More Sensory Issues

Date 9 January 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
’ve never understood why I always had to be in a routine, until I came across an article from someone with cerebral palsy who has the same sensory issues/sensitivities as me. Anything that is new or unfamiliar is scary, because ...
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How others define us

Date 6 January 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
It is what we do that makes us who we are. They are characteristics of how we see ourselves and how others see us. I could define myself by the fact I have Cerebral Palsy, but I choose not to. As a child because I would start something and not…
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Shaping others

Date 5 January 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
A 20th century Catholic monk and writer Thomas Merton, wrote: “The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image ...
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New Year thoughts

Date 2 January 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Yesterday I woke up to a New Year and I’m not looking back at all the negatives. Looking back just allows us to pick fault with issues or circumstances we could have improved on or even changed and that’s not helpful. I’ve never bought into the idea of resolutions, I…
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Giving ourselves control

Date 31 December 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m not sure how long I was in counselling, when something just wasn’t working for me. The tools I needed to help me deal with my issues just weren’t happening. The counsellor had something to do with it, but it was in that moment that I came to realise it…
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Making excuses

Date 30 December 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Excuses are reasons to defend the way we behave and to avoid acting on something we should be dealing with. Excuses are a means of negating responsibility. But we can either continue to make excuses, or we can put things right and get our lives back on track. We’d rather…
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The Sunday blues

Date 28 December 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
I don’t know whether anyone else has memory of the Sunday evening blues, but it seemed very real to me, when I was little. At the time I never understood why by Sunday evening I was beginning to feel so miserable. After initial research, I found out it’s all to…
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My last thought on this

Date 27 December 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
The Queen’s speech on Christmas Day was about how we reflect on our lives and reflection has brought me to this place. I am where I am because of consequences of the decisions made for me, rather than by me. I’ve been swept along and was expected to conform completely.…
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My perspective on loss

Date 24 December 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Never having had any concrete support, I wasn’t sure how I would feel when it came to losing both parents. As the weeks passed, I began to ask myself whether it was easier letting go of losing both parents, because there had never been any emotional support in place. I…
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Inner conflict

Date 23 December 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
We  may have a bad day, not because someone is irritating us, but because we may be feeling bad.  Although we’re not always aware, the feelings that we have are often tied to unconscious thoughts that can cause inner conflict. If we were to unravel what goes on behind our…
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Support has to work

Date 20 December 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
You learn that not all support makes good support. It’s only when you come to lose someone that you have time to reflect where you were with the support you had. It goes without saying that support needs to work and be right if we are to function comfortably in…
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Health problems cont.d

Date 19 December 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
There are days where I look at my life and I’m okay with it because it is what it is, then I’m ill again with digestion problems and I’m annoyed that I can’t function normally and that this is my life. Each day brings with it a different outcome on…
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