The wrong impression

Date 12 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We can spend a lifetime giving people the wrong impression. For some, it’s not always intentioned for us give the wrong impression, but for others they simply don’t care. They’re tied into their own unconscious thinking and don’t stop to think about the impression or mark they leave on others.…
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Our journey

Date 10 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
Our journey is for us to make and must never be compared to that of someone else. Our journey may take time, for others it may happen almost immediately. What matters is that we finish, not where we start or where we've come from. As one door closes, another door…
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A resistant childhood

Date 6 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We spend our childhoods being told what to do, with parents making sure we do as we’re told. It is possibly one of the worst forms of parenting, not to mention a control issue, but parenting in that way, means we don’t grow up with an opinion of our own.…
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Others' responsibility

Date 2 March 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We’re not off the hook because we avoid responsibility for our actions, or choose to live in denial. By us choosing to right a wrong says something about us and does more for us than choosing to ignore our experiences as if those experiences didn’t happen. The truth is that…
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Conditional love

Date 26 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We say we love and yet the love we give is conditional. We don’t do something for nothing, we do something to have something back in return and yet the love we have for our pets is completely unconditional and is reciprocated ten-fold. Unconditional Love We know what unconditional love…
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Listening attentively

Date 22 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We listen to what we want to hear. If what we’re being told doesn’t concur with our own thoughts, beliefs or how we see our lives, we shut off. We listen to reply, because it would be rude for us not to, but we don’t listen enough for us to…
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Doing things to spite

Date 19 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We can choose to do things to spite, or we can choose to do things in spite. It takes a certain type of character to do things to spite, one that maliciously sets out to hurt, one who holds a grudge. Although, it’s never easy having people in our lives…
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A healthier lifestyle

Date 16 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
For us to continue to maintain a healthier lifestyle, we need to make conscious mindful decisions. Not to means we will continue to rely on unconscious already formed habits. Ignoring the things we need to look out for Unfortunately, the things we need to look out for are generally the…
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Why we slip back

Date 15 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
The reason we slip back into old patterns is because we’re ultimately driven by our unconscious thoughts. We consciously tell ourselves we want a different life, but our unconscious thinking continues to control our conscious thoughts. We may start off with good intentions. We may tell ourselves we’re going to…
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Finding happiness

Date 12 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
The best way to find happiness, is to release the thought process that tie you into certain situations that don’t work for you. Once you've done that you can then decide whether you continue to go down that path or not. When actions don't support words The key is not…
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Keeping up with the Jones'

Date 9 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
We may spend a lifetime looking at what others have, instead of looking at what we have. We may also spend a lifetime looking over our shoulder, choosing to keep up with the Jones. We may spend a lifetime comparing and making comparisons, which begin to act as our benchmark…
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Understanding relationships

Date 8 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle
Relationships aren’t easy, whether it’s a partnership, marriage or friendship. But it’s easier if we remember that there will always be disagreements along the way. It’s the nature of how relationships work sometimes. It matters how we handle our disagreements and ourselves, because how we handle ourselves is ultimately what…
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