This weekend hasn’t been the best of weekends, but come to think of it neither has the last week before that, so it’s really not surprising that today my mind is totally blank.

I need to regroup my thoughts. Today I’m working on getting myself back on to a more even footing in the hope that I can have a better week.

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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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4 comments on “Working on my week”

  1. Sorry this past week and weekend has been bad for you. I hope you do get back on track and have a better week. x

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