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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Two of a kind

Date 13 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s never easy being a twin, unless twins are treated as individuals. Neither of us faired any better, or were treated any differently. We attended the same school, were in the same class and had the same friends. Cerebral Palsy Being one of a twin and being born second, meant…
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Chemotherapy thoughts

Date 10 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
When I begin to look at all my stressors (and we all have them) I go back to my father’s terminal illness. It’s not so much the illness I’m struggling with; I tend to resign myself to circumstances if there’s nothing I can do to change the outcome, but looking…
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Owning our behaviour

Date 9 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
I believe that when we fail to own even a piece of our life, we begin to hurt others, then we find ten reasons to justify our reasoning. We can begin to take charge Although my behaviour was a result of neglect, as a child I never understood it. In…
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Not feeling great

Date 8 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s hasn’t been a great day, nor has it been a great month. Personally, every which way I turn I seem to be looking at issues. When I think I’m through an issue, something else lets me know I have one more thing to deal with. My life has been…
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Isolation and Denial

Date 6 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
I have written blogs here on site about denial, so there’s probably not much more now to say about it, but one last thought came to mind in how isolating living in denial can be. It’s fine to a point, but once we’re in denial over health issues we’re literally…
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Trying too hard

Date 5 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
Have you ever tried to make a situation work, then realise it never will? It’s only really when we stop trying, or walk away that we understand that is how things were meant to be. It’s would be like flogging a dead horse. We need to work together For situations…
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