Articles archive

Filter Articles

Display articles from: Sort by:
From Category: Order:

Goto page 1, 2 Next

452
Views

0
Comments

Sep 28, 2009

Relationships: Acting Out and Projection

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / Healthy Living

Are you or your partner acting out of your wounded self and projecting onto your partner your own unloving behavior? Learn about this in this article. ...

817
Views

2
Comments

Jul 29, 2009

Relationships: Are You Dependent/Codependent?

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / Healthy Living

Discovering our dependency/codependency comes as we open to learning and practice Inner Bonding. This article can help you to tune into your dependency/codependency and some of the false beliefs that fuel it. ...

470
Views

0
Comments

Jun 29, 2009

Safety: Controlling Others or Loving Yourself?

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / Healthy Living

The wounded self believes that feeling safe is the result of having control over others, but do you really end up feeling safe? Discover more about this major lie of the wounded self, and what does create an inner sense of safety. ...

524
Views

1
Comments

Jun 02, 2009

Relationships: Do You Turn Things Around to Control?

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / General

Our wounded self can come up with endless ways of trying to protect and control. Turning things around on the other person is one way. ...

2015
Views

1
Comments

Jan 19, 2009

Relationships: Reactions to Emotionally Irrational Behavior

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / Women's Health

Ted's mother was often emotionally irrational. She would demand irrational things from him, such as telling him that it was his job to make her happy. She would cry and yell when he did anything for himself, claiming that he was selfish and making her mis ...

1628
Views

0
Comments

Dec 29, 2008

Relationships: The Challenge of Disengaging

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / Healthy Living

How do you generally respond in the following situations?• Someone you care about and is important in your life - your partner, a close friend, your employer, your parent, your child - says something derogatory about you ...

3363
Views

1
Comments

Aug 21, 2008

Signs of Narcissism

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / Men's Health

Is there a way to tell early in a relationship if someone is suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)? NPD is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV-R) as "a pervasive pattern of grandio ...

1296
Views

0
Comments

Dec 10, 2007

Reactivity in Relationships: Overt and Covert

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / General

How do you usually react when someone is blaming you, criticizing or judging you, being irritated with you, yelling at you, withdrawing from you, or resisting you? There are two forms of reaction from ...

1025
Views

0
Comments

Mar 01, 2007

Resolving Relationship Conflict

by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / Women's Health

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 ...

2191
Views

1
Comments

Jan 29, 2007