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Articles By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.:
- "I Feel Overwhelmed" (February 06, 2012)
- What is Enlightenment? (February 06, 2012)
- When You Love Yourself, You Let Others Off the Hook (January 18, 2012)
- What Will Love Give You? (January 10, 2012)
- What Does Having Sex Mean to You? (January 04, 2012)
- Persistence: Playing a Poor Hand Well (January 04, 2012)
- Are you Inspiring or Gloomy? (December 21, 2011)
- How do you Make Others Responsible for Your Painful Feelings? (December 18, 2011)
- Will Your Next Marriage be Better? (December 07, 2011)
- How to Connect with Others (December 05, 2011)
- Stop Taking the Bait of Projection! (November 21, 2011)
- Do You Isolate? (November 17, 2011)
- Intimacy and Connection - The Aliveness of Life (November 08, 2011)
- Blaming Others Can Ruin Your Health (November 02, 2011)
- Self-Pity or Self-Compassion (October 25, 2011)
- Caretaking: A Covert Form of Narcissism (October 17, 2011)
- The Vital Importance of Community (October 17, 2011)
- Does Crying Make you Feel Better? (October 06, 2011)
- The Challenge of Accepting Our Helplessness Over Others (October 06, 2011)
- Life: Security or a Daring Adventure? (September 24, 2011)
- A Problem with Today's Parenting (September 16, 2011)
- Why Do We Seek Approval? (September 07, 2011)
- The Devastation of Inner Emptiness (September 01, 2011)
- Burned by Coffee or Burned by Heartbreak - They Feel the Same (August 25, 2011)
- "If You Really Loved Me, You Wouldn't..." (August 18, 2011)
- Are You or Your Partner Possessive? (August 10, 2011)
- Why Don't You Speak Up For Yourself? (July 28, 2011)
- Discover Your Level of Narcissism (July 28, 2011)
- What to do When You Can't Communicate (July 14, 2011)
- "I Feel Trapped" (July 06, 2011)
- "No One Appreciates Me" (June 29, 2011)
- Do You Chase When Someone Withdraws? (June 23, 2011)
- The Law of Love (June 18, 2011)
- "I Can't Do It" (June 18, 2011)
- Relationships: Attract at Your Common Level of Self-Love (June 01, 2011)
- 5 Reasons Why You Might Want to End Your Relationship (May 25, 2011)
- "I Don't Deserve to be Loved" (May 18, 2011)
- The Myth of Explaining and Defending (May 11, 2011)
- Others Treat Us The Way We Treat Ourselves (May 04, 2011)
- Americans: More Self-Centered… and More Lonely (April 27, 2011)
- Trying to Control Makes Us Miserable (April 21, 2011)
- Nothing Has Meaning Without Love and Connection (April 13, 2011)
- Relationships: Do You Have the Same Conflicts Over and Over? (April 06, 2011)
- Are You Making These 4 Mistakes? (March 30, 2011)
- The Law of Attraction - It's About Frequency (March 24, 2011)
- Do You Believe What You Perceive? (March 16, 2011)
- Are You and Your Partner Hurting Each Other? (March 07, 2011)
- The Need for Touch (February 28, 2011)
- Self-Validation - How to Validate Yourself (February 21, 2011)
- Holding Your Heart Through Sadness and Heartbreak (February 16, 2011)
- "If I'm Perfect, No One Will Reject Me" - Healing Perfectionism (February 10, 2011)
- Do You REALLY Want to Lose Weight? (February 02, 2011)
- Relationships and Emotional Connection (January 31, 2011)
- When You Feel Hurt By Your Partner (January 26, 2011)
- Do You Feel Loved or Unloved? (January 19, 2011)
- Taking the Risk of Loving (January 12, 2011)
- When Should You Take It Personally? (January 05, 2011)
- The Crazymaking Trap: Proving Your Worth Over and Over (December 30, 2010)
- "I Just Want to be Understood." (December 20, 2010)
- "What Are They Thinking About Me?" (December 15, 2010)
- Are Kindness and Tenderness Signs of Weakness? (December 06, 2010)
- The Happiness Choice (November 29, 2010)
- Fear of Anger - Yours and Others (November 24, 2010)
- Healing Envy (November 17, 2010)
- Addiction to Gossip (November 08, 2010)
- Enmeshed Parenting (November 03, 2010)
- "There's Too Much To Do" (October 27, 2010)
- Beyond Misery Junk! (October 21, 2010)
- Relationships: "I'm Open, You're Closed" (October 13, 2010)
- Law of Attraction: The Importance of Feeling Good (October 07, 2010)
- Resistance to Gratitude: Why Isn't The Law of Attraction Working for Me? (September 29, 2010)
- Do You Avoid Failure Like the Plague? (September 22, 2010)
- The Power of Tears (September 13, 2010)
- The Art of Manifestation: When It Is Loving to Be Controlling (September 13, 2010)
- Moving Beyond Emotional Dependency (August 30, 2010)
- What Will They Think? - Love and Approval Addiction (August 25, 2010)
- Needs vs. Neediness (August 18, 2010)
- Speaking Your Truth When it's Hard (August 11, 2010)
- Healing the Need for Others' Approval (August 04, 2010)
- Body Image Stress - Aging Insecurities and Self-Image (July 28, 2010)
- How To Lose Weight as an Older Woman (July 25, 2010)
- What is Emotional Freedom? (July 14, 2010)
- Lying as a Form of Control (July 07, 2010)
- The ONE Major Cause of Relationship Problems! (July 07, 2010)
- "I Want to Love But I Can't Give Up Control" (June 21, 2010)
- Are You Caring or Caretaking? (June 16, 2010)
- "Why Won't my Partner Have Sex With Me?" (June 09, 2010)
- "Why Are My Partners Always Needy?" (June 02, 2010)
- The Relationship Trap: "Let's Talk." (May 24, 2010)
- Life's One Achievable Goal (May 19, 2010)
- Am I in a Healthy Relationship? (May 10, 2010)
- The Secret to Emotional Healing (May 06, 2010)
- Food That Harms, Food that Heals (April 26, 2010)
- Do You Get Frustrated With Others? (April 22, 2010)
- Addiction to Distractions (April 12, 2010)
- Core Sadness vs. Wounded Sadness (April 07, 2010)
- The Heart of Healing (March 29, 2010)
- Addictions: Talking as a Form of Resistance (March 24, 2010)
- Addiction to Spending (March 15, 2010)
- How Do You Define Success? (March 10, 2010)
- Gaining Others' Respect (March 01, 2010)
- Healing Love and Approval Addiction (February 24, 2010)
- Healing Emotional Dependency (February 17, 2010)
- When Someone Rejects You, Who Are They Rejecting? (February 10, 2010)
- Heartbreak (February 01, 2010)
- Safety With an Open Heart (January 25, 2010)
- Can't Say "No" to People? (January 18, 2010)
- What Is Emotional Dependency? (January 13, 2010)
- "I Just Want to Explain" - Explaining as a Form of Control (January 04, 2010)
- A Different Kind of New Year's Resolution (December 29, 2009)
- Is It Important to you to be Healthy? (December 23, 2009)
- Who Do You Want To Be This Christmas? (December 17, 2009)
- "We Can't Communicate" (December 08, 2009)
- Healing the Fear of Intimacy (December 02, 2009)
- Avoiding Your Feelings by Focusing on Your Partner (November 24, 2009)
- Loving Yourself First (November 18, 2009)
- Hurt Feelings vs. Hurt Heart (November 11, 2009)
- Addiction to Video Games (November 02, 2009)
- Women Who Wish Their Spouses Would Die (October 26, 2009)
- Healing Social Phobia (October 19, 2009)
- The Silent Treatment (October 14, 2009)
- Why Do Men Change After Sex? (October 05, 2009)
- When is it Helpful to Apologize? (September 28, 2009)
- Does Psychotherapy Work? (September 23, 2009)
- Is Your Partner Always Pointing Out Your Flaws? (September 14, 2009)
- High Maintenance Relationships (September 08, 2009)
- Anger Power (August 31, 2009)
- Relationships: Cheating (August 27, 2009)
- Giving Up: Have You Given Up on Yourself? (August 19, 2009)
- Disengaging From Your Family of Origin (August 11, 2009)
- Why Don't I Have Friends? (August 04, 2009)
- What Creates Confidence? (July 28, 2009)
- I Feel Empty (July 20, 2009)
- Emotional Dependency vs. Emotional Freedom (July 13, 2009)
- Relationships: Giving Yourself Up Can Kill You (July 07, 2009)
- Relationship Breakup: Heartbreak and Healing (June 29, 2009)
- Do You Wake Up Happy or Anxious? (June 22, 2009)
- It's All About Love! (June 16, 2009)
- Relationships: The Art of Listening (June 10, 2009)
- Relationships: The Dance of Victims and Perpetrators (June 02, 2009)
- Happiness and Financial Success - Which Comes First? (May 12, 2009)
- Getting Love, Being Loving (May 04, 2009)
- Real Love: What is Real Love? (April 27, 2009)
- Love: Is This Romance or is This Friendship? (April 20, 2009)
- Cinderella Was Not Saved - She Was a Happy Person All Along! (April 13, 2009)
- Cinderella Wasn't Saved - She Was a Happy Person All Along! (April 13, 2009)
- The Meaning of Life (April 06, 2009)
- Diet, Anxiety and Depression (March 29, 2009)
- The Calm Mind (March 23, 2009)
- Speaking Your Truth Without Blame or Judgment (March 16, 2009)
- Love: Falling in Love With Your Spouse - Again (February 09, 2009)
- Emotional Incest: Will He Change? (January 31, 2009)
- The Feeling of Love, the Actions of Love (January 25, 2009)
- Addiction to Being "All Together" (January 19, 2009)
- Are You An Optimist or a Pessimist? (January 12, 2009)
- Relationships: Why Do You Attack and Blame? (January 03, 2009)
- Conflict: Why Do You Argue, Why Do You Fight in Conflict? (December 29, 2008)
- Fear of Failure: What Does Failure Mean To You? (December 20, 2008)
- 10 Keys to Inner Peace and Joy (December 16, 2008)
- Weight: The Key to Weight Loss (December 08, 2008)
- Parenting, Education and Children: Fostering Openness to Learning in Children (December 01, 2008)
- Health and Nutrition: Feeling the Effects of Food (November 24, 2008)
- Why Do You Blame? (November 11, 2008)
- Parenting: What Praise Helps and What Praise Harms? (November 04, 2008)
- Moving Beyond Negative Emotions (October 28, 2008)
- Verbal Abuse, Emotional Abuse - Overt and Covert (October 21, 2008)
- Connecting With Loved Ones (October 16, 2008)
- 7 Rules for Saving Your Marriage (October 09, 2008)
- Relationships: Empathy vs. Responsibility for Feelings (October 04, 2008)
- Caring: For Outcomes or for Joy (September 24, 2008)
- Relationships: Letting Go of Problem Solving (September 18, 2008)
- Do You Feel Free? (September 11, 2008)
- Relationships: The Power of Good Will (September 04, 2008)
- How Can I Stop Feeling Jealous? (August 21, 2008)
- "You're Not Meeting My Needs" (August 16, 2008)
- Emotional Intimacy (August 07, 2008)
- Gratitude vs. Complaining (July 31, 2008)
- The Wanting Mind, Part 1 (July 25, 2008)
- Emotional Infidelity (July 18, 2008)
- 7 Step "Tongue-in-Cheek" Guide to Never Having an Experience of God (July 08, 2008)
- Problems Sleeping? (July 04, 2008)
- Diffusing Anger or Feeding the Flames (June 28, 2008)
- Are You Enmeshed With Your Children? (June 20, 2008)
- 7 Step Guide to Creating a Life of Substance Abuse (June 13, 2008)
- Self-Help: Healing Your Broken Heart (June 06, 2008)
- 7 Step Guide to Staying Completely Stuck in Your Life (May 23, 2008)
- Fear of Death (May 23, 2008)
- Marriage Advice: Love and Fairness (May 18, 2008)
- Following a Child's Lead (May 10, 2008)
- Leisure Time, Retirement Time (May 04, 2008)
- Why Do So Many People Lack Integrity? (April 28, 2008)
- Relationship Advice: Be Willing Have Your Partner be Upset With You (April 20, 2008)
- Love and Marriage: Do They Really go Together? (April 14, 2008)
- Saving Your Marriage When you Have Children (April 06, 2008)
- 8-Step Guide to Messing Up Your Kids (March 31, 2008)
- Marriage Help: If You Are Thinking of Getting a Divorce, Think Again! (March 24, 2008)
- 7 Step Guide to Never Having Sex in Your Marriage (March 16, 2008)
- 7-Step Foolproof Guide to Creating a Terrible Relationship (March 09, 2008)
- What Does Your Child REALLY Need From You? (March 03, 2008)
- The Incredible Power of Intent (February 26, 2008)
- Forgiveness: Acceptance and Letting Go (February 16, 2008)
- What Does It Mean To Have Integrity? (February 11, 2008)
- Responsibility vs. Fault (February 04, 2008)
- When Not To Start a Relationship (January 28, 2008)
- Fear of Failure (January 21, 2008)
- What Should My Child Be Eating for Optimal health? (January 14, 2008)
- Is The Law of Attraction Bringing You What You Want? (January 07, 2008)
- The Challenge of Good Nutrition (December 31, 2007)
- Everyday Creativity (December 24, 2007)
- He's Trying to Control Me (December 17, 2007)
- Intimacy With Yourself (December 10, 2007)
- Marriage: Self-Care and Remembering the Good Stuff (December 04, 2007)
- Non-Reactivity - A Major Key to Relationship Health (November 27, 2007)
- A Major Cause of Relationship Problems (November 20, 2007)
- What Causes Embarrassment? (November 13, 2007)
- Parenting Adolescents When You Have Changed the Rules (November 02, 2007)
- Parenting: Emotional Incest (October 29, 2007)
- Dating: Why Are People Rejecting Me? (October 21, 2007)
- Parents: Letting Go of Guilt (October 15, 2007)
- Moving Beyond Codependency: Saving Your Marriage (October 08, 2007)
- If I am Myself, I will end Up Alone (September 29, 2007)
- Forgiving Your Parents (September 22, 2007)
- Control and Resistance - the Relationship Gremlins (September 14, 2007)
- Addiction to Numbness (September 10, 2007)
- Doorways To the Presence of Spirit (September 04, 2007)
- Relationships: Mysteries of Attraction (August 28, 2007)
- Self-Judgment and Sexual Addiction (August 21, 2007)
- Leaving An Abusive Relationship (August 13, 2007)
- Alcoholism: Why Can't I Stop Drinking? (August 06, 2007)
- The Need for Emotional Intimacy (July 31, 2007)
- Relationships: Prescribing the Symptom (July 21, 2007)
- Healthy Guilt, Unhealthy Guilt (July 17, 2007)
- Parenting: Prescribing the Symptom (July 10, 2007)
- Why Do You Want to "Communicate" With Your Partner? (July 03, 2007)
- Consequences of Authoritarian Parenting (June 22, 2007)
- The Consequences of Permissive Parenting (June 17, 2007)
- Connecting With Your Higher Self (June 11, 2007)
- Anxiety: A Lack of Reality (June 05, 2007)
- Do You Need Others' Approval? (May 23, 2007)
- Energy Vampires (May 22, 2007)
- Dealing with Addiction in the Family (May 15, 2007)
- What to do if Your Spouse Won't Go to Counseling? (May 08, 2007)
- Are You Love Addicted? (May 01, 2007)
- Alcohol and Honesty (April 24, 2007)
- Addiction to Venting (April 15, 2007)
- What Does it Mean to be Spiritual? (April 10, 2007)
- We Are Not Meant to Live Alone (March 21, 2007)
- Emotions as Information (March 19, 2007)
- Trusting and Honoring Your Feelings (March 13, 2007)
- Relationships: When to Listen, When to Walk Away (March 01, 2007)
- Self-Abandonment (February 23, 2007)
- The Challenge of Merging Your Lives (February 18, 2007)
- The Dead End of Resistance (February 10, 2007)
- Alcoholism and Healing (February 04, 2007)
- When To Have Sex in a New Relationship (January 29, 2007)
- Are You Stuck in Your Life? (January 23, 2007)
- Are You Sexually Addicted? (January 12, 2007)
- Love Addiction, Approval Addiction (January 07, 2007)
- Is God Your Friend? (January 01, 2007)
- Being a Happy Parent - Part of Good Parenting (December 26, 2006)
- Parents: Have You Forgiven Yourself? (December 17, 2006)
- The Power of Kindness in Relationships (December 12, 2006)
- The Fear of Being Alone (November 23, 2006)
- 10 Signs of a Healthy Relationship (November 17, 2006)
- Giving Love, Getting Love, Giving to Get (November 15, 2006)
- Getting Into the Holiday Spirit (November 10, 2006)
- 5 Actions For Successful Relationships (November 07, 2006)
- Have You Abandoned Yourself? (October 27, 2006)
- Healing from Childhood Abuse (October 11, 2006)
- "I Need A Partner to be Happy" (October 06, 2006)
- Filling Up Externally, Filling Up Internally (August 26, 2006)
- Are You Raising Bratty Kids? (August 19, 2006)
- Overweight Kids (August 12, 2006)
- 5 Relationship Killers and How to Avoid Them (July 26, 2006)
- Making Marriage Work, Part 5 (July 22, 2006)
- Making Marriage Work, Part 4 (July 15, 2006)
- Making Marriage Work, Part 3 (July 06, 2006)
- Making Marriage Work, Part 2 (June 30, 2006)
- Making Marriage Work, Part 1 (June 25, 2006)
- The Mirror of Relationships (June 17, 2006)
- Toxic Guilt, Healthy Guilt (June 10, 2006)
- Happiness Takes Work: 5 Choices to Create Happiness (May 09, 2006)
- Recovery From Addictions, Part 5 (May 01, 2006)
- Recovery From Addictions, Part 4 (April 15, 2006)
- Recovery From Addictions, Part 3 (April 11, 2006)
- Recovery From Addictions, Part 2 (April 03, 2006)
- Recovery From Addictions: Part 1 (March 28, 2006)
- Fear of Commitment (March 20, 2006)
- Self Esteem: You Are Not Who You Think You Are (March 05, 2006)
- Beyond Fear and Addiction: Six Steps to Healing (February 28, 2006)
- Stress and Illness (February 25, 2006)
- Fears of a New Relationship (February 21, 2006)
- Five Secrets to Weight Loss (February 14, 2006)
- What Creates Self-Esteem? (February 05, 2006)
- Relationships: Conflict Resolution Without Words (January 29, 2006)
- Less Talk, More Action! (January 23, 2006)
- What is God? Where is God? (January 16, 2006)
- Actions of Love (January 09, 2006)
- What Does it Mean to "Self Improve?" (January 02, 2006)
- "They Should Have Beat Me More" - The Cycle of Physical Abuse (December 28, 2005)
- The Purpose of Shame (December 20, 2005)
- What Really Creates Happiness? (December 13, 2005)
