Wrong decisions

Date 9 February 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
If someone asked my opinion about making big decisions, my advice would be to steer clear of the bigger decisions whilst you’re dealing with large amounts of stress. I’ve also been struggling with confidence issues. A decision you make that you seem happy with, then regret it once it’s made? …
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Pulling together

Date 8 February 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s a challenge watching a family member work through a terminal illness, in some respects just waiting for the inevitable to happen. My spiritual beliefs mean I understand the process. Challenges are made easier when family members pull together. Whether we’re 40 or 70 years old, if you’ve always behaved…
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Someone else's life

Date 6 February 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
How many of us is our lifetime are continually conditioned to follow a certain path and live another person’s life? Whose life are we living and are our decisions based on what we want? Although I woke up in my thirties to the fact that someone else was controlling my…
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My thoughts in a quote

Date 3 February 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s a good job our bad days aren’t usually repeated, because I wouldn’t want this day repeating for all the tea in china. I’ve had lots of feelings and thoughts today, but because I’ve had too many things on my mind, my thoughts have become jumbled. They have a habit…
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Parents making differences

Date 2 February 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Any parent will be catapulted into a world of uncertainty as soon as they know they have a child who is born with physical, mental or emotional difficulties. Parents making a difference between siblings Over the years, my father spent a lot more time with me, driving me to my…
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An open mind

Date 31 January 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
We know what we know, we’re not interested because we know what we know, so why would we keep an open mind? Why an open mind is important? Having an open mind is important because it allows us to understand what’s going on in our reality, so that we can…
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Uncertain times

Date 29 January 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
I should have felt elated having completed 1,000 blogs. Yesterday was a milestone for me, but it didn’t really feel like one. There seems to be an undercurrent pulling me in different directions to where I want to go, with lots of uncertainty still around me. More now than ever…
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Inevitability of change

Date 26 January 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
We tend to initiate certain changes for ourselves, which we’re okay with, but often when change is imposed on us through circumstances and other people, we’re not so okay. Exciting changes and apprehension Certain changes like moving to a new house, going back to school or moving jobs are exciting…
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What could have been

Date 24 January 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
When I look at my father I see a life not lived and am saddened that he never gave me the opportunities to aspire to be anything. What makes this serve as a gentle reminder, is that in 9 months time Claudia starts her new life at university. As I…
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Confidence and Ability

Date 23 January 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, always being controlled and told what to do, didn’t fill me with confidence or self-esteem; so it’s not surprising that I never really knew whether I was capable of achieving anything, or doing anything for myself. It took me a long to realise that as the adult,…
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It's a moral issue

Date 20 January 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Unfortunately, the chemotherapy has brought about so many other health problems, but in all fairness to my father’s Consultant, he never promised that if he chose chemotherapy he would have the same quality of life as he’d had up to that point. Now my father almost vegetates. He can hardly…
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Accepting

Date 18 January 2013
Author Ilana Estelle
Given the fact that we are all the product of our individual upbringing, development and experiences, we will feel different about many different issues. Feeling comfortable in our own skin But for us to accept our experiences, we must begin to feel comfortable in our own skin. We must unconditionally…
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