Revisiting old issues

Date 26 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We’d be different people than we are today if we’d had the opportunity to do and experience the things others have been lucky enough to experience. If that isn’t the case, to hold on to romantic notions of imagining how our lives could have been, the whole exercise will become…
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Everyone's potential

Date 25 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
When we’re dealing with physical problems and are desperate to be heard, hurting and ignored for the most part, it’s easy to understand why we would withdraw and why others would then choose to define us as being lazy. No one is born that way. Our environment and what we…
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The Write & Burn Letter

Date 22 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Not everyone will have the opportunity to speak to their parents about unresolved childhood issues that continue to affect them. Whilst I would always recommend speaking to your parents, I do think it is important to get your message across in a way that allows you to get the best…
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An other's decisions

Date 17 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s accepted that when we’re little, our parents make the decisions for us, that as we grow they will encourage us to make our own decisions so that we can begin to make our own decisions, follow our own path. If like me that didn’t happen for you, you shouldn’t…
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Family & issues

Date 16 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Some families have a lot to answer for. Too often issues are brought into the equation by other family members that don’t belong to us and will interfere in our daily lives. As long as we’re not responsible for those issues, there is no need for us to carry them,…
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Life can be scary

Date 10 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Because we sometimes have to deal with the unknown, life can be scary if we stopped to think about it long enough. My struggles with my health is the one thing that scares me the most. I think if we all stopped to think about life and what it really…
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Stolen opportunities

Date 8 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Now that my father is no longer with me, when I continue to look back at my life to this point, my thoughts become uneasy. I hate it even more because I didn’t get to this place through my own decisions and that’s not resting so easy. To be parents,…
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Empathy and Empath

Date 6 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Even as a child, whenever I saw anyone struggle it was easy for me to empathise and understand how they might feel because of what I had to deal with. What is Empathy and what is an Empath? There is a distinct difference between ...
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Back to university

Date 3 September 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s that time of year again. The start of another university year and we’re travelling to St Andrews today to drop Claudia off. My intentions are to continue to post blogs to the site whilst I am away.
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A chilled weekend

Date 30 August 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I am sure we’ve all been reminded of issues, issues that have happened in the past that we thought we’d left behind. My life tends to go in fits and spurts, but I’ve spent a large chunk of my life dealing with issues that have been resurrected by other people…
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My unsettling life

Date 25 August 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I believe life is made up of pictures pertaining to memories of past experiences. If I were to look at my own pictures, it would be easy for me to spiral down into days and months of negativity and that’s simply why I choose not to look back. My present…
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We don't listen

Date 20 August 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It sounds obvious I know, but listening skills always start with listening. We know we should, but do we listen, I mean really listen? I don’t think we do, primarily because we’re often preoccupied with our own thoughts and that stops us from listening to what other people have to…
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