Step Three of Inner Bonding

Dialogue with Your Wounded Self and Core Self

Discover the thoughts/false beliefs and actions from your wounded self that may be causing your fear and pain.
Release anger and pain in appropriate ways, doing the Inner Bonding Anger Process (video) (article), and/or allowing yourself to cry.
Learn about the past that created the false beliefs.
Nurture your existential core Self feelings of loneliness, helplessness over others and events, sorrow and grief.
Explore your core Self and what brings you joy.

Move on to Step 4.

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If you go deep inside, you will discover that the hope of all addictive, controlling behavior is to protect you from feeling the loneliness of not being connected with another, and from feeling helpless over others and outcomes, and from the heartache and heartbreak of others' unloving behavior, and from feeling the grief of loss. When you learn to accept and manage these very painful feelings with kindness and compassion toward yourself and through your connection with Spirit, you will heal and find your joy, wholeness and freedom.

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Inner Bonding is a proven six-step self-healing process that has been developed and optimized over 30 years by Dr. Margaret Paul, Ph.D. and Dr. Erika Chopich, Ph.D. It’s comprehensive. It’s practical. And it always works when you do it.

Inner Bonding empowers you to self-heal the root causes of anxiety, depression, addictions, failed relationships and many other problems that inhibit your personal and spiritual growth and satisfaction. It teaches you how to love yourself rather than continue to abandon yourself, how to move beyond emotional dependency and attain emotional freedom, and how to heal the underlying control issues stemming from self-abandonment.