Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities.
She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges.
In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines.
Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.
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My dear departed mother said to treat others as you would like to be treated. There is a lot of truth in that. If you are kind and giving it will come back to you in spades.
I was taught the same and went on to teach it to my children who are all very kind people today as young adults.
Now I am working on instilling that in my boyfriend's children. Unfortunately it seems like a new concept to them but they understand; just a little trouble practicing it. We're working on it.
My dear departed mother said to treat others as you would like to be treated. There is a lot of truth in that. If you are kind and giving it will come back to you in spades.
You are absolutely right, that is my belief too.
I totally agree.
Ditto.
I was taught the same and went on to teach it to my children who are all very kind people today as young adults.
Now I am working on instilling that in my boyfriend's children. Unfortunately it seems like a new concept to them but they understand; just a little trouble practicing it. We're working on it.
That's great Lisa. Good luck.