Lack of Loving Holding and Touch Knowing the difference between caring and caretaking can sometimes be confusing. Discover how to tell the difference. Have you sometimes wondered how to know the difference between caring and caretaking? This is the question that Arielle is asking: “I’m mindful of my over-giving tendency. But often I don’t realize I’m caretaking until after the fact when I feel drained. How can I know (before I take the action) when my giving is really caretaking?” To know the difference, you need to become aware of a number of issues. Here are some questions you can ask yourself: Continue reading “How Can I Know When I’m Caring And When I’m Caretaking?”        Comments are closed  Relationships, Self Improvement & Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth  approval, caretaking, caring, fear, giving to get, Inner Bonding, love, manipulation, Margaret Paul, neediness, rejection, spiritual connection, spirituality Do you have problems having truly connected friendships? Friendship is a big topic. There are people who always seem to have many friends, and others who can’t seem to find the way to make friends. Some people have deeply connected friendships, and others have only superficial acquaintances. What accounts for these differences? A part . . . → Read More: Friendship: Connection or Neediness? Comments are closed Relationships best friend, connection, friends, Friendship, I feel empty, Inner Bonding, love, making friends, Margaret Paul, neediness If you are hard on yourself, do you believe that this is helpful to you? You might want to re-evaluate this false belief. Are you hard on yourself? Do you think this is a good thing? Do you believe this motivates you to do better? Think again. If you are doing well, it’s likely in spite of being hard on yourself, not because of it. Many of us grew up with parents and teachers who believed that being hard on us was the way to motivate us. As children, we absorbed their judgments of us and became strict taskmasters with ourselves. Are you aware of the negative consequences of being hard on yourself? Continue reading Are You Hard On Yourself? 9 Reasons to Love Yourself Instead Comments are closed Self Improvement & Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth addiction, anger, anxiety, creativity, Depression, I feel empty, Inner Bonding, inner emptiness, insecurity, loneliness, love addiction, Margaret Paul, neediness, process addictions, procrastination, relationship problems, Relationships, resistance, self worth, Self-judgments, stuckness, substance abuse Dating is challenging for many. Here are some tips to turn it into a learning adventure. Sometimes, dating can be discouraging, or it can be a learning experience. One of the things I encourage my dating clients to do is to use their experience to hone their intuitive skills – starting from the first . . . → Read More: First-Date Blues – What Can you Learn? Comments are closed Relationships, Self Improvement & Personal Growth dating, dating blues, fear of engulfment, fear of rejection, first date blues, Inner Bonding, inner emptiness, loving relationships, Margaret Paul, mindset, narcissism, neediness, people-pleaser, people-pleasing, Relationships, taking things personally |
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