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.
Food for thought: "I never write to disappear and escape. The truth is exactly the opposite. Most people strike me as escaping and disappearing in one way or another - into their jobs, their daily routines, their delusions about ...
Something inspirational: “Anyone can learn to fight. Hardly anyone learns to think.” TAMSYN MUIR, Gideon the Ninth Muir's quote reminds us that fighting is not just about physical strength; it can mean arguing, resisting ...
Food for thought: “All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you.” OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, Parable of the Sower This quote reminds us that everything we do has an impact, and every experience changes ...
A breath of fresh air Maria. Thanks for being honest.
Some of us would rather apportion blame than come forward and say we're at fault. I think it's a pride thing, but it always pays to be honest in the longer term, whether we believe that or not.
It also shows we're human and that we can and do sometimes make mistakes. There's nothing wrong with that.
I've spent the majority of my life blaming others for my problems, when I was the one who actually made the bad choices in my life! It would be great if I could change those things, but unfortunately time doesn't go backwards, so I have to deal with the now.
I just really have to try to remember that I can actually make better choices in my life to improve my future. Hoping and praying that things will be different from now on.
This quote is interesting. I think that sometimes before we blame others we need to look at ourselves to see if we aren't the cause.
This is something a lot of people don't do, including myself!
A breath of fresh air Maria. Thanks for being honest.
Some of us would rather apportion blame than come forward and say we're at fault. I think it's a pride thing, but it always pays to be honest in the longer term, whether we believe that or not.
It also shows we're human and that we can and do sometimes make mistakes. There's nothing wrong with that.
Yes I agree with Maria. Before we blame others we should look in the mirror at ourselves first.
Thanks Randy. I agree with both you and Maria.
I've spent the majority of my life blaming others for my problems, when I was the one who actually made the bad choices in my life! It would be great if I could change those things, but unfortunately time doesn't go backwards, so I have to deal with the now.
I just really have to try to remember that I can actually make better choices in my life to improve my future. Hoping and praying that things will be different from now on.
Yes you can!!!
I totally agree!!
It's a good quote, I do too.