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 ...
Thank Tim. Yes, you're right it is. Sadly, we continually hold ourselves prisoners through our realities and what we get to deal with. We don't tend to think about our lives in that way.
But as you say,'we must spread our wings beyond our own captivity.' It's the only way to move beyond our realities. Thinking outside the box, finding ways through some of our issues and what is happening in our present lives.
It's impossible to soar if I'm held prisoner by my reality. But if I spread my wings beyond my own captivity, my possibilities are endless.
Thank Tim. Yes, you're right it is. Sadly, we continually hold ourselves prisoners through our realities and what we get to deal with. We don't tend to think about our lives in that way.
But as you say,'we must spread our wings beyond our own captivity.' It's the only way to move beyond our realities. Thinking outside the box, finding ways through some of our issues and what is happening in our present lives.
To me this means as long as man strives on his own, his ability and courage are his only limitation, so we must reach for the stars.
Yes, we dictate the rules. We can either hold ourselves back, or we can decide to move forward.
I chose to reach for the stars with my website and I'm pleased to say I'm almost there.