Shine a light on Your Mental Health

Date 2 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
Firstly, if you're reading my blog, thank you for reading. I don’t insist my readers follow my advice, or do as I do, but if something I write can make your life better then why wouldn’t you at least try? We've also started 2023 ...
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A Life Changed

Date 30 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Life changes when you lose a loved one. How may you feel? A little lost, well a lot lost, but it helps to know if you know where they are. If you believe things happen for a reason, it is important to understand the reason; to understand ...
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More questions about Covid-19

Date 26 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Three weeks ago I didn't find Covid, it found me. I tested positive for Covid, but I was feeling poorly days before I took the test and thought I had flu and which is why it took me longer to test. Please continue to test Please continue to test ...
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Happy Holidays

Date 24 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
The last few months have been tough… my twin had cancer, ending with the culmination of her passing on the 21st December. It’s been a very difficult year. I will be glad to see the back of 2022. Today, we will be heading to ...
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Without my twin

Date 23 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Well, I go on to fight another day. After my twin’s funeral on the 21st December, yesterday was my first day as a twinless twin. Coming up to Christmas, it is even more difficult. A twinless twin, is an individual who had a twin but ...
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My Anxiety Challenges

Date 19 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
When I look back at my anxiety struggles and challenges, not knowing about my physical, mental, or emotional disability, didn’t do me any favours. If anything, it allowed society to judge and form opinions about me and my ...
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A change of blogs...

Date 18 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m not sure what exactly I will be putting out over the next few days, to the lead up to my twin’s funeral on Wednesday. All I know is that I don't have time to write my monthly 'Diet and Nutrition' and Exercise blogs, so I am intending ...
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Writing for Mental Health

Date 15 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Since the passing of my twin a few days ago, I shall be putting out blogs that support my mental health needs. There may be a few changes to my monthly blogs again, if I struggle to get those out. Or I may jump on to a feature ...
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At a loss

Date 13 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
My twin passed away on Saturday 10th December 2022. It will be a day etched in all our memories, but for me as her surviving twin, it’s a date that will be etched for other reasons also. It was the day, I was forced to start living ...
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Covid finally caught up with me

Date 12 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
After 3 years of taking the necessary precautionary measures I didn’t go out to look for Covid, and it caught up with me. With two people in my household affected, and the other person affected worse off, the virus got ...
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Self-Gratification and Dis-ease

Date 9 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
The world is changed and so are we. With self-gratification we have everything we want at the drop of a hat. Generally, we're notching up 'things' instead of extending ourselves to help others. Self-Gratification and Brexit ...
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Terminal Illness

Date 7 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Dealing with a loved one with a terminal illness means you're left with a lot of feelings around end of life. Knowing it is an end of stage disease that is not curable, is for many, a hard pill to swallow. Dealing with a loved one's terminal ...
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