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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Listening to ourselves

Date 18 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Taking advice from ourselves is often a difficult thing to do, primarily because we’re not always aware of what we want and because we often lack an understanding of our needs. For us to make decisions, we need our own understanding on what we deal with, so that we can…
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Repeating history

Date 16 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Many of us will go on to repeat history instead of creating our own, because we see our parents’ failing as ours. We think there will be a correlation between our parents’ life and our own and that if our parents fail, we will fail. I believe that isn’t the…
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We're over things

Date 13 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re over things. We tell ourselves we don’t blame, we tell ourselves we don’t hold grudges, but our body language and behaviour tell a different story. As much as we think we’re over other things, looking to blame and holding a grudge with someone, are not things we can easily…
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Dealing with Guilt

Date 21 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Guilt will always manifest itself ten-fold, if it’s not addressed. Dealing with guilt is not something we easily manage or remedy either. Guilt interferes with our thoughts and feelings. It’s responsible for denial, responsible for harbouring resentment, particularly if the resentment comes from another person's behaviour that ...
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Sleep study results

Date 16 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
Scientists from some of the world’s leading universities at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Manchester and Surrey have warned that cutting our sleep is leading to serious health problems. This is based around the impact on our body clock, which drives huge changes in the human body, altering alertness, mood ...
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Inside & out

Date 3 May 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
We hide our emotions, bury our vulnerability, spend our time convincing ourselves we’re okay, but inwardly we’re not feeling that way. Wouldn’t it be good if taking care of ourselves was just about taking care of our physical needs? Unfortunately, that isn’t the case, because the catalyst of taking care…
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Dark Chocolate

Date 29 April 2014
Author Ilana Estelle
The health benefits of dark chocolate have been the subject of many recent studies and the outcome of these is that benefits are now widely acknowledged. The goodness of chocolate comes from its cacao concentration. Chocolate contains as many as 300 compounds that provide extreme health benefits, including polyphenols, flavonoids,…
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