Working on our bad days

Date 2 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
With more bad days under my belt than good days, I thought it might be helpful to blog about how to turn a bad day into a good one. The following should cut down on your stress: Always look at what you have, rather than what you want or would…
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Dealing with negative people

Date 1 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I am sure we’ve all come across negative people who you’d rather not deal with, but walking away isn’t always an option. Negativity is a means of them gaining attention. They may subconsciously not even be aware they are being negative, they usually see the negative in others, but we…
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Tackling obsessions

Date 29 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
If allowed to continue over a period of time, negative thoughts and feelings can turn into obsessions. Obsessions can be brought about through painful childhood experiences and trauma that we haven’t yet dealt with. Dealing with our experiences It is important to look at, and think about and understand our…
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Greater self-awareness

Date 26 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
It doesn’t matter who we are, or who we go on to meet, everyone has something special to give. On our part, we must be open enough to receive it. Every encounter we experience gives us the opportunity to become more self-aware, by showing us what we can accept about…
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Poor me syndrome

Date 23 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Regardless of my physical and emotional issues, I never allowed myself to be drawn into the ‘poor me syndrome.’ I’m not sure why, I just never did. I seemed to withdraw to a place where I was calm and when I was out of that place I was angry. I…
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Lots going on

Date 21 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I have usually put a feature page on the site by now and that was my intention, but so much is happening in my personal life; I’ve continued to blog. I promise tomorrow's blog will be a feature. Every way which way I turn I have problems glaring back at…
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A level of acceptance

Date 20 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I believe we must find a level of acceptance in our experiences, regardless of what we deal with, because without an acceptance of any kind, we will mentally stay stuck. When we learn to accept what we have had to deal with, we break the cycle. There will be things…
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Treading water

Date 19 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s going to be a short blog today. I feel as though I’m treading water and have felt like this for some time now. I seem to be heading nowhere. I have written about my problems here on the site, but those problems don’t seem to be abating. When I…
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Rose Coloured Spectacles

Date 18 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Why do we see the good in people even if they’re not deserving of the accolade? Why is that when someone isn’t in our life anymore, we won’t have a bad word said against them? It’s as if they were the perfect mother, the perfect father. It doesn’t matter what…
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Emotional connections

Date 14 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Being told that you’re loved as a child isn’t the same as feeling that you’re loved. There needs to be a spiritual connectedness between what we’re told and what we feel. When we’re constantly being told we’re pretty, beautiful, or special, we must inwardly feel those things. Being born with…
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Defensive behaviour

Date 11 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to go on the defensive and make their issues about you? Defensive behaviour is usually a pattern repeated, by people who have a problem with themselves. For those who use defensive behaviour as a coping mechanism to make them feel better about…
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Feeling different

Date 9 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I have already written a blog about fitting in with what we deal with in our lives, but I believe there is another side to it too. I remember around the time I was a teenager, thinking that somehow I didn’t fit into my life. We were on holiday with…
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