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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.


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
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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
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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
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CONFUSING RELATIONSHIPS: IS YOUR PARTNER BLURRING THE LINES?
Discover how chronic abuse by a toxic partner leads to confusion and how discerning the truth is infinitely validating.
Michaela Patel
Jan 267 min read
70 views


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
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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
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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
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UNDERSTANDING THE REALITY OF MANIPULATION: WHY YOU ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF HIS ABUSE
Understand the reality of chronic abuse of women by covertly controlling men.
Michaela Patel
Sep 14, 20246 min read
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HOW EASY IS IT TO LEAVE AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP?
Understand why leaving a coercively controlling relationship is an ongoing struggle.
Michaela Patel
Aug 25, 20247 min read
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ARE YOU BEING COERCIVELY CONTROLLED BY YOUR PARTNER?
My personal story describing how coercive control looks on the outside and feels on the inside.
Michaela Patel
Apr 17, 202410 min read
98 views


DEALING WITH A HIGH CONFLICT PERSONALITY
The truth of dealing with a high conflict, controlling personality.
Michaela Patel
Nov 11, 20237 min read
66 views


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
75 views


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
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COVERT AGGRESSION 2
What is covert abuse and why are we prone to enmeshment with manipulative, controlling partners?
Michaela Patel
Jan 11, 20236 min read
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COVERT AGGRESSION 1
What is covert control? What kind of partners do covert aggressors pick and why? What makes us prone to endure abuse?
Michaela Patel
Jan 11, 20235 min read
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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
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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
41 views
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