Parenting

Date 5 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Being a parent is difficult no matter the age of our children. We’re not given a book on how to instinctively parent, but we’re still expected to succeed, to guide our children towards independence, for them to adapt comfortably in their world. As a parent, there is no doubt that…
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Decision making foundations

Date 2 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Every day, we are inundated with making daily decisions, some small decisions and some decisions that aren’t so small, but end up being life changing. Unfortunately, for many of us our decision-making is based on our past experiences and cognitive biases, the latter being the biggest problem. We tend to…
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Disability in 2016

Date 1 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Enough is still being done to get disability out into the public domain and to keep it there. Unfortunately, disability is just one area in society that is being overlooked. The stats Statistics based on U.S. findings, report that nearly ...
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Learning to like ourselves

Date 27 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
How many of us like ourselves and if we don’t like ourselves, how then can we be honest with ourselves? Unless we learn to like ourselves, or like the skin we’re in we will never be honest with ourselves. The more we like ourselves, the more honest with ourselves we…
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Toxic people

Date 24 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Food for thought: We’ve probably all come across people in our lives who are toxic. They’re in our environments, and in our lives too. If anyone toxic tries to bring you down to their level, work at bringing them up to your level and if you can’t, choose to walk…
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The right tone

Date 22 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
I’m not sure how many of us are aware of our responses when we talk or communicate with others, but this is something we could all improve on. How we respond, or speak to others is the most important thing we will do. When we engage in defensive behaviour that’s…
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We are not our characters

Date 20 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We are not our characters. When we peel back the layers on our characters that is the person we are, our core. What happens to us in life through the layers of unconscious patterns that build up, is not who we are. We see the world as we are. We…
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Not being resentful

Date 19 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
When we live with something and feel no resentment, we know we have come through the healing process, to a more spiritual existence. That’s not to say we won’t have difficult days, but any feelings we have will then only be temporary. We must continue to find a genuine understanding…
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A life with integrity

Date 15 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
If I could impress upon others to incorporate one value in their life that value would be integrity. Integrity should be the backbone to humanity because it gives our lives purpose. It makes for good character, which is vitally important. When we use integrity consistently, it becomes the norm and…
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Managing Cerebral Palsy

Date 8 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The more I read about Cerebral Palsy, the more I am disillusioned by the lack of support and necessary preparations that could have helped me grow up with the condition that I didn’t know I had. Although my medical problems as a child weren’t complex in comparison to other children…
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Taking it out on others

Date 5 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We undermine, we belittle and bring other people down, because we struggle. It’s far easier to bring someone else down, than it is to bring ourselves up. Whether we’re dealing with an issue, struggling with our past, or aren’t happy in our present, there can be no excuse for bringing…
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Turning our backs

Date 31 January 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The hard part is knowing when it’s time to turn your back on something or someone. There are two trains of thought here. Understanding what we’re turning our backs on and when it is time to give up. If it’s someone we’re struggling with and they’re continually making us stressed,…
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