Misunderstanding Karma

Date 4 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Karma is one of the most misunderstood Buddhist teachings. Karma misconceptions exist and where we think we understand karma, we sadly don’t. Karma means 'action' We often think that ‘karma’ is some kind of external force that punishes us for our bad deeds and rewards us for our good. But…
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Seeing the whole

Date 1 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Always look at the whole of something, the bigger picture. Because without the benefit of us being able to see the whole as opposed to half of something, we will defend what we know, without fully understanding that what we’re defending is only half of what we need to understand…
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Our journey's purpose

Date 29 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
There is a spiritual belief that trauma and difficulties around traumatic experiences are the symptoms of us having lost sight of the purpose of our journey. But perhaps it is not always us who have lost sight, but it’s those who inflict trauma who have lost sight of their own…
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Narcissistic behaviour

Date 27 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
For those of us who have lived and been brought up around narcissistic behaviour, the cycle of abuse never ends until that person gets help. With that kind of behaviour, it’s often difficult to know where the good mood starts and ends, because narcissistic behaviour morphs into other behaviour traits.…
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Walk the walk

Date 23 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Spirituality expects that however, our life works out, we are responsible. If we don’t change anything that is also our responsibility. It’s not enough to talk about an issue, replay the same messages without redressing the issue, or move on from our experiences. We should also think about and come…
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The cycle of abuse

Date 19 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
The reality is that because we don’t consciously see or equate people’s bad behaviour with abuse, we may continually accept the behaviour we’re presented with. But being aware of what is considered abuse, is the first step to understanding what abuse looks like. A person’s undertones, being intimidating and where…
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Why we may fail

Date 16 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Just because we choose to block things out, doesn’t mean those things didn’t happen, in the same way failing to acknowledge another person’s success doesn’t mean that person didn’t meet with success. Blocking anything out, doesn’t make it so. It just means we may not only fail to recognise other…
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Why we mustn't question

Date 11 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We will stop questioning ourselves when we start believing in ourselves. We question ourselves because we lack the confidence to believe in ourselves. It’s a vicious circle. Believing in ourselves is another way of saying we have confidence. When we have the confidence, we’re telling ourselves and the world we…
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Saying how things are

Date 8 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
Although being open and transparent doesn’t often reward us with brownie points from those who aren’t, it does mean we get to sit comfortably with our conscience. Bad behaviour Being open and transparent may not always sit comfortably with others, but bad behaviour shouldn’t have to be tolerated.  If we…
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Losing motivation

Date 4 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re all capable of working through issues, but we often lose motivation when people continually undermine us and who are the reason behind our lack of motivation, how we feel about ourselves. It may be that you know people, who continually bring you down, who leave you to defend yourself.…
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Coping with unconscious bias

Date 3 January 2018
Author Ilana Estelle
With every conversation we have, good or bad that conversation becomes part of new conversations. Through unconscious bias, conversations that have taken place, never stay within the confinements of the original conversation. Conversations follow us into new relationships All previous conversations will unconsciously follow us into new relationships with us…
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Forcing others to adapt

Date 30 December 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
Others are expected and in some cases forced to adapt into their lives around what they deal with. It’s not just around disabilities, but in other walks of life too where they’re expected to fit in. Society, people’s cultures, social ...
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