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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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