When Autism and Grief Conflict

Date 4 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
No matter how we come to lose loved ones, for many illness and grief is a never-ending spiral, particularly when we struggle to find acceptance or bring closure. Around autism, how we feel is not easily explained. Also, where ...
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Trying to Prove Ourselves

Date 2 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
We may spend a lifetime trying to prove ourselves, but the only person we need to prove something to is ourselves. As a result, we may judge ourselves harshly, we make a mistake we struggle to let the mistake go, we ...
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Let's talk Mental Health

Date 20 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Talking about anything that concerns you is talking about your mental health. Why not start a conversation about mental health, when you have time to have an in-depth discussion? Time To Talk: Talking About Your Mental Health ...
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Personal Development is important for change

Date 17 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
In an earlier blog, entitled ‘The Pandemic Has Changed Us’ I talked about the research that has been undertaken, which reaches the view that our personalities have changed in Covid-19. 'Self-focused' instead of 'people-focused...
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Why is Mental Health being Ignored?

Date 12 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
In a global pandemic, it's difficult to understand why people aren't choosing to be proactive around their mental health, or why they're not at least trying to be proactive, or why it’s the last thing they think about. In one of my ...
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When Life 'throws you a curve ball'

Date 6 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
There is an old saying that is so true of man’s response to man, “Everyone wants you to do better just not better than themselves.”- (Source: https://www.klifemin.org) You cannot do better without putting the hard work in ...
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Mental Health: What's it going to take?

Date 4 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
“You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.”- Pearl Cleage, Till You Hear From Me The quote rings true around mental health ...
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The Pandemic Has Changed Us

Date 2 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
New research published in science journal PLOS One, reported that American adults experienced changes in their personalities over the duration of COVID-19 pandemic. The changes were small but equivalent to around a decade’s ...
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Kindness, Respect and Compassion

Date 29 October 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
When we treat each other with kindness and compassion, the world changes. Everything we put out into the universe causes a ripple effect. You put out hate, you get hate back, you put out kindness, that too will come back ...
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Living your truth

Date 28 October 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
“If you’re not living your truth, you’re living a lie.” – Joseph Curiale Live your truth or live a lie. That’s the choice. The world through the political sphere is living a lie, different to what are the ‘universal truths’ so they can continue to spread ...
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Wellbeing and Mental Health

Date 23 October 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
How we respond to mental health is important if we are going to stay well. I have seen first hand how we can get sick, when we fail to deal with mental health. Also important is how we choose to seek meaningful connections ...
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Using Spirituality as a Guide

Date 18 October 2022
Author Ilana Estelle
Spirituality can be considered a path toward self-actualisation. It's a guide that helps us to direct our attention to a specific, often inward-looking reflection that if practiced well, gives us the answers we need. Through ...
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