TRANSACTIONAL LOVE - HOW IS CONDITIONAL RELATING AFFECTING OUR ABILITY TO LOVE OURSELVES
What is transactional love? Discern true love and its clear advantages!
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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.
Michaela Patel
- May 3
- 5 min
HOW DOES EMOTIONAL NEGLECT SHOW UP IN RELATIONSHIPS?
What is childhood emotional neglect and how does it affect your ability to find a compatible partner?
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 7 min
POWER STRUGGLE - THE ENEMY OF LOVE
What are our personal rights and why do we struggle to find true love in relationships? How does empowered relating look like?
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 5 min
SELF-LOVE COVER UP - WHAT SELF-LOVE ISN'T
Recently, I have noticed a number of bitter comments popping up on various self-help sites. Usually posted by people who have experienced...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 7 min
OUR TRAUMAS AND HOW THEY AFFECT OUR SELF-ESTEEM
What is trauma, how can it change someone’s life, and what needs to happen for it to heal? Trauma is any experience which has altered the...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 5 min
ADMIRE THYSELF - WHY IS SELF-VALIDATION VITAL TO OUR HAPPINESS
Why is self-validation important to our happiness?
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 5 min
MIND-THE-GAP - THE WAY OUT OF THE MIND'S MANY RABBIT HOLES
Are you stuck in a self-defeating cycle of thinking? The truth is, most of us are... 'Paranoia and self-loathing is like an imaginary dog...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 4 min
WOBBLY PARENTING - THE COMMON MISTAKES OF PARENTING AND HOW THEY SHAPE OUR CHILDREN
I am a loving, deeply caring, for most parts aware parent who every so often feels like total failure... Any truly responsible parent...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 4 min
YOUR INNER COMPASS - REALISE YOUR TRUE VALUE
What is validation and how much of it is needed for us to feel OK? Why do we seek acceptance from those we care about? And why do we...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 4 min
THE GENDER TRAP - MASCULINE AND FEMININE ENERGY RE-EXAMINED
A gender is based on physical attributes of a human at birth. Nothing more. Our physical body is only a vehicle for the amazing plethora...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 5 min
UNHAPPY RELATIONSHIPS AND SELF-SABOTAGE - HOW DO WE UNKNOWINGLY SABOTAGE OUR HAPPINESS?
The topic of a relationship self-sabotage typically describes a conscious efforts of an individual to end a relationship. However, a...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 6 min
FEELING NOT GOOD ENOUGH - HOW DO YOU GET IN YOUR WAY?
We so rely on them! The thoughts that make us feel good. All the motivational and positive messages fuel our joy and give us hope. But...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 3 min
WHAT YOU REALLY WANT - HOW IS COPYING OTHERS MAKING US SUFFER
Why is it important to stop and re-evaluate our priorities? Why do we end up juggling so much? Can we ever achieve an inner freedom?
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 3 min
ARE YOU INSECURE?
How and why do we distort the perception of ourselves for the worse?
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 3 min
LOVE ON TAP
What happens when we enter a relationship with a hurting heart? Do you want to hear the truth? Because I am here to tell you it. I will...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 3 min
THE JAR OF HEARTS 2 - HOW TO FILL UP YOURS?
First, you must re-define selfishness. So far you’ve been told (and believed!) that selfishness is putting you first. Yet, putting you...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 3 min
THE JAR OF HEARTS 1 - WHY DO WE FEEL EMPTY?
Imagine your heart as a glass jar. It is filled with sweets. Love hearts if you like. Your jar is full to the brim and it is hard to keep...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 4 min
UNDERSTANDING LOVE
LOVE. The four letter word everyone likes to understand and possess. ‘What is love and how can I find it?’ I get asked daily. Like a...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 3 min
THE BEGINNING OF AN END
What happens when we approach the sell-by-date of our relationship? What decides on if we stay or move on? We tend to greatly hang on...
Michaela Patel
- Mar 30
- 4 min
SELF-WORTH AND RELATIONSHIPS
Do you have a healthy self-esteem? How does low self-worth show up in your relationships? Have you experienced lack of intimacy, no sense...
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