Difficult people

Date 8 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
We spend our lives putting things right with difficult people, adapting and making things good, because we feel we have little choice. Those difficult people we have a connection with, will draw themselves to us because they know they can manipulate, because we will always try to please. I am…
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Anxiety explained

Date 7 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
It is accepted that a little bit of anxiety isn’t always bad, but too much is known to be detrimental to our health and can cause long term health problems. If we deal with anxiety daily and don’t shift the mental thought patterns that produce our anxiety, our anxiety will…
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Be an example

Date 4 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Live and lead your life by example. When we lead by example, we take responsibility for our life, without casting blame on other people, because of where we find ourselves. And although we’re not always initially responsible for where we find ourselves, we must be responsible for leading ...
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Attitude

Date 1 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
The older we are, the more likely we are to understand the impact of our attitude. Although we may remember certain events, it’s the attitude pertaining to those events that define how others will remember us. Our education, our experiences, our past and life in general are all important, but…
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Dealing with the whole

Date 30 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Trying to cure part without looking at the whole, could be compared to a chair without a leg and a lamp without a shade. They go together. Success comes when we’re looking at the whole of something in its entirety, not the half. Half of something means we could end…
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A better understanding

Date 28 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
We will fail to get on with others without a mutual understanding between us. We can’t have a mature conversation when the person we’re trying to reason with is generally irritable, not in the mood, or simply irritated by something we’ve said. It doesn’t mean what we said undermined how…
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Emotional eating

Date 27 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re struggling to cope, everything’s wrong, nothing’s right. We need a pickup, something that makes us feel better, something that bridges the gap, so we reach for the biscuit tin. We know it isn’t healthy, but it makes us feel better, right? Emotional eating is a way we right what’s…
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Grudges

Date 22 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
It would be easy for us to hold a grudge because of everything we’ve had to deal with, but what would be the point? When we hold a grudge, we hope the pain we feel is felt by the person we have a grudge against. It’s the nature of what…
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Aluminium & Alzheimer's

Date 21 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
A new study carried out by Keele University in the UK has confirmed high levels of aluminium in the brain of an individual who was exposed to aluminium at work and who later went on to die from Alzheimer’s disease. The Keele study claims to be the first direct link…
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Making time

Date 17 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
Just a thought: It takes more time for us to come back from illness, than it does for us to work on staying healthy. When we choose to make time for our health, our health will make time for us ...
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Dealing with flu

Date 9 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s that time of year again and flu, but if you’re like me and you’re more susceptible to colds because of what you physically deal with, the following remedies should help you deal with the virus effectively. Echinacea Is an all-round wonder remedy? Studies show that Echinacea contains active substances…
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Changing what is

Date 8 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re never satisfied with our lives, with what we’ve got. We’re in a rut. We don’t always know what we want, we just know we’re not happy. Perhaps it’s got nothing to do with that, but has everything to do with where we are in our lives. Until we come…
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