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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

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 97 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 95 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

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