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    VIDEO: How to Maintain Your Own Identity Without Ruining Your Marriage

    By | Love + Sex – Mon, Oct 1, 2012 4:48 PM EDT



    When you're married with children, it's easy to lose your sense of self. After all, you're so busy playing wife to your husband and mom to your kids, it's hard to remember your own identity. But, if you think the solution is to end your marriage, know that you have other options.

    In this video, YourTango Expert Dr Margaret Paul explains that "many of us have learned to give ourselves up, to just do for other people." So, how can you break this pattern without breaking any hearts? Dr. Paul suggests you learn and practice something she calls "inner bonding."

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