By Michelle Crean  

The secret to finding your true happiness is all in a new book which will guide readers to unlock their potential.

BOOK LAUNCH: Michelle Hadad pictured with her latest book 'The Secret Box: Concave and Convex' and her previous work 'The Secret Box...Finding the Key'. Photo: Michelle Crean

Brazilian native Michelle Hadad, who moved to Ireland 14 years ago has written 'The Secret Box: Concave and Convex', a 432 page book which addresses the issues of suicide and develops into two different narratives.

It is also a follow up to her previous work 'The Secret Box...Finding the Key', a 192 page paperback launched by Michael Healy-Rae TD and reviewed by now retired judge James O'Connor, in October 2017.

Michelle, who studied adult psychology and is a NLP practitioner who encourages clients to transform limiting self-beliefs, explains that this version continues the story of Maria from the first book.

In the first book, the reader compares and contrasts their own life experiences with those of Maria and ask themselves the very question posed at the end of the book in the final chapter or 'Padlock 13' - "who are you?"

“Readers are outside the box, they see their own stories - that’s when we judge others," Michelle told the Killarney Advertiser.

"It is fiction and the story is in two versions, the positive is bigger than the negative. There is always hope regardless of pain."

She added that people need to forget about what others think, and focus on their own values and traditions.

“It’s a self help book, it doesn't matter what people think of us, life's too short. I'm motivating people in a positive way because of my NLP and psychology qualification."

However, she emphasised that readers don't have to have read the first book to understand the second one.

"Maria is the leading figure and there's a few characters from book one but you don't have to read that to get book two."

She added that she's thankful to everyone who helped her along the way.

"I have been blessed to have met so many people to help with my books."

Both books are available from O’Connor’s Centra, The Reeks and Horans Health Store on Beech Road.