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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Look at the past

Date 27 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I often take time to reflect on my past, as I believe it helps me pave the way forward. There will always be times when it’s hard, but necessary. I go back to not knowing about having a disability and remembering my struggles. Having to work through everything blindly was…
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Working at relationships

Date 26 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
In our less than perfect world, being taken for granted seems to have become par for the course. For some of us once the relationship beds in, complacency also sets in. We must all work at relationships. When we’re not coping, our loved ones usually get the brunt of our…
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Time for us to accept help

Date 24 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
It doesn’t matter that we all deal with different things, the problem is we will always have something to deal with. Some of us will find those things easy, some of us will find those things difficult. Some of us will want help and will be open to suggestions, whilst…
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My constant frustrations

Date 21 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Today I woke up with such frustration, not sure I had that much in me. But the realities of what I’ve had to deal with in the last few months have seemed to consciously hit home this morning. I take the view that problems don’t last forever, so that helps…
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Reflecting on where I am

Date 20 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
On the back of my week last week I thought it’d be a good opportunity for me to reflect. On some days, I have clarity, on other days my head feels slightly jumbled. As hard as it is to watch the one you love go through trauma; generally, as a…
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Tackling procrastination

Date 16 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
To procrastinate means to avoid tackling things we know we need to tackle. We avoid the jobs we should attend to, we avoid sorting our issues out. It’s also a habit that once you get into, it’s very hard to get out of. As a child I always did it.…
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Controlling anxiety

Date 15 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Although stress and anxiety seem very similar, they have very different implications. Stress comes from an event or a thought that can make us angry or frustrated, whereas anxiety comes from a feeling of fear, worry or unease. Going back to basics so that we make better lifestyle choices will…
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