Monday, February 02,
2026 - Kenyan entrepreneur and Marini Naturals founder, Michelle Ntalami,
has shared a deeply emotional account of how grief and heartbreak reshaped her
approach to relationships.
In a candid interview with Lady Bishop Kathy Kiuna, aired on
Sunday, February 1st, 2026, Ntalami revealed that the death of her
father left her emotionally shut down, particularly towards life and men.
“His death made me shut down towards life and even men,” she
disclosed.
Years later, another painful chapter unfolded when a
relationship she believed would lead to marriage ended unexpectedly.
“I also had a relationship that I felt would be it for me,
and unfortunately, it did not work out.”
“That relationship also broke and threw me deeper, having
lost two wonderful men in my life,” she said.
Ntalami clarified that the breakup was not due to
infidelity, but rather the emotional toll of losing her father - her pillar - and
then her partner.
She admitted that whenever she was approached by men, she
subconsciously searched for qualities of her father or former lover.
To cope with her grief, Ntalami immersed herself in her
career, using work and self-reflection as her healing process.
“I knew I was fully broken and grieving and went full-blown
into a career. I did not do therapy for grief,” she revealed.
Realizing this pattern, she chose to step back from dating
to heal.
While Michelle did not address it in the interview, she was
once in a highly publicised lesbian relationship with journalist Makena Njeri.
The two openly flaunted their love on social media,
unapologetically gushing over each other before Ntalami later got born again
and returned to church.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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