Changing the initial response

Date 1 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Changing the initial response to something, is important if we are to avoid closing ourselves further in. But without changing the initial response, we cannot expect anything to work, or change. The initial response needs to change if circumstances are to change. When it comes to obsessions or compulsions, without…
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Breaking the cycle of abuse

Date 31 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Abuse and the cycle of abuse will always continue unless the cycle is broken. But often the root of abuse is deeply embedded in the inequalities of culture and sex roles, roles that we don’t ever think about in that way, but that have the potential to cause abuse in…
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Siblings coming together

Date 25 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The hardest part for any child is to watch a parent work through a terminal illness. Growing up, we think our parents are indestructible that they're going to be around forever. It’s also hard if as a child, you haven’t had the best of relationships with that parent. But as…
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Control, Neglect and Abuse

Date 23 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
When we go through any type of abuse, psychologically we become different people. Abuse if allowed to continue, runs through generations and families. Children who are subjected to abuse, tend to have to adapt to their environment. In the 60’s, abuse wasn’t a thing, it was accepted that children adapted…
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Fights affecting children

Date 19 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
It is common for parents to argue. Parents don’t always agree on everything and that is accepted. But what happens when parents continually fight, bicker, or even try to point score? Children come off worst Having been there myself, it’s almost too painful to watch, but what parents don’t seem…
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Confronting those who abuse

Date 15 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Abuse is abuse, whichever form it takes, but no matter how it presents, it has become so common place now, we don’t even think or see it as abuse. But unless you’re speaking with compassion, empathy and understanding, everything else is abuse. Confronting the perpetrator We would rather walk on…
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As in life, in death

Date 12 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
I always like to bring meaning to my writing, by finding explanations about different things in life. Sadly, when we talk about death it strikes the fear of god into us and into our hearts. Life 'after death' As a child I found the concept of death ...
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We live our karma

Date 7 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
If you believe in karma, you will know that however we choose to live our life, we will have to deal with karma. You will also know that karma means with every action there will be an equal and opposite reaction. Karma is energy, therefore the energy we create by…
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Health and Working Long Hours

Date 4 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
A study recently published in the medical journal ‘The Lancet’ identifies a link between working hours and our health. It is thought that the stress of long hours can trigger biological changes in the body, which leads to disease. Healthy Study The study found that working just one extra hour…
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Emotionally balanced

Date 3 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Being emotionally balanced being ’emotionally stable’ is something we all need to be. It is not something we think about unless we’re struggling, but without it we will begin to struggle. Emotional stability Emotional stability helps us stay grounded and not panic when things go awry. The other side of…
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Personality Characteristics

Date 30 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
According to personality type theories, the individual’s type is inborn and doesn’t change, but as individuals we can develop habits and personality traits that can contradict the description of our type. That is accepted. How environments shape us The environment we grow up in shapes our personality in ways that…
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Initiating change

Date 26 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We allow our subconscious to dictate how we live in the present and that will never help us initiate change. We must be the ones who initiate and want change. Change can only happen when we are willing to embrace change. We can talk about change and most of us…
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