By Margaret, on July 9th, 2023
By Dr. Margaret Paul November 30, 2021
When we believe we are our wounded self, we end up with low self-worth.
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
By Margaret, on January 31st, 2023
By Dr. Margaret Paul November 15, 2021
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
By Margaret, on January 31st, 2023
By Dr. Margaret Paul November 08, 2021
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?
By Margaret, on June 29th, 2022
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
By Margaret, on June 28th, 2022
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?
By Margaret, on June 28th, 2022
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?
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