Other people's issues

Date 5 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We will come across people in our lives who don't see their own behaviour and also don’t see an issue with their actions, but it will be pretty clear to us. It’s also not something we can challenge, if they don't see their actions, but if it's something we’ve already…
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Learning to compromise

Date 3 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We want our relationships to run smoothly. We want these things, expect others to compromise and yet we don’t always compromise, with some of us not choosing to compromise at all. But being open helps us to compromise. Being open allows us to be honest in what we’re asking and…
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Owning our indiscretions

Date 1 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We all have indiscretions, but where some of us will own up to ours, others simply ignore theirs, will still see themselves as perfect, and they will continue to point the finger. Instead of pointing the finger, or apportioning blame, we need to just accept we have indiscretions and that…
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Animosity

Date 28 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s easy for animosity to grow against the people who could and should have supported us, so that our lives are made easier, but didn’t. No one starts off feeling animosity without just cause. It usually comes in on the back of an injustice that fails to be corrected. Our…
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Thinking a different way

Date 26 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We can’t always know what will happen just before it happens, but that doesn’t stop us thinking we know. As we start to invent possible scenarios in our mind of the things that could happen, we begin to stress more because we aren’t quite sure how we’re going to deal…
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Keeping control

Date 24 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s one thing being shown or being told what to do, when we’re struggling to understand how to do something, but it’s another thing being controlled by others and yet sadly that is exactly what happens. It’s almost expected, or we allow it to happen unconsciously because we don’t know…
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Handling ourselves

Date 22 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
I believe that not handling ourselves emotionally will lead to a lot more stress than we bargained for. In my formative years, it wasn’t so much that I didn’t deal with my emotions. Being angry meant my emotions were dealt with, although slightly misplaced, but had the emotional support have…
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Informed opinions

Date 20 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Because we spend the majority of our lives either forming opinions, or listening to other people’s opinions, it’s important we’re informed about the opinions we go on to form. It’s not that anyone goes out of their way to get opinions wrong, but without opinions being backed by facts that…
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Ego vs intuition

Date 18 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The ego and intuition are at two ends of the spectrum and are complete opposites, like chalk and cheese. The ego is defined as a person’s sense of self-importance or self-esteem. Intuition is the ability to understand something instinctively without the need for conscious reckoning. There is a problem with the…
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Self-inflicting limitations

Date 15 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The way we see and interpret our life through culture and society, means we set our own limitations and that’s what we continue to do. The environment and what is expected of us and how we’re expected to live can make us somewhat narrow-minded and that is how we continue…
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Perceptions & Disability

Date 14 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Living with a disability means we’re either seen as heroic because we manage our disability, or that any effort we make is great because we’re learning to deal with it. We’re not really seen as normal, but given the fact that ...
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Decisions & the bigger picture

Date 11 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We all have things that we deal with, but whether it’s something someone else deals with, or something we deal with, it’s important we’re looking at the bigger picture, because that way we will go on to make more informed decisions. There is always an underlying problem that becomes the…
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