To encourage is to feel and be encouraged. For those who welcome being encouraged, the encouragement they receive will never go unnoticed, contrary to what that person feels. When we’re not feeling encouraged, it’s easy to lose sight of what others do.
It is only when we look back that we see it. But being encouraged helps builds self-esteem and self-belief, encouragement makes us more determined, encouraged to do and give of our best. Encouragement with …
Read on »Having significant neurological impairments where my emotions are mainly affected, means I can be immature. My neurological emotional impairments having stunted my emotional growth.
Where our milestones help us understand and adapt to the next stage of our lives, I missed out on all mine. As a result, I haven’t …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
BILL GATES
Read on »Courgette and Ricotta Lasagne
‘This recipe can also be made with low fat ingredients.’
Ingredients:
250g ricotta cheese
2 cups of ground almonds …
Read on »As parents, it’s our job to protect our children and for the majority of us, we get that right. But where some parents serve to protect themselves out of selfishness, it is the children that become the victims. Sadly, the recent sad story about Sherin Mathews reinforces that view. Beautiful angel.
My writing allows me to reflect on my own childhood experiences on what I had to deal with. My thoughts right a wrong. My blogs are a reflection tool, not so others will justify themselves, but so they can …
Read on »Watching George Michael’s ‘Freedom’ documentary drew me straight to my own set of circumstances and how I felt growing up without knowing about my disability and having to continually struggle.
In one part of the documentary George talks about how hiding his sexuality made him feel fraudulent. My not knowing about the condition until 46, made me feel the same way, that everything I did was a …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.”
CARL JUNG
Read on »Although I have previously blogged one or two simple aerobic exercises which can help with aerobic fitness, I thought it helpful to put together a summary of those, together with some new aerobic exercises.
Walking
Walking can improve our health through better cardiovascular fitness, lowers blood pressure, lowers risk of heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and increased muscle strength. It’s also a safe, low-impact …
Read on »We must allow ourselves to identify and make peace with ourselves, our past and with our present lives.
By learning to identify with our experiences, deal with and come to terms with parts of those experiences that come from our past, we will begin to open our minds to life in its present form and all of its future …
Read on »Because I deal with neurological impairments, all new circumstances are difficult, some of which I shy away from, some of which I go into with trepidation, anxiety and uncertainty, primarily because I have no choice.
If my new circumstances don’t visually look or feel right, it’s easy for me to panic and feel anxious. Sadly, as a child my parents taking responsibility for me didn’t take away new circumstances …
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Ilana x
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