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?]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/is-your-intent-to-be-safe-or-to-be-loving/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/healing-from-attracting-unhealthy-relationships https://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]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/healing-from-attracting-unhealthy-relationships/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/dont-be-your-partners-therapist https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/dont-be-your-partners-therapist#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:22:20 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2492 Learn why it’s not healthy to be your partner’s therapist, and what else to do.

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]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/dont-be-your-partners-therapist/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-know-if-someone-is-open-or-closed https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-know-if-someone-is-open-or-closed#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:31:01 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2488 When you feel lonely with your partner or someone else, are you confused about whether it is because you are closed or because they are closed – or both?

Sabrina asked:

“How do I know if my partner is closed? Do I tune in . . . → Read More: How To Know If Someone Is Open or Closed]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/how-to-know-if-someone-is-open-or-closed/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/relationships-hanging-in-through-the-hard-stuff-2 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/relationships-hanging-in-through-the-hard-stuff-2#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:09:36 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2430

By Dr. Margaret Paul April 26, 2021

Do you have the courage to hang in through the hard times and do the learning and healing we all need to do to create a loving relationship?

Are you committed to working through the difficult . . . → Read More: Relationships: Hanging in Through the Hard Stuff]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/relationships-hanging-in-through-the-hard-stuff-2/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-feel-invisible-to-your-partner-2 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-feel-invisible-to-your-partner-2#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:42:27 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2419 Do your conversations with your partner feel like a one-way street?

By Dr. Margaret Paul April 05, 2021

Do your conversations with your partner feel like a one-way street?

Many of us have the experience of feeling unseen and unheard by our partner.

For example, Kristy asks:

“My partner is a good sharer and easily talks . . . → Read More: Do You Feel Invisible To Your Partner?]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/do-you-feel-invisible-to-your-partner/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/getting-over-fights https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/getting-over-fights#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:34:27 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2375 By Dr. Margaret Paul [ 1724 Hit(s) ] March 08, 2021

Do you get over fights with a partner quickly, or does it take you a long time to get over them?

Most couples fight at times. This is generally not a problem unless they fight unfairly, hitting below . . . → Read More: Getting Over Fights]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/getting-over-fights/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/should-i-stay-or-should-i-leave https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/should-i-stay-or-should-i-leave#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:43:47 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2359

Heather asked the following question:

“My boyfriend and I are on a two-month break, and during this time I realized that I have been trying to fix my boyfriend so that he would be the loving adult to me. I have been abandoning myself for . . . → Read More: Should I Stay, or Should I Leave?]]> https://margaretpaul.com/relationships/should-i-stay-or-should-i-leave/feed 0 https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-one-new-years-resolution-i-hope-you-make-and-keep-2 https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-one-new-years-resolution-i-hope-you-make-and-keep-2#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2020 20:40:53 +0000 http://margaretpaul.com/?p=2322

By Dr. Margaret Paul December 30, 2019

This one New Year’s resolution can change your life, heal your relationships, create health and well being, and heal our planet.

One of the most important aspects of Inner Bonding is opening to a compassionate intention to learn. I think a lot about love and . . . → Read More: The One New Year’s Resolution I Hope You Make…And Keep]]> https://margaretpaul.com/self-improvement-personal-growth/the-one-new-years-resolution-i-hope-you-make-and-keep-2/feed 0