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: “The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer ...
Food for thought: "The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They're always growing. They're always pushing." ROBERT KIYOSAKI
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 ...
'Today' is the only day we have, so we do have to make the best of it! People are always stuck in yesterday or worrying about tomorrow, so much that they forget to take advantage of today.
I have spent most of my life doing one or the other and have wasted most of my life in the process. I just have to try to remind myself that I need to stay in today!
Thanks Randy, yes I couldn't agree more and you're right. We tend to work that way!
Over the years, I have found that the more I stay in the present, the less I worry about the future and the less I stay stuck in the past, but to do that we have to deal with our past. I have to say and speaking from experience that part isn't always so easy to do.
Thanks Maria. I agree in theory, but in practice, I'm not sure how many of us can move on from the past without letting go of the bad memories and experiences.
I agree that we need to enjoy and take each day as it comes, but the present moment is always spoiled when we fail to deal with 'issues from the past.' If we deal with any issues from our past, we will comfortably get to live in the present, without too many worries.
'Today' is the only day we have, so we do have to make the best of it! People are always stuck in yesterday or worrying about tomorrow, so much that they forget to take advantage of today.
I have spent most of my life doing one or the other and have wasted most of my life in the process. I just have to try to remind myself that I need to stay in today!
Thanks Randy, yes I couldn't agree more and you're right. We tend to work that way!
Over the years, I have found that the more I stay in the present, the less I worry about the future and the less I stay stuck in the past, but to do that we have to deal with our past. I have to say and speaking from experience that part isn't always so easy to do.
We just have to do our best that's all we can do.
This quote says so much in very few words. The muscle is in its simplicity.
Thanks Tim. Absolutely! It views life in childlike simplistic terms; and it'd be right.
AA Milne quotes will always make you smile and think and this one is just perfect.
Thanks yes, I totally agree. Perfect.
Life's too short to think about the past and wish things were different and to worry about the future. We need to enjoy each day as it comes.
Thanks Maria. I agree in theory, but in practice, I'm not sure how many of us can move on from the past without letting go of the bad memories and experiences.
I agree that we need to enjoy and take each day as it comes, but the present moment is always spoiled when we fail to deal with 'issues from the past.' If we deal with any issues from our past, we will comfortably get to live in the present, without too many worries.