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.
Something inspirational: “Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.” DORIS LESSING Thinking for yourself means more than having your own opinions. It means owning your words, your choices, and ...
Something inspirational: "We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose to become.” JAMES HOLLIS "I am drawn to James Hollis's words: 'We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose ...
Something inspirational: "Healing begins when we can hold our own experience with compassion." TARA BRACH Brach's quote reminds us that healing begins when we meet our pain with kindness instead of judgement ...
Thanks Randy. You're so right. When we smile at someone they will often smile back, even if we don't know the person. We can speak a different language, but will always recognise a genuine smile.
A smile says it's all right with the world even if it's not and a smile gives us hope.
A smile can mean so much. My son says 'happy face.'
How wonderful. I agree a smile can mean so much. Thanks Lisa.
Yes, I've actually come to realize that people will actually respond positively and smile back when I look at them and smile.
It's just even more depressing when I run into people who look like they've lost all hope so I feel like they could use some hope.
I know the feeling all too well, so I guess I can empathize with them and want to help even if it's something as simple as a smile!
Thanks Randy. You're so right. When we smile at someone they will often smile back, even if we don't know the person. We can speak a different language, but will always recognise a genuine smile.
A smile says it's all right with the world even if it's not and a smile gives us hope.
Nice quote. It actually made me smile !
Yes I agree, it's a nice quote and glad it actually made you smile!