New opportunities

Date 15 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ve previously written a blog about the fact that our lives are mapped out from the minute we’re born. But even so, it’s important to understand that through our lives, we will come across opportunities that will be obvious to those of us who are adept at reading between the…
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Support & CP

Date 12 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
I have talked briefly in my ‘About Me’ page about the lack of support I received in my formative years around my physical difficulties, but had all the right support mechanisms been in place for me earlier, I am not sure I would have got to where I am now…
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Being unpredictable

Date 9 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
There are two types of thought on being unpredictable. The first one is accepted as part of life, the second is too scary to even think about. We can be unpredictable by going out of our way by doing something kind for someone and because that other someone isn't expecting…
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Others' perceptions

Date 8 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
Being a certain way means it’s easy for us others to tar us with their brush, if they’re that way inclined. It would be easier for them to pin the blame on us, even if we weren’t to blame. Why would that someone choose to see past how we are,…
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History repeating

Date 5 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
History has shown and continues to show how things could have been prevented. There have been many events like the tragic loss of life on board the Titanic and the atrocities of World War II, events that could possibly have been prevented and if not prevented, at least massively reduced.…
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Forced relationships

Date 1 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
Trying too hard to make any relationship work means the relationship is forced. Forced relationships can be uncomfortable and hard work and yet those are what many of us deal with. No relationship should ever be forced. Anything forced will never fit. I’m not sure we always consciously make the…
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When people reach out

Date 28 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
When anyone reaches out to us for help and we decide not to help them, we’ve already subconsciously decided they don’t need our help, that there’s clearly nothing wrong with them. People reach out because they need the help. Perhaps it’s us that need the help for us not wanting…
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Running

Date 22 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
I wanted to elaborate further on my previous blog on ‘Running away.’ There are different reasons we run, but the very reason we run from ourselves is exactly the reason we should run towards ourselves. We isolate ourselves, we emotionally hide, we lose the connection between what’s happening in our…
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Taking life for granted

Date 20 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We take people for granted, but we don’t stop there. If we think more about this, about the things we have in our lives that we assume we will always have and yet those are the things we take for granted? Not only our lives, but what about our health,…
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Being open and transparent

Date 18 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
It stands to reason that relationships work better when they’re based on people being open and transparent. It means they’re more likely to talk about the things that matter to them and those they share their lives with. When people work in open and transparent ways, it means they’re open…
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Good Mental Health

Date 15 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
Mental health includes our psychological, emotional and social wellbeing. It is about how we feel and think as we go about our daily lives. Mental health determines the choices we make, how we handle stress and how we relate to others. Having good mental health is brought about through a…
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Sentiments behind the words

Date 14 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We would all get on better if we took the time to understand the sentiments behind people’s words. We spend our lives listening to people’s words, but never look behind their meaning or sentiments, why people say what they say, or what their words mean. We also need to understand…
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