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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Our inner child

Date 8 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Our inner child will always be affected by our early experiences. If we’re told we’re useless, we will begin to believe we’re useless, in the same way if we’re not told we’re loved, we will begin to question our ability to love and be loved. On a subconscious level, our…
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White lies

Date 5 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
How many of us have or still tell white lies to either cover up mistakes, or not to elicit the truth? Research shows that people tend to lie. One study found that some people tell lies about two or three times in around 10 minutes. It seems to have become…
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Help with emotional ruts

Date 3 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I try to perceive my life and situations in a way that helps me take control but it’s not always easy. Below are practical ways to ...
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Emotional ruts

Date 2 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
Have you ever experienced something in your life that has such an impact on how you feel that you spiral into an emotional rut? To be in an emotional rut isn’t great because the longer you’re in one, the harder it is to get out. But our earlier experiences, influences…
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My health

Date 1 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
This morning I am feeling brighter, but also feel sad that my health is something that I will always have to deal with. It's something that will always be a part of me, because I was premature and because I have Cerebral Palsy. This is the part I find so…
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Yesterday's problems

Date 28 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I seem to be having such a hard time of things, but I’m still choosing to remain positive. Having nursed Claudia over a cold at the weekend, I started off with a sore throat yesterday morning that culminated with me being sick last night. You know that feeling where you…
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My troubled week

Date 25 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m annoyed, frustrated and angry at what’s going on in my life. I am annoyed at not being able to work through what I need to work through this week. I am annoyed at the system not caring enough, when I needed help from the system. I’m annoyed at not…
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