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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.
UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL OVER-FUNCTIONING AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPATHS
An exploration into how emotional over-functioning erodes connection in relationships.
Michaela Patel
Aug 237 min read
BRAINWASHED BY YOUR PARTNER: RECOGNISING COVERT ABUSE AND RECLAIMING YOUR TRUTH
Learn how to recognise covert manipulation in relationships and reclaim your truth.
Michaela Patel
Jan 57 min read
IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU FOR NOT WANTING TO BE INTIMATE?
Learn how traumatic relating suppresses your needs and desire for intimacy.
Michaela Patel
Jan 15 min read
HOW WE LOSE OURSELVES IN LYING AND HOW WE FIND OUR WAY BACK TO BEING AUTHENTIC
A deep exploration into how we lose ourselves in lying and how we find our way back to being authentic.
Michaela Patel
Nov 9, 20245 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
AUTHENTICITY - THE WORD THAT MADE IT TO THE WORD OF THE YEAR
An exploration into how we have lost our truth, why it feels safe to pretend, and what is it costing us.
Michaela Patel
Feb 21, 20244 min read
DEALING WITH A HIGH CONFLICT PERSONALITY
The truth of dealing with a high conflict, controlling personality.
Michaela Patel
Nov 11, 20237 min read
TRANSACTIONAL LOVE: HOW IS CONDITIONAL RELATING AFFECTING OUR ABILITY TO LOVE OURSELVES
What is transactional love? Discern true love and its clear advantages!
Michaela Patel
May 24, 20235 min read
HOW WE END UP PLACES BEING DISHONEST WITH OURSELVES
Do you dislike the situation you are in but, perhaps, pretend to like it? When we find ourselves in a situation we dislike it is wise to...
Michaela Patel
Jan 1, 20235 min read
OPINION - THE ENEMY OF CONNECTION
I find the incessant arguing and attacking each other on social media platforms thouroughly draining. It makes me sick to my core and I...
Michaela Patel
Sep 21, 20225 min read
WHY ME?: HOW TO DEAL WITH TOXICITY AND SAVE YOUR SANITY
It is highly likely that, you too, have experienced the feeling of being utterly stuck. Like no matter how hard you have tried with the...
Michaela Patel
Jul 24, 20228 min read
EMOTIONAL RAPE AND INVALIDATION
What is emotional rape and how does it affect us? Why is emotional validation vital to our wellbeing?
Michaela Patel
Jul 22, 20223 min read
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
Apr 20, 20227 min read
THE ART OF SELF-DECEPTION: WHAT BURDENS OUR AUTHENTIC SOULS
What burdens our authentic souls? How exactly does our false Self operate to our disadvantage?
Michaela Patel
Dec 3, 20215 min read
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
Sep 26, 20215 min read
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
Sep 17, 20217 min read
ADMIRE THYSELF: WHY IS SELF-VALIDATION VITAL TO OUR HAPPINESS
Why is self-validation important to our happiness?
Michaela Patel
Jul 30, 20215 min read
THE SHAPE OF YOU: CONFRONT YOUR LIMITING BELIEFS
What shapes us mentally and spiritually to become who we are? How can we confront our beliefs, ourselves, and why should we?
Michaela Patel
Jan 15, 20216 min read
YOUR THIRD EYE
Do you have a well functioning third eye?
Michaela Patel
May 5, 20203 min read
WOBBLY PARENTING: 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
Apr 10, 20204 min read
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