Loss is complicated

Date 15 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
Loss is complicated, it’s complex. It feels and looks different to everyone. When it comes to loss not everyone will grieve. Others who do grieve may not grieve the person they’ve lost, but the intricate, ever-winding experiences ...
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Mental Health Issues are Silent Killers

Date 13 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
My mum used to say 'you only get one crack at life'. Following my cerebral palsy diagnosis at 46, I took up writing and 'took a crack at it'. I talk about mental health on my blog and in my books Cerebral Palsy: 'A Story,' Spirituality ...
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No one is protected from Covid-19

Date 7 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
If with or without the vaccine you can still catch and spread Covid, no one is protected from the virus. Also, with no precautionary measures in place, no one is safe of being reinfected 2,3,4, or 5 times. I have seen that happen ...
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Losing Someone Close

Date 4 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
You lose someone and your whole life changes. If you can, try to remember to tap into how you feel, so you're aware of your mental and emotional feelings. While it may seem like a mammoth task, when losing someone close, there are ...
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Cancel Culture

Date 3 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
Cancel culture is the removal, a cancelling of people, organisations, brands, or products, usually down to something that a group, or community disapproves of, often without good reason. For anyone living with ...
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Hurt to Healing

Date 31 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Crossed words and disagreements can lead to being hurt, but we can heal through the hurt. Having the right people around you helps, people you know you can trust, people who have your back. With time, things can always ...
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Setting Mental Health Goals in 2023

Date 29 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ve never shunned away from being accountable or taking responsibility for my mental health. But since Covid-19 the world has changed, and we have become invisible. I hope that my writing will strike a chord, for those taking ...
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A Powerful Mindset

Date 27 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Through writing, I have seen how life can change in an instant. I have learned that while we don’t always have control over what happens to us, we can control what we do next and how we respond. We need to be instrumental ...
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Self-Acceptance and Mental Health

Date 22 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
This can impact our mental health. Convincing ourselves to accept mental health doesn't help unless we want to accept mental health. We should all be thinking about and dealing with our mental health. Our reluctance to deal ...
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The Pandemic has changed Society

Date 20 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
In an earlier blog, entitled ‘The Pandemic Has Changed Us’ I wrote about the research that has been undertaken and which reaches the view that we have all changed. The Pandemic has changed us We have become more self-focused ...
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Grief is all too encompassing

Date 16 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Grief is something we will all experience, and it can be all encompassing. In the last week as I struggle to comprehend the enormity of losing my twin, I am aware it’s made up of different emotions, but alongside autism dealing ...
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Reducing Ignorance

Date 8 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” - Martin Luther King Jr. Yes, from a man with integrity, morality, the best. We all want to be right, but we need to own up when ...
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