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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.
WHAT YOU REALLY WANT - HOW IS COPYING OTHERS MAKING US SUFFER
Why is it important to stop and re-evaluate our priorities? Why do we end up juggling so much? Can we ever achieve an inner freedom?
Michaela Patel
Nov 30, 20183 min read
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HAPPINESS 24/7
Why are we scared to feel and how is this impacting our happiness?
Michaela Patel
Sep 23, 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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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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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
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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
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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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STRENGTH IN YOUR WEAKNESS
We find it hard to accept our weaknesses only if we (unknowingly) BELIEVE that we are weak... Why? Because the pain we already carry,...
Michaela Patel
Jul 13, 20172 min read
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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
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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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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
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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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BOUNDARIES 3 - YOUR ANGER
Those whose boundaries have been consistently crashed on one end build a REACTIONARY boundary to overcompensate for the lack of space in...
Michaela Patel
Mar 5, 20173 min read
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SELF-QUESTIONING
Even though others can offer an occasional OUTSIDE perspective, we cannot really get to know ourselves by talking to others. Others can...
Michaela Patel
Jan 11, 20172 min read
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DEPTH OF CONNECTION - THE COMMUNICATION
What kind of space opens up for you when you come to communicate your wants and needs to your partner? Expressing ourselves isn't always...
Michaela Patel
Nov 23, 20163 min read
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INVERSE PARENTING
Are we the kind of parents we WISH we had growing up? And how much of our parenting is driven by our bruised Inner Child? Our Inner Child...
Michaela Patel
Jun 25, 20164 min read
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ARE YOU A RELATIONSHIP ADDICT?
I was by his side to make him happy. It was a self-imposed task my happiness depended on. I have voluntarily handed the permission to...
Michaela Patel
Jun 16, 20163 min read
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LOOKING GOOD - THE ILLUSION OF WORTH
We love having more. Bigger! Better! Newer stuff. It makes us feel good about ourselves. Doing, having or looking ‘better than' others...
Michaela Patel
Feb 11, 20163 min read
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