Make gratitude your default

Date 16 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Despite our childhood, it is still important to come through with gratitude. Make gratitude your default. It can change your life in more ways than you’ll know. Gratitude Gratitude is something we may ignore, but something we should adopt if our lives are to become more peaceful, if we’re going…
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Is the glass half empty?

Date 12 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Do you see life as a reason to celebrate, or has your life become an everyday chore? Is the glass half empty or half full? There is no doubt, we achieve very little with a half empty glass. No matter the experience, it is important to look for and think…
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Reducing our stress

Date 9 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The day you become assertive is the day your life changes, is the day you take control back, is the day other people’s lives become harder, is the day your stress levels become reduced. Not being assertive Not being assertive enough can make us feel powerless to act, to control…
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Mental Health and Anxiety

Date 8 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re not always aware, or may not always equate anxiety, or understand that anxiety is a mental health problem. We don’t usually think about our mental health, instead we may take good mental health for granted. Mental Illness and Anxiety Mental illness and anxiety is something someone else deals with,…
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Why we ignore our behaviour

Date 5 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re quite happy to point out other people’s faults, but will conveniently fail to acknowledge our own. It’s always easier for us to ignore our behaviour, than it is for us to confront and then deal with our behaviour. Failing to admit fault We would rather confront or pick someone…
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Cancer and Alternative Therapies

Date 3 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Research shows that patients who deal with cancer who use alternative therapies may be more likely to ignore conventional treatments over alternative therapies and could risk their chances of survival. But I think there is more to this. The research does not go far enough. When mum chose to go…
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Grappling with insecurities

Date 31 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The more we grapple with insecurities, the more we will lose the ability to believe in our abilities, the more insecure we will be and the more we will ignore how we feel. But feeling insecure means we will take the love and care that we can, disregard both and…
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Learning to introspect

Date 28 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We know that introversion or introspection is the act of observing and thinking about ourselves and our lives objectively. Introspection is a conversation with us. Looking at introspection Both are used as a tool to help you look at your lives from the outside in. With introspection you look at…
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Forgiveness and Discretion

Date 23 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
When someone ignores something, and they do it consciously with full knowledge and deliberation, that’s when we have a choice about whether we choose to forgive. Because we have a choice to change our decisions and make a different choice, our decisions then become a whole new story and forgiveness…
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Living in the past

Date 20 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
When we have dealt with our past, we will emotionally and spiritually grow and that means we will start to live in the present. What living in the present means Living in the present, means you’ll be emotionally happier, more content with yourselves and happier with your life. It also…
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We hurt, we hurt others

Date 16 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We hurt, we hurt others because we’re hurt, but that makes us like the people who hurt us. But if we are to judge how lovable we are, based on someone else’s inability to love without hurting us, we will acquire an inaccurate view of ourselves. Reflections of ‘Love’ It…
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Deeper awareness

Date 12 July 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Having deep awareness within ourselves is the key to renewal and change. But we must be willing to transform ourselves so that our thoughts reflect both our conscious and unconscious beliefs, so that we change the distorted energy patterns that become the cause of disease, ageing and infirmity. It is…
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