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Mar 19, 2007
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Does conflict scare you? What do you do to avoid it?• Do you lie to have control over the other person not being mad at you?• Do you give yourself up, going along with what the other person wants to keep the peace?• Do you avoid standing up for yourself? • Do you shut down or withdraw?• Do you use substance or process addictions as a way of being unavailable?• Do you get angry and blaming, intimidating the other per ...
Mar 13, 2007
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
As a tiny baby coming into the world, we needed to feel safe and loved. This means that we needed to be held and carried by a loving Adult during most of our waking hours – an Adult capable of bringing through love from Spirit to us. It means that our basic needs needed to be met quickly – our needs for food, diaper changes, smiles - and comfort when our body was giving us a hard time. It means that we needed to sleep next to a loving ...
Mar 01, 2007
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Conflict! The very word may bring up negative images such as fighting, withdrawal, or giving yourself up, and negative feelings such as fear, anxiety, hurt, anger, and loneliness. Yet relationship conflict offers us the most wonderful opportunities for personal and spiritual growth. It is within conflict that we are most challenged to decide who we want be. For the sake of simplicity, “partner” refers to anyone you are in a relations ...
Jan 12, 2007
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Pamela, in her early 50s, was often bored. A highly intelligent and creative woman with many interests, she found herself eating to pacify her boredom every evening after coming home from work. When she told me in a phone session that she was eating out of boredom, I was puzzled.“Pamela, you have so many interests and you are such a creative person. Why are you so bored in the evenings?” “In the evenings I expect Mark (her seco ...
Dec 13, 2006
by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Miranda consulted with me because of her unrelenting sadness. No matter how much she succeeded in her life and how much approval she received, the sadness was always there. Stuart consulted with me because of the loss of his marriage and his inability to stop drinking, which had resulted in his being disbarred as an attorney. David consulted with me because he could not seem to fill his inner emptiness. Marriage, children and a successful busin ...
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