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Date 2 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Stepping Gently Into the Year Ahead

On New Beginnings and Becoming More Present There comes a time when life quietly asks us to turn a page –not because the past happened,but…
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Date 1 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

2026: The Year We Choose to Be Kind Again

What 2026 Needs from Us The world did not come out of Covid the way it went in. Something essential was taken – not just…
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Date 31 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

What Surviving Looks Like Now

A Reflection on Twin Loss, Grief, Anxiety, and Choosing Gentleness Not “moving on,” but learning to carry it. What that actually looks like day to…
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Date 30 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Dr Nicola LePera

Holding What Was, While Learning to Live With What Is Something inspirational: “Take a deep breath to remember you are the child who lived through…
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Date 29 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Eggnog Pie

EggNog Pie 'Recipe adapted from thepioneerwoman.com' Eggnog pie for the New Year – a sweet ending and a hopeful beginning Ingredients: 1 cup cold eggnog…
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Date 28 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Between Knowing and Becoming

Why Awareness Arrives Long Before You’re Ready to Change There’s a strange moment when you realise you understand something – and nothing moves.You can explain…
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Date 27 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Behind the Shelter Walls

The Hidden Cost of Dog Breeding, Pet Abandonment and Shelter OverCrowding It all falls on them. The part of the story most people never stop…
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Date 26 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Sophia Bush quote

You Are Becoming Something inspirational: “You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress.” SOPHIA BUSH
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Date 25 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Christmas 2025 Reflections

When the Year Has Been Hard, We Keep Going As Christmas 2025 arrives, I am lonely without my twin. Her absence has changed the way…
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Date 24 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Living Inside Inherited Karma

What We Inherit – And What We Choose Next There’s a difference between carrying someone else’s karma; and living inside inherited karma. Most of what…
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Date 23 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

When Fear is Learned

When Lived Experience Meets Research Although my experiences are deeply personal, many of the things I struggled with growing up are reflected in research. Not…
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Date 22 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Walter D. Wintle

The Quiet Strength of Self-Belief Something inspirational: If you think you are beaten, you are;If you think you dare not, you don’t;If you like to…
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