My holiday concerns

Date 26 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
Recently my blogs seem to be about me, perhaps it’s because I’m still not settled. The last time my family had a holiday was before my mother passed nearly 6 years ago. Now that we have decided to take a short break in January, I’m worried I won’t be able…
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My thoughts today

Date 18 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
The last few days, knowing what I know about the tragic circumstances surrounding the Sandy Hook school have made all that I deal with, pale into insignificance. Today my thoughts go out to each and every parent, sibling and to the families who were personally touched by this tragedy ...
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Diluting the truth

Date 16 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
How many of us dilute the truth or don’t say what the truth is to avoid confrontation, or to get ourselves out of a fix? Problems don’t just go away Of course, doing things this way, will never resolve the initial problem and it won’t make the problem go away.…
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Calling time

Date 14 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
There comes a time in our life when having tried everything, we find ourselves calling time on our relationship. Sometimes it’s because we feel we have no choice, but perhaps it doesn’t always mean the other person’s ready to call time. When the other person is unreasonable, selfish and uncharitable…
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Emotional control

Date 10 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
I have always had people in my life who have used emotional manipulation to get what they want. Emotional manipulation is all about control. But we can free ourselves from its grasp as long as we understand and stop it early enough. Manipulation Those who choose to manipulate in this…
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Families

Date 5 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
It is a sad reality that some of us will grow up with little or no meaningful in their family, where others will grow up with a special bond that will last a lifetime. Generally, children form bonds with their family first and then extended family and in many circumstances…
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The old patterns

Date 4 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s usually the old patterns brought about by past experiences that mould our personalities. For some of us, the old patterns will leave us in a worse place as we try to cope with our world and the people in it. Others may have a clearer understanding of how their…
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Respiratory problems

Date 2 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
I was always going to struggle around illness. This part of my life was already mapped out for me the day I was born. My immunity doesn’t work at the rate a full term baby’s immune system works. I have to be careful around stress. Taking supplements I take supplements…
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Hidden worries

Date 1 December 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
There is another side to not sleeping that I was thinking about the other day, when I was trying to sort out why I hadn’t been sleeping. There is a lot of medical research out there on the subject, but it seems obvious to me that when we sort out…
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Inappropriate behaviour

Date 27 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
As soon as we’re old enough to talk, we’re taught how we should behave. Therefore it’s important we’re brought to task over our behaviour if it is inappropriate. Rules We have rules in school, we have rules in the work place, in society and we have the mandatory ‘social etiquette…
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The nature of illness

Date 25 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
Illness tends to bring out the worst in people, particularly for those with the illness and for the people who have to deal with those dealing with illness. Illness doesn’t make anything easy, those times can be very stressful. With a good night’s sleep, I’m hoping we’ll all be ...
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More change

Date 20 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
It can be irritating, when someone emotionally lives without any regard for anyone else, but themselves. There is always a reason of course, but that doesn’t make it any easier for those around them. I like many others cannot always change the initial cards we’ve been dealt, or be able…
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