A simpler existence

Date 26 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s hard to imagine life in the slow lane given our busy lives, but it needs to happen, if we are to lead a simple existence. A life homing in on the simple more harmonious things, will help us to cut down on stress. When we learn to slow down,…
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Personal Boundaries

Date 25 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Our personal boundaries are the boundaries we work our lives around. It’s the boundaries we create for ourselves that we expect others to abide by. We have personal boundaries, but others may ignore them. Boundaries are there to tell others what they can and can’t expect from us and what…
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Snobbish behaviour

Date 23 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
The world is made up of different people. Some are tall, some are small. Some are tolerant, some have no tolerance at all. Some are kind, some are unkind. Some are humble, others may be snobbish, where they feel they’re a cut above the rest. They think their outlook, their…
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Turning into our parents

Date 20 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
It is generally understood that we may eventually turn into our parents, unless of course, we consciously choose to opt out. It’s common when we’re young to emulate, even want to be like our parents, particularly if our parents are good role models. Children look up to their parents because…
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Our early influences

Date 16 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
As parents, it is important we maintain our own morality if our children are going to have a chance of being raised in a moral way. The more moral the parent, the more moral the child will be. Do we take time to consciously think about our moral standing? We…
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Ignoring our emotions

Date 9 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We take supplements, we make sure we try to eat healthy foods, we spend our life pampering ourselves and that’s fine, but we literally ignore everything on the inside. We bury vulnerability. We seek out quick fixes and play the resilience card, the card that helps us to bounce back…
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Lessons learned

Date 8 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
We learn that our most valuable lessons come through our thoughts, our emotions, our perceptions and our words. We learn our emotions determine a particular experience and outcome whether that outcome is right or wrong. That we have control, that we learn and grow as we continue to go. We…
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Parenting

Date 5 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Being a parent is difficult no matter the age of our children. We’re not given a book on how to instinctively parent, but we’re still expected to succeed, to guide our children towards independence, for them to adapt comfortably in their world. As a parent, there is no doubt that…
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Decision making foundations

Date 2 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Every day, we are inundated with making daily decisions, some small decisions and some decisions that aren’t so small, but end up being life changing. Unfortunately, for many of us our decision-making is based on our past experiences and cognitive biases, the latter being the biggest problem. We tend to…
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Disability in 2016

Date 1 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Enough is still being done to get disability out into the public domain and to keep it there. Unfortunately, disability is just one area in society that is being overlooked. The stats Statistics based on U.S. findings, report that nearly ...
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Learning to like ourselves

Date 27 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
How many of us like ourselves and if we don’t like ourselves, how then can we be honest with ourselves? Unless we learn to like ourselves, or like the skin we’re in we will never be honest with ourselves. The more we like ourselves, the more honest with ourselves we…
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Toxic people

Date 24 February 2016
Author Ilana Estelle
Food for thought: We’ve probably all come across people in our lives who are toxic. They’re in our environments, and in our lives too. If anyone toxic tries to bring you down to their level, work at bringing them up to your level and if you can’t, choose to walk…
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