Passion allows us to feel courage and follow our convictions and gives us a strong sense of self, so we can take those first steps out into the world.

Passion comes from feeling confident, from knowing everything we need to know about ourselves, understanding our experiences and our lives. For some of us, our passions are there, we innately know what we want to do, but for others they must work on understanding what their passions are.

Passion also comes from working on our strengths, weaknesses and values. Passion is what makes us feel good about ourselves.  When we have passion, things that we do will come naturally and effortlessly. Passion empowers, it motivates us.

When we are empowered, our personal strengths and passion are evident for everyone to see. If others are to believe in us, we must believe in ourselves first. When we have passion, our values become evident to those around us in the good deeds we do, in the way we handle ourselves.

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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6 comments on “A passion for life”

  1. Passion is very important. If you have it you can accomplish anything you want and everything in life seems better and easier. Plus you feel more alive and happy.

  2. I think that to accomplish certain things we have to be passionate about those things.

    I have a passion to complete school when I get to start back and know I'll finish. I also think some of our passions can give us energy for life.

    1. I agree that in order to be able to accomplish things we need to have a passion about them.

      I am sure school will work out for you Lisa, just give yourself time to accomplish all your other things first.

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