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: “What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again ...
Food for thought: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” CARL ROGERS Acceptance doesn't mean we stop growing. It means understanding ourselves without judgement ...
Something inspirational: “No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” VIRGINIA WOOLF Life isn't a race. There is no pressure to perform, compare or prove yourself. Just be 'you'. That's it.
History has proven and will continue to prove the simple truth in this quote. We have acquired the means and will to destroy one another, without any real threats other than from ourselves.
This is true because our own worst enemy are negative thoughts. When we are positive we are open to loving others. When we are negative, it seems as though we push others away.
Thanks Tim. It's a hard one, but I personally believe that if we were more aware of how our natures work, we'd have more control over things. We're not always aware, because we don't always consciously tap into that part of our character to understand or change anything.
Natures are so complex. We assume a lot more without taking the time to work things out. Perhaps that's what makes our nature's dangerous.
History has proven and will continue to prove the simple truth in this quote. We have acquired the means and will to destroy one another, without any real threats other than from ourselves.
Thanks, yes it seems that this is what we're doing.
I believe we need to go back to basics on this one! When we learn to love ourselves more, we will learn to love other people.
This is true because our own worst enemy are negative thoughts. When we are positive we are open to loving others. When we are negative, it seems as though we push others away.
Yes, you're absolutely right. Thanks Maria.
We tend to self sabotage ourselves with negative thoughts, which does not allow us to grow as individuals.
I agree. You're absolutely right. The problem we have is moving over to being more positive once we spiral into negativity.
Keeping the right people in 'our circle' and keeping ourselves busy usually helps.
If we gather all evidence and examine our history, we may conclude that our nature is more dangerous than a knife or a gun.
But our nature is way too complex to generalize with our limited knowledge of it.
Thanks Tim. It's a hard one, but I personally believe that if we were more aware of how our natures work, we'd have more control over things. We're not always aware, because we don't always consciously tap into that part of our character to understand or change anything.
Natures are so complex. We assume a lot more without taking the time to work things out. Perhaps that's what makes our nature's dangerous.