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I applaud you for making the effort in searching for the truth. It takes a great amount of courage and energy to say 'enough is enough' and go against your usual behaviour. Therefore I won't keep you any longer! My articles are 100% ad free and are a collection of my inner most realisations about love, relationships, life and happiness, put together for you to make sense of your own journey.
UNVEILING THE PARALLELS BETWEEN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ABUSERS AND CULT EXPERIENCES
An exploration into the similarities between a coercively controlling relationship and being in a cult.
Michaela Patel
May 112 min read
THE ILLUSION OF LOVE: WHY DO VICTIMS OF COERCIVE CONTROL HOPE THINGS WILL GET BETTER?
Learn why do the victims of coercive control get stuck in unhappiness, hoping things will improve.
Michaela Patel
Feb 97 min read
WHEN LOVE FEELS TOO SNUG: RECLAIMING YOUR RIGHTS AND A SENSE OF SELF WHEN BEING COERCIVELY CONTROLLED
Find out if you are being coercively controlled, reclaim your rights and a sense of self.
Michaela Patel
Sep 22, 20241 min read
ARE YOU DEALING WITH AN ENTITLED, DIFFICULT PERSON?
A deep dive into the psyche of an entitled, difficult person.
Michaela Patel
Nov 11, 20237 min read
ARE YOU CO-DEPENDENT?
Are you addicted to the idea of love?
Michaela Patel
Apr 20, 20205 min read
WHY EMPATHS CARRY DRAMA? 2
Unhealed empaths grew up in environments where they have been forced to process others emotionally. Our carers knew nothing, and didn't...
Michaela Patel
Feb 7, 20182 min read
DO YOU DESERVE RESPECT?
Who doesn't like to be respected? But what IS respect and can we earn respect by reaching certain age or status? In the FALSE world of...
Michaela Patel
Nov 26, 20172 min read
SETTING YOUR BOUNDARIES?
Think of an incident where someone has verbally attacked you, disrespected you, or has been plain RUDE to you. How have you dealt with...
Michaela Patel
Oct 21, 20174 min read
REPEATED CRUSHES
Have you ever found yourself in a painful situation which has repeated itself, involving similar kind of people with (yet again) negative...
Michaela Patel
Sep 17, 20173 min read
WIN OR LOSE OF RELATING
Relating is a TWO way exchange. Two way communication, mutual affection, and resulting CONNECTION. We pride ourselves on having great...
Michaela Patel
Aug 28, 20174 min read
THE POWER OF SURRENDER
Acceptance is an act of SELF-CARE. Accepting what IS is clearly advantageous, yet for many of us surrender represents a disadvantage or...
Michaela Patel
Aug 11, 20175 min read
WHAT I TELL MY CHILD
You are great and awesome. You were born loving, kind and generous. If others try to tell you otherwise - don't believe them. You are not...
Michaela Patel
May 21, 20171 min read
YOUR GUARDIAN ANGER
ANGER is such an everyday emotion. Yet we rarely know what to do with it. Similar to holding a loaded gun we often shoot ourselves in the...
Michaela Patel
Apr 9, 20174 min read
YOUR TRIGGERS
The one who triggers you the most is your biggest teacher. 'Really!?' you ask in disbelief. 'How can someone who makes me so mad teach me...
Michaela Patel
Mar 12, 20174 min read
BOUNDARIES 3 - YOUR ANGER
Those whose boundaries have been consistently crashed on one end build a REACTIONARY boundary to overcompensate for the lack of space in...
Michaela Patel
Mar 5, 20173 min read
BOUNDARIES 1 - YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Our carers were the creators (and destroyers, surprise-surprise!) of our boundaries, of what we allow and what we absolutely don't. For...
Michaela Patel
Mar 5, 20172 min read
BOUNDARIES 2 - YOUR COMMUNICATION
You now know that in order to use the energy of your anger CORRECTLY you will need to stop taking it out on others, or on yourself by...
Michaela Patel
Mar 5, 20173 min read
REALITY CHECK
Making our happiness independent of HAVING (money, relationships, knowledge) brings complete freedom into our life. We are no longer...
Michaela Patel
Jan 22, 20173 min read
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN YOUR SMARTPHONE?
Is increasingly smart technology outsmarting us by taking away the power over our life and decision making? From bracelets telling us we...
Michaela Patel
Oct 12, 20163 min read
PEACEFUL REALITY
Would you like more peace in life starting right now? There are 3 things you can change with reading the last sentence of this article....
Michaela Patel
Aug 31, 20164 min read
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