Foods that help Depression

Date 2 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
As an add on to my Depression blogs, we know that dietary changes can help bring about changes in the structure of the brain, both physiologically and chemically. Both these changes can help improve mood and mental outlook. Nutrients in food helps the body stay well, repair and grow.  Those nutrients…
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Depression, regular exercise

Date 1 July 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
The last thing anyone wants to do when they’re depressed is exercise, but studies have shown that exercise if taken regularly, can be effective at increasing energy levels, reducing feelings of tiredness and taking antidepressants. Evidence suggests that physical activity, increases the amount of endorphins that can have a positive…
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Depression, taking care of yourself

Date 30 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
Taking care of yourself, of your mental health, is one of the important thing you can do to help you overcome depression. It is also important to nurture yourself. This means making time to do the things that you once enjoyed, setting your own limits on what you feel you’re…
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Supportive relationships

Date 29 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
Finding the right support is the key to keeping depression at bay, but when it comes to maintaining a positive perspective, dealing with depression can be difficult, for us to keep up the effort required to come through. Loneliness and feeling isolated can make depression worse, so keeping up with…
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Depression

Date 28 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
If being locked inside your heard, without drive, energy or motivation is depression, then that is what I have. Being locked away is never a conscious decision, but a coping mechanism. I just exist. Depression and Lifestyle Changes  It is possible though with help to make small changes when dealing…
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Signs of personal growth

Date 26 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
When anyone is at one with themselves, they feel whole, happy and are in sync with themselves. They don’t take offence, are not easily wounded, or triggered by other people’s words or actions. For those who take offence, there are many opportunities for you to self-heal, but it is important…
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Healing conflict from within

Date 24 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
Conflict is an inevitable part of life. However hard we try, it’s not easy to avoid conflict, but the stronger we are the more easily we will handle it, without having to cut ties. If we choose to walk away, it may often be because we’re afraid to look deeply…
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Why do we have to please others?

Date 20 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
I wonder how many of us have spent our entire lives pleasing family just so that we fit in, just so we’re accepted, nurtured, understood and cared for? It’s sometimes expected. It was something I did constantly. Growing up with a disability, there were two parts of me. One part…
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Lessening the impact

Date 17 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
For children growing up in the 1960's, there was a stigma behind disability and rather than embrace disability, children were considered outcasts. Parents were embarrassed about their children and what other parents and society ...
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Picricum Acidum 30c

Date 15 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
Part of the problem I have living with Cerebral Palsy is that I deal with Brain fatigue. The Homeopathic remedy “Picricum Acidum” 30c is helping, so I thought I’d do an article for anyone who may be interested in looking into it, if that is what you also deal with.…
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Information that supports

Date 11 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
There are so many of us with different forms of Cerebral Palsy whose symptoms will vary accordingly. Unfortunately, no two cases are the same. How many of us, as we age, will have symptoms, but with no concrete evidence out there to document or pin-point symptoms to a particular type…
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Reflexology treatment

Date 9 June 2010
Author Ilana Estelle
In the coming months, I will be looking at some of the different therapies that help some of the symptoms often experienced with conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Arthritis, Crohn's disease, Bipolar etc. I enjoy learning about alternative therapies and would have no hesitation in using or recommending them. They are…
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