Family Feuds and Apologies

Date 20 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Family feuds can be toxic. They’re usually based on an issue that escalates and gets bigger from very little, or through a history of issues. Anything and everything that brings the family to a complete halt. Failings out Fallings out seems to be common within families. Families can be complicated…
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Historic family issues

Date 14 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Historic family issues are what keeps families separate. It doesn’t matter the upbringing or the issues unless those circumstances are satisfactorily resolved or addressed, families emotionally will never stay together. Dysfunctional families Perhaps that’s part of what a dysfunctional family is. A family in which conflict, abuse and bad behaviour…
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Understanding stress

Date 9 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
If we don’t recognise the signs of stress, those around us may be aware we’re stressed and can be on the receiving end. Stress Although some stress can be good for us because it keeps us motivated and alert, in some cases stress can even make us aware of danger…
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Fabricating stories

Date 4 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s a shame when people choose to fabricate stories. Even when they’re given the facts, they still choose to see their own version that’s far removed from how things actually happened. Fabricating stories is part of their own reality and how they want to see things, not how those things…
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Anger and Irritability

Date 28 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We bleat things out, but how many of us know that what we bleat out are critical undertones, often brought about through anger and irritability? Where undertones are one of dishonesty, we should perhaps worry. Critical undertones Critical undertones imply there is something lurking, something in our past that we’ve…
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Being our own worst enemy

Date 24 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We dwell and continue to pull ourselves down, comparing ourselves to others we think are perfect, with the reality being they’re no more perfect than we are and we’re by no means perfect. ‘We can be our own worst enemy.’ The self-critical voice Perhaps it’s the self-critical voice that’s defeating…
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Understanding our parents

Date 20 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
It is only when we start to raise our children that we begin to have a newfound respect and compassion for our parents, unless you were subjected to a different form of parenting that made you indifferent to your experiences, growing up. Gaining a ‘perspective’ We tend to gain a…
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A life without an ego

Date 17 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We know the ego is responsible for leading our reaction or response, for other people’s actions directed towards us and us towards others. Know your 'ego' But understanding and having knowledge of what the ego is and how it leads us to act, allows us to facilitate, communicate and change…
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Our conscious connections

Date 13 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The more we’re aware of and deal with our unconscious thoughts, the more we will stay consciously connected. As children growing up, we never make the conscious connections we need to make. We need to deal with 'things' It is only when we begin to look back on those times…
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A little knowledge

Date 10 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Over the last few months listening to politicians in support of the UK leaving the EU, reminded me of the saying “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” can mislead us into thinking that we’re more of an expert than we are. Exercising humility It also means we become falsely…
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Putting people down

Date 8 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
There are sociopaths in our midst and we don’t even know it. Someone with a personality disorder manifesting itself in antisocial behaviour and attitudes. It’s not something we think about but perhaps it’s something we should start. If you have been around people who demean you to make themselves feel…
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Now is the time for change

Date 5 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
It is important to be aware of your feelings, to never lose sight of how you feel. Also to never allow another person’s version of what you feel, get the better of you. If you went through years of feeling guilty for the things you didn’t achieve, now it a…
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