Post-impairment syndrome

Date 26 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
The enormity of what I have to deal with because I have cerebral palsy, just to be able to function in my day comes home to roost every now and again. I am dealing with post-impairment syndrome that affects adults with cerebral palsy. According to the National Institute of Neurological…
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Turning conflict around

Date 23 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I have experienced conflict. Some of us will continue to live with conflict. Others will walk away from it. Always try to turn conflict around. How do we turn conflict around? We must approach conflict as two equals trying to solve the issue, rather than stay caught up with the…
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A question of trust

Date 20 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
As children, we’re told and believe many things by adults and that’s the way it should be. But what happens when an adult tells a child that everything will be okay, but in reality that child is left with a situation where that clearly doesn't happen? What if that were…
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We must own things

Date 15 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
I should know what guilt looks like. I’ve carried it most of my life. Perhaps that’s why I’ve chosen to own things instead and let go of the rest. If we say or do something that’s wrong, we must admit we got it wrong, instead of passing the buck and…
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Right & Wrong

Date 13 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
There are people who gravitate towards and who are moralistic. They will continue to exhibit goodness, use right and wrong and show others how to exhibit both. Unfortunately, we won’t all share or exhibit the same morals. It’s how life seems to go, but morals are the most important thing…
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Things staying broken

Date 8 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Some things are meant to stay broken. As hard as it is to reconcile, sometimes it’s the way things are meant to be. Wouldn’t life be great if we could all wave a magic wand and everyone said nice things to each other and pulled together, even if we are…
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Getting back on track

Date 6 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Today hasn’t been my best day. The last couple of blogs have been about my health issues that have left me with very little thought. That's fine because my mind gets to rest. I also like to bring an understanding of why into the equation so I can closure on…
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New & shiny things

Date 2 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
When you have very little that’s new when you’re a child it’s very easy to want or wish you had new and shiny things. As children, we may begin to feel left out that others got to have new and shiny things and we didn’t. I believe that having Cerebral…
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Are we ever prepared?

Date 30 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We can prepare ourselves for a forthcoming exam, we can prepare ourselves for school, we can even prepare ourselves for an interview, but when we look at everything that happens in our lives, are we ever really prepared? I was never prepared for life in the true sense. Without the…
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A dip in the road

Date 27 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Events beyond our control may force us to take a dip in the road. Those events may take us down a completely different path from the one we started, may lead us to a different decision we might not otherwise have made. While any new road may not have been…
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The way it is

Date 25 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We try to please others because we have to, or we have no choice. We don’t stop to think about ourselves and whether the people we’re trying to please, will reciprocate. When we go out of our way to please others, we fail to please or think about ourselves. Expectations…
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Difficulties in letting go

Date 21 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We have difficulties in letting go either because we're not consciously aware we’re holding on to bad patterns that stop us from letting go, we know we're holding on, but don’t know how to let go. The path to happiness is never straight forward, but for those of us who…
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