Nobody Goes Through Life Unscathed

Date 5 July 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Emily Blunt… ‘Nobody goes through life unscathed.’ (theguardian.com) We don’t always have to deal with trauma to be scathed. We could have someone control us, a crossed word, an unkind sentiment, a pull down ...
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My Supermarket Visit

Date 30 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Still very much in the throes of the pandemic and two and a half years later, I felt confident enough to go back to a supermarket. This is a milestone for me. Last Sunday, armed with a mask and visor and feeling okay about it, I went ...
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Looking at the Positives in Lockdown

Date 26 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
No matter what I deal with, I always try to find the positives. In the beginning of the pandemic with autism, it was difficult for me to get past the shock, to try to understand what was going. The pandemic has kept me mentally ...
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Covid-19, A Life 'Locked-In'

Date 22 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
The last few months since the lifting of restrictions in the UK has been difficult for me, impossible at times. My mental health has been up and down. A 'locked-in' life There is no getting away from a life, which is now compounded by the fact ...
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Why Covid has been Bungled

Date 17 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
How can we expect people to accurately assess their Covid risk when they don’t understand such basic information? Public health like the @CDCgov has failed so spectacularly during this pandemic I sometimes marvel at how badly this has been bungled – Ellison Cooper PhD via @Twitter The UK government aren’t talking…
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Navigating my Blog

Date 11 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
When it comes to mental health you need to give yourself time. It’s easy to start with good intentions and then give up at the first hurdle. I have always had good intentions, but mental health with a disability is difficult to process. My blog helps tackle 'mental health' Since…
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A New Different

Date 7 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
I have tried many times to get on with my life in the pandemic and have failed. And although all restrictions are now lifted in the UK, we’re still in the pandemic, the virus isn’t gone, and it can continue to spread at any time ...
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When 'Loved Ones' In Spirit Communicate

Date 3 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
My father is around me. When you talk about an aroma in spiritual terms, it evokes a very strong memory of the past. My father used to smoke one cigarette a day, that same smell has been around me for a good while now. It wasn’t the smell you get…
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My Journey, My Choice

Date 1 June 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
We all have a journey, through the choices we make and even if it’s not the journey you want, it becomes your journey, the longer you’re on it. It’s down to us to change. We can all change course. Through my writing I changed direction and that became my journey.…
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My Christmas 2020

Date 27 May 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Christmas and Covid Like millions of others in the UK, my family and I followed the restrictive rules, which were in place at Christmas 2020 when we were told to follow the law. For me, it meant my children weren't able to come ...
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A Good Sense of Myself

Date 20 May 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Over the years, dealing with a disability I didn’t know I had, I acquired a good sense of myself and although I didn’t have my diagnosis or blog until my forties, I wasn’t completely void of understanding how I presented and who ‘I was.’ My ‘blog’ My blog has given…
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12-today

Date 17 May 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
We each have a journey to take, but not all of us will take it. It is important to act, so that we can change our lives. It doesn’t have to be anything big, it just has to be something. It is important to act Growing up without knowing about…
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