Some of the same feelings

Date 13 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
So here I am blogging about my feelings again. It’s never a great surprise to me that my thoughts and feelings constantly change. When a child experiences trauma, it should be something the whole family work through too. Dealing with trauma is always difficult. To wake up one day and…
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Hostility

Date 12 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Being hostile towards others because we’re finding life tough isn’t right, particularly if it means us alienating the people we care about the most. Hostility I have seen what happens, when a person responds to a given situation in a less than friendly manner when they become hostile, argumentative and…
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Compassion

Date 11 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
The first step in developing compassion is empathy, because without empathy we can’t have compassion. Sadly, not only do we not practice compassion, but we fail to show empathy to those who need us to empathise with them ...
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Winning through losing

Date 9 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
From an early age, we learn from our parents and society how significant it is for us to win, but what it means to lose is even more important. Losing is inevitable We can be prepared, trained, focused and experienced and still not win. Losing is an inevitable part of…
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Convincing others

Date 8 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Isn’t it frustrating when you tell someone something and you end up having to convince them before they’ll agree with you? Not all people accept what we say. We almost have to convince them to accept a new belief on what they already know or believe. In some cases we…
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Resentment

Date 6 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Resentment comes from feeling we’ve been treated unfairly, when we find it hard to forgive those who have wronged us. When we hold on to negative experiences we will begin to harbour feelings of resentment. Holding on to resentment The more we hold on to negative experiences, the more we…
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Taking advice

Date 5 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Have you noticed how people aren’t inclined to take advice, even when the advice is free or offered with love and sincerity? Accepting another person's perspective Perhaps it’s because we haven’t thought those thoughts first, so we’re slightly aggrieved that someone else has? We tend to like to work things…
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Achieving clarity

Date 4 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
It is important that any thoughts and actions that give us less clarity are the thoughts we move away from. How do we achieve it? The following suggestions might be useful: Don’t mix with people who drift and who are negative; Stop watching television, play video games, or surf the…
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Poorly again

Date 3 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
It wasn’t long ago that I was dealing with a sore throat and subsequent cold which took 14 days to clear, but now it seems I’m back again with a sore throat. It’s difficult with children in school to be totally free of not catching a cough or cold and…
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Memories of Calm

Date 1 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Today part of me has been positive, the other part of me has been swaying towards the not so positive. As much as I try it’s not always easy to stay focused and positive all the time. I think it comes with the territory. Emotionally whether I like it or…
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Clarity

Date 30 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Clarity is an understanding we achieve about something we previously failed to understand. It is what we create for ourselves. But to have complete clarity, we must avoid other potential thoughts that can veer us off course. It also doesn’t matter if we don’t have clarity straight away, as long…
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People taking advantage

Date 29 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Being taken for granted starts when we’re unable to say No to friends or family when they ask us to do things. That what starts out as a favour to them, becomes a little more when we feel we can’t say No? As a little girl, because I wanted to…
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