Sadness & anger

Date 1 September 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
We’ve probably all lived with sadness. Some of us will continue to live with sadness. Underneath sadness is a world of anger waiting to come out. Sadness is the undercurrent that characterises a lifetime of gloom, sorrow and depression. Behind our words are a great deal of heartache. Sadness if…
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Being prepared

Date 29 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s true that our formative years don’t always prepare us for the life we have yet to come, particularly if we haven’t had the support, but through maturity and emotional growth, I believe we can adapt. My sensory processing disorder (“SPD”) compound my problem. Some of the bigger issues, which…
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Trust & deceit

Date 28 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Someone contacted me through my website, asking for advice on trust and deceit, so I thought I’d write a blog about it. I hope this helps. Trust is the foundation on which relationships are based. Without trust, there is no relationship and where someone’s trust is broken, deceit usually follows.…
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The Universal Truth

Date 25 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
You could say that a truth is ‘universal’ if it is irrefutably valid and logical, so a universal truth is impossible to deny, and it is the same for everyone. For example, everything we do starts with a single thought. Some of us ...
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Learn to reconcile

Date 24 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
When we understand there isn’t anything that we could have done to change our life, we will find acceptance. We spend too many years wishing our lives were different, know there wasn’t anything we could have done to change it, but still we continue to wish. To be aware of…
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My Cerebral Palsy ignorance

Date 21 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Having missed out on my developmental stages that other children reach without a disability, it is only now that I have come to understand why. Being ignorant because we don’t understand something is acceptable because we don’t know any better, but being ignorant because we don’t want to know, is…
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Moving on with Life

Date 13 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
The real choice is the choice we make, either to move on with our lives, or live with animosity over a life we didn’t choose. I decided to move on. The heart of the issue is never what the other person has done, but our reactions to what they’ve done.…
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How to feel happy

Date 10 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
There is a misconception about being happy. Being happy isn’t about making other people happy. We don’t just become happy, because we make other people happy. Being happy is a state of mind. Being happy isn’t about others accepting us. We need to accept ourselves first, before we can even…
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Other people's baggage

Date 7 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Our emotional suffering on past events will end when we decide we don’t want the struggle anymore. Until then, our unconscious thoughts will continue to play out the same negative patterns that create the initial panic when we think of past events, particularly the ones we have had no control…
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How I control stress

Date 6 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
When we learn how to control stress, we will automatically feel better about what we deal with and will have better lives. These are my tips for controlling my own stress: Learn to cultivate and learn to accept patience as part of the bigger picture and put that into perspective,…
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Disability & Relationships

Date 5 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Going into a relationship with a disability is hard. Going into a relationship not knowing you have a disability and then finding out you have one is massively difficult, particularly for the person with the disability. It’s not knowing beforehand that makes it even more difficult for the person with…
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We're born equal

Date 1 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re born equal. It’s what happens from birth that has a bearing on us being equal. Having support is a good place to start. Support allows us take the next step to us carving out a successful life. I believe that without our earlier opportunities, we can still go on…
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