A weekend break

Date 21 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ll be going on a short break this coming weekend for three days, but have still written blogs for The CP Diary, so please stay tuned! I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
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The art of listening

Date 20 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re listening, but we’re not really listening. Listening is one of the most important skills we will develop in our lifetime. It’s so important, yet we consciously fail to grasp its concept. The act of listening isn’t just about hearing words, but paying attention to what’s really being said. We…
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Lost opportunities

Date 18 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Having gone out last weekend feeling well and coming back feeling poorly, brings home the health issues I deal with. I cope with that but what bothers me more is the fact that having had no opportunities to do anything as a child, means that now I’m in the same…
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Through the chaos

Date 16 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We all have uncertainty and unpredictability in our lives, but if like me you’re dealing with more than one and your life seems like its chaos, you’re going to have to find a way through. Giving up isn’t an option. The problem I have is that I’m looking at my…
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A nervous tension

Date 12 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
The same feelings I had as a child are back. When I look at everything I’m dealing with from the outside in, I get a feeling in the pit of my stomach as my mind begins to feel anxious. It usually comes when I’ve had too many uncertain things over…
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More about our comfort zones

Date 10 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Doing something that you know you struggle with seems a little odd, right? Or perhaps it’s more scary, than odd. I came across this quote, which caught my eye, by Juan Williams who talks about and encourages us to come out of our own space. “Go beyond what makes you…
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Perceptions on our past

Date 9 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Because we’ve not managed to change anything, we continue to hold on to our past and that stops us from moving on. We tend to wait until something changes before we let go. Unfortunately, it’s not always feasible to change the past by correcting something in our present. We can…
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Our cynical world

Date 8 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I grew up in a totally different world where people were more trusting of each other. We had very little reason to be cynical. We in part agreed with other people’s assessment of reality and if we couldn’t agree, we were happy to give them the benefit of the doubt.…
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Living around illness

Date 6 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Hearing about other people’s health issues, gives me something else to cope with. That feeling I had when I first heard the news of my mother’s terminal illness, the feeling of foreboding where I couldn’t go back to where I was before I heard the news, yet the news would…
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Educated advice

Date 5 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Why do some of us seem reluctant to take advice from those who have little education and hold greater sway with the opinion of those with an education? Do people who are more educated really know more than those who aren’t? Is it because we’re stubborn, or is it because…
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Breaking one's trust

Date 3 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Breaking one’s trust would be even harder if that person turned out to be a parent. We assume that what we’re told is the way things are. I don’t believe anyone consciously sets out to break another person’s trust and that when trust is broken it’s often not because we…
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Coming full circle

Date 2 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m not sure where I'm at or what I’m doing this morning. My thoughts are all over the place. A problem I’ve been trying to sort out for several weeks is still with me. I feel as though my head’s in a vice, I don't seem to be thinking straight.…
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