If something is happening, good or bad, it’s important we acknowledge it unconsciously then address it. We know our experiences, what we’ve been through. Ignoring it can be detrimental to our health.
When we unconsciously acknowledge our experiences we’re not completely in denial of the truth and that helps with the healing …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.”
BRENE BROWN
Read on »Nine years after my initial cerebral palsy diagnosis at the age of forty-six, I am still putting pieces of the jigsaw together.
Thankfully, I now have a better understanding of my diagnosis. I have mild cerebral palsy hemiparesis (left side) caused by a bleed on the brain before I was born. That ties in with my mum’s understanding …
Read on »Generally, we tend not to look, see or think about how far we’ve come. That usually only happens when we consciously look back at our life and we can see how far we’ve come.
But looking back is important and something we need to think about. Perhaps it’s also got something to do with our past, a past we’d rather forget, or a past we’re stuck in and that’s the reason we can’t move on …
Read on »Growing up not knowing I had cerebral palsy meant I had no standards or base line from which I could judge by experiences, or which I could work from.
Not knowing anything about my disability, meant that it was also difficult to explain how my symptoms or disability presented in everyday life, just what people saw and then how they chose to deal with me …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living with love, grace and gratitude.”
DENIS WAITLEY
Read on »Berry & Ginger Smoothie
Ingredients:
1/2 cup frozen mixed berries
A handful of fresh spinach leaves …
Read on »In a world where we’re encouraged to be anything but humble, choose to be humble. Being humble in a world that is fast changing, makes you totally unique.
Feel a sense of humility and judge no one. In a world where we’re expected to prove ourselves, the only test is to yourself. When we place two feet firmly on the ground, we will become grounded in that moment …
Read on »It’s taken me 8+ years and counting to work through my experiences and my life. But the one thing I’m sure of is that I wasn’t in the same emotional space before I started writing. I’ve come a long way.
It’s only when we work through our experiences and we’re looking at the bigger picture that we come to understand our experiences and other people and how those people came to make their decisions …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“You cannot rebuke a devil that you continuously grant access to your life.”
T D JAKES
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Ilana x
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