self-love

By Margaret Paul, author of The Inner Bonding Workbook

Most of us have heard that you can’t love someone else until you love yourself. Let’s explore why this is true. We’ll start with a question: What does it mean to love yourself?

by Candace V. Love, PhD

Certainly no one picks a self-absorbed narcissist as a love interest intentionally, but because narcissists are so charming at the beginning of a relationship, anyone can be taken in.  Once the charm fades, as it always does with a narcissist, many people end the relationship. But there are some who continually fall victim to the narcissist’s charm and stay in the relationship long after the charm has faded and the critical, controlling, and self-serving behaviors take its place. Why?