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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.
THE JAR OF HEARTS 1 - WHY DO WE FEEL EMPTY?
Imagine your heart as a glass jar. It is filled with sweets. Love hearts if you like. Your jar is full to the brim and it is hard to keep...
Michaela Patel
Apr 23, 20183 min read
THE BEGINNING OF AN END
What happens when we approach the sell-by-date of our relationship? What decides on if we stay or move on? We tend to greatly hang on...
Michaela Patel
Apr 10, 20183 min read
SELF-WORTH AND RELATIONSHIPS
Do you have a healthy self-esteem? How does low self-worth show up in your relationships? Have you experienced lack of intimacy, no sense...
Michaela Patel
Mar 11, 20184 min read
UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION
Many of us have been there. A dark, dark place. A long tunnel. So long that you cannot see the light at the end of it. You have no clue...
Michaela Patel
Mar 2, 20185 min read
UNPLUGGED FROM LOVE
Everyone wants love. And you want it too! It is your most basic need. An inherent part of you, something that you ARE. With the start of...
Michaela Patel
Feb 11, 20183 min read
WHY EMPATHS CARRY DRAMA? 2
Unhealed empaths grew up in environments where they have been forced to process others emotionally. Our carers knew nothing, and didn't...
Michaela Patel
Feb 7, 20182 min read
HEALING YOUR HEART POST-DIVORCE 1
The question of any fresh divorcee is 'How can I heal? I am hurting so much!' This article is dedicated to those who found themselves...
Michaela Patel
Jan 24, 20183 min read
DO YOU DESERVE RESPECT?
Who doesn't like to be respected? But what IS respect and can we earn respect by reaching certain age or status? In the FALSE world of...
Michaela Patel
Nov 26, 20172 min read
PRICELESS RELATIONSHIP LESSONS
What have my past relationships taught me? That every person I engaged with was a reflection of where I was in life AT THAT POINT in...
Michaela Patel
Nov 12, 20174 min read
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
Imagine your whole life you wore a pair of shades... ...but only now you found out about their existence. You are waking up to a...
Michaela Patel
Sep 5, 20174 min read
THE 'PERFECT' PARENTING SHOW
How do you know you are doing a good job of parenting? We are our children's VISUAL, LIVE EXAMPLE, based on which they form their beliefs...
Michaela Patel
Aug 20, 20176 min read
THE POWER OF SURRENDER
Acceptance is an act of SELF-CARE. Accepting what IS is clearly advantageous, yet for many of us surrender represents a disadvantage or...
Michaela Patel
Aug 11, 20175 min read
RELATIONSHIP GIVE OR TAKE
Relatioships aren't easy, are they? Relating to another implies constant negotiations. Push and pull. Give and take. Based on simple...
Michaela Patel
Jul 22, 20173 min read
POSITIVE PARENTAL CONDITIONING?
How great, happy, loving and kind would our children be if we managed to flood their belief system with POSITIVE messages about...
Michaela Patel
Jun 28, 20174 min read
FINDING HAPPINESS 3
The next question you get to repeat to yourself many times from this point onwards is HOW or WHAT DO I NEED TO CHANGE so that it doesn't...
Michaela Patel
Jun 20, 20173 min read
FINDING HAPPINESS 1
A very good friend of mine had asked me: 'So how did you find true happiness?' I decided to dive deep under the surface of my...
Michaela Patel
Jun 4, 20174 min read
WHAT I TELL MY CHILD
You are great and awesome. You were born loving, kind and generous. If others try to tell you otherwise - don't believe them. You are not...
Michaela Patel
May 21, 20171 min read
SELF-LOVE BREAK DOWN 2
You admitted the TRUTH to yourself about you and others in your life... ...but your bravery is rewarded with some rather unpleasant...
Michaela Patel
May 17, 20173 min read
SELF-LOVE BREAKDOWN 1
'Of course I love myself!' our mind tells us almost instantly when we are asked. We really think we DO love ourselves because 'Why not?...
Michaela Patel
May 17, 20173 min read
WHY CRYING IS GOOD AND WHAT IS IMPATHY?
'I haven't cried Mummy because I am strong!' said my 5 year old son the other day. He was waiting for me to say 'WELL DONE, Sweetheart.'...
Michaela Patel
May 10, 20174 min read
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