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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 1, 202512 min read
NAVIGATING CO-PARENTING AFTER LEAVING AN ABUSER-MANIPULATOR FROM A VICTIM PARENT'S PERSPECTIVE - PART 2
Exploration of the difficulties navigating leaving and co-parenting with a coercively controlling partner.
Michaela Patel
Apr 9, 20257 min read
NAVIGATING CO-PARENTING AFTER LEAVING AN ABUSER-MANIPULATOR FROM A VICTIM PARENT'S PERSPECTIVE - PART 1
Exploration of the difficulties navigating leaving and co-parenting with a coercively controlling partner.
Michaela Patel
Apr 9, 20255 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 1, 20255 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
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 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
May 3, 20235 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
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
TOUGHEN YOUR CORE - NURTURE YOU
All actions ever taken by humans point either towards love, or the lack of it. The latter leads to hurt rollover for many generations and...
Michaela Patel
Apr 27, 20214 min read
WHERE IS THE TRUTH? - HOW TO BECOME SELF-AWARE AND FAIR
What limits our ability to reach an agreement with our partner and when it is in our best interest to disengage?
Michaela Patel
Sep 11, 20195 min read
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