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Michele Paradise Michele Paradise is a trauma-informed therapist & relationship coach with 20+ years’ experience.

Trained in NLP, Havening, and Compassionate Inquiry, she specializes in healing from trauma, narcissistic dynamics & building self-worth.

09/10/2026

You left the narcissist. So why does part of you want to go back?

When chaos is all you’ve known, peace can feel unsettling. You start questioning your decision because the calm feels empty compared to the intensity you were used to.

You can miss someone and still know leaving was the right decision.

You’re not meant to live in survival mode. Give yourself time to get comfortable with peace.

Save this for the days you question leaving. 🙏🏼❤️‍🩹

The more you understand narcissism, the more those little behaviors start to make sense as part of a bigger pattern.Thes...
07/10/2026

The more you understand narcissism, the more those little behaviors start to make sense as part of a bigger pattern.

These are 7 I’ve noticed over the years.

One behavior alone doesn’t make someone a narcissist, but when you repeatedly see patterns of control, entitlement and attention-seeking, it can tell you a lot.

What’s the weirdest one you’ve experienced?

05/10/2026

Still waiting for them to change so you can finally move on?

Waiting for an apology, accountability or closure can keep your healing dependent on them.

You don’t need their apology to heal or their admission to trust what happened.

Your freedom begins when you stop waiting for them to change.

Save this reminder. ❤️‍🩹🙏🏼

02/10/2026

Still trying to understand how they could hurt you and feel no remorse? ❤️‍🩹

Because you would feel guilty. You would care. You would want to make it right. So you assume, deep down, they must feel the same? They don’t.

But your empathy isn’t proof of theirs.

You weren’t wrong for expecting care. Once you stop assuming they think and feel like you do, the pattern starts to make sense.

Save this for when you find yourself trying to make sense of their behavior again. 🙏🏼

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! 🙏🏻✨Karen Gallagher Smith Campbell, Alesia Pevey, Louise H...
01/10/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! 🙏🏻✨

Karen Gallagher Smith Campbell, Alesia Pevey, Louise Harlow, Bridgette Takalo, Florence Clarke, Kathleen O'Connor, Danny Riddley, Maili Davenport Lum, Milly Rom, Carolyn Patkowski, Maria Barrera, Jay Francis

They didn’t marry you. They married what you made them look like.That’s a hard sentence to sit with if you’re still tryi...
30/09/2026

They didn’t marry you. They married what you made them look like.

That’s a hard sentence to sit with if you’re still trying to make sense of it all.

For a narcissist, marriage is about image. The ring, the wedding, the photos... proof to the world that they’re a good person living a good life. And you were the one quietly holding that image together.

So when you stop performing, when you finally say no or ask for more, everything shifts. And when it ends, what they grieve is the identity. Not you.

But your grief? That’s real. You loved fully. You gave your heart to something you believed in. That love came from you, and it still belongs to you.

In 20 years of working with survivors, the question I hear most is “Was any of it real?” Your part of it was. Always.

Did you ever feel like you were playing a role in your own marriage? Tell me below.

Save this for the days you doubt yourself, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. ❤️‍🩹🙏🏼

28/09/2026

NARCISSISTIC MYTH: “They have all the power.”

This simply isn’t true, but believing it can keep you stuck.

You may not be able to change their behavior, but your power was never in changing them. It’s in what you choose to do next.

When you shift your focus to what you can control, the dynamic begins to change.

What’s one thing you can take control of today? 🙏🏼

25/09/2026

The number 1 red flag in narcissism? Grandiosity 🚩

It’s more than thinking you’re special. It’s believing you’re superior, above accountability and entitled to control the narrative.

Challenge that belief, and suddenly you’re jealous, toxic or the problem.

Confidence doesn’t require superiority. Pay attention to the difference. 🙏🏼

Did betrayal turn you into someone you barely recognized?It did for me. I went from trusting to noticing everything. Wat...
23/09/2026

Did betrayal turn you into someone you barely recognized?

It did for me.

I went from trusting to noticing everything. Watching. Questioning. Looking for the gaps.

For a long time, I hated that version of myself.

Now I understand her. She was trying not to be blindsided again.

Healing wasn’t about getting better at detecting lies. It was about learning to trust myself again.

Have you experienced this? Is this you? ❤️‍🩹

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! 🙏🏻✨Melissa Noxon, Glen Newsom, Stacy Bartlett Hill, Toni ...
23/09/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! 🙏🏻✨

Melissa Noxon, Glen Newsom, Stacy Bartlett Hill, Toni Papoulas Sarantopoulos, Deanna S. Rabb, Buzzy Keating, Bilkis Usman Muhammad, Nancy Robertson, Randi Kristin Øgreid-Rondestveit, Stewart James, Sonia Phillips, Susan Bower, Michelle Smith, Gabrielle Allen, Nana Kwame, Maureen Visagie, Terri Jones, Darlene Lipka, Kudakwashe Sihle, Danny Sanchez, Amy Baldwin, Jana Marvel Svoboda, Colin Rowlandson, Magrieta Bocks, Anjo Mediazky, Jazzymom Diy, Buffy Mclaughlin, Cassie Wood, James Ford, Pamela Skaggs, Claire Crous, Amy Baker, Sondra Marie Cotton, Bella Hazel, Svitlana Crawley, Tin Ortega, Valerie Forshaw, Gia Albergo, Laura Kwitnicki, Mary McRae, Stacy Doolittle, Barry Jordan, Humaira Muin Bayar, Shannon Sharpe, Tee Inabinett, Niala Mahabir, Rachel Mabe, Marge Sultan, Ashlie Golding, Marci Hernandez

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