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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.

YOUR INNER COMPASS: REALISE YOUR TRUE VALUE

What is validation and how much of it is needed for us to feel OK? Why do we seek acceptance from those we care about? And why do we...

Michaela Patel

Jan 13, 20204 min read

FEELING NOT GOOD ENOUGH - HOW DO YOU GET IN YOUR WAY?

We so rely on them! The thoughts that make us feel good. All the motivational and positive messages fuel our joy and give us hope. But...

Michaela Patel

Feb 1, 20196 min read

LOVE ON TAP

What happens when we enter a relationship with a hurting heart? Do you want to hear the truth? Because I am here to tell you it. I will...

Michaela Patel

Jul 28, 20183 min read

THE JAR OF HEARTS 2 - HOW TO FILL UP YOURS?

First, you must re-define selfishness. So far you’ve been told (and believed!) that selfishness is putting you first. Yet, putting you...

Michaela Patel

May 23, 20183 min read

UNDERSTANDING LOVE

LOVE. The four letter word everyone likes to understand and possess. ‘What is love and how can I find it?’ I get asked daily. Like a...

Michaela Patel

Apr 28, 20184 min read

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

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

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 2

Sometimes the best place to start is to realise that you don't know. That you don't even know who you are. That you don't understand love...

Michaela Patel

Jun 11, 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