Spending time on our own

Date 1 December 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
I did have someone close to me who not only struggled with being alone, he also didn’t like himself, which didn’t help and that added to how he felt about spending time on his own. Are you happy spending time in your own company, or does the prospect send shivers…
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Be confident, not arrogant

Date 30 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Many of us who are confident turn out to be arrogant. Over-confidence can spill into arrogance and no one likes arrogance, let alone having to deal with someone who is arrogant. Confident people ooze optimism and that makes them emotionally strong, but it’s seeing themselves as superior that changes the…
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Consciously connecting

Date 27 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Perhaps we need to consciously connect, to rethink our thoughts, particularly where it involves our past, because without our past in check, we will come to emotionally struggle in our present. It’s only in times when we face uncertainty or when something happens, that the cracks begin to surface on…
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A Thought from Barack Obama

Date 23 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
“What I say to them is that people are complicated. Societies and cultures are really complicated. This is not mathematics; this is biology and chemistry. These are living organisms and it’s messy. And your job as ...
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Relationships within families

Date 19 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
What is it about families that can make our life difficult, in some cases almost intolerable? They say it's the nature of families, but I think it's the nature of certain individuals. Unfortunately, they can be opinionated, controlling and judgmental. They might also be annoying, but it’s probably the annoying…
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Projecting opinions

Date 18 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Whilst we easily identify the process of projection in others, few of us will equate that in ourselves, unless we know of course and choose to opt out. Growing up, parents will often project their opinions on us, as their parents did with them and in turn we will project…
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Empathetic understanding

Date 15 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
For those of us who understand what it means to be empathetic, we understand other people, we also understand their issues, regardless of what their issues are, how they get to make some of their decisions, or who is at fault. For some of us, it’s often because we don’t…
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Misplaced loyalty

Date 14 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Being loyal is something we should invest in, not only because it’s right and we never know when we need others to be loyal to us, but because we identify with or support that person or cause. Other people should want to support us back, but they don’t, often because…
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Mental health & obesity

Date 11 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
There is a correlation between mental health issues and incidences of obesity. When we have mental health issues, it is not uncommon for us to overeat. It’s a fact that the western world’s population is becoming more obese. The World Health Organisation believes that by 2020, obesity will be the…
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Reaching boiling point

Date 9 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It takes a steely determination and great effort on our part to begin to recognise our emotions, but we only ever take stock when we hit rock bottom. The rest of the time we tend to cruise without giving our emotions a second's thought. Unfortunately, until we're consciously aware, weren’t…
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Friends first

Date 6 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It's important to be friends. Friends in a marriage or a partnership. Yes, that may seem obvious, but it’s not as obvious as you think. As Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages," and I agree. Without…
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Hidden agendas

Date 5 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The human condition is inevitably tragic and I say that with the best of intentions. We’ve come to live in a world where people have their own agendas. This continues to be exemplified by the political events in the UK and those that have emerged throughout the US election. Those…
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