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 ...
I feel like I have been fighting for most of my life and have lost most of the battles, but I still continue fighting, even though I'm not sure why.
I realise that sounds morbid and pessimistic, but that's the reality of my world, which I deal with on a daily basis. I sometimes struggle to understand the reason why I keep fighting.
I'm not sure about what the future or what that may bring, but it would be great to know that I have made the world a better place for my daughter and others.
Thanks Tim. Yes, we convince ourselves, our issues aren't about us, but about others. But what it really boils down to is that we're all responsible for ourselves, no matter what our experiences are.
Thank you. Yes, 'finding the courage to climb the mountain' is something we all struggle with. It took me around 13 years to let go of the guilt I felt because I failed in school.
It is important we learn to look at the bigger picture though. Not everything is about us, we're not always responsible.
It is important 'we find the courage' to look beyond our four walls at those really responsible for where we find ourselves.
I feel like I have been fighting for most of my life and have lost most of the battles, but I still continue fighting, even though I'm not sure why.
I realise that sounds morbid and pessimistic, but that's the reality of my world, which I deal with on a daily basis. I sometimes struggle to understand the reason why I keep fighting.
I'm not sure about what the future or what that may bring, but it would be great to know that I have made the world a better place for my daughter and others.
Thanks Randy. Yes, you can only do what you can do. It's not always easy to understand why we feel a certain way, or what our issues are.
It's back to basics on this one. The more we analyse and work through what might be bothering us, the easier things will be.
We must look within, and conquer our fears and ourselves.
We often find ourselves sitting on top of our mountains wearing extra layers of anxiety, because we don't really know or love ourselves.
But we strike a strong convincing pose, nevertheless.
Thanks Tim. Yes, we convince ourselves, our issues aren't about us, but about others. But what it really boils down to is that we're all responsible for ourselves, no matter what our experiences are.
We have an enormous ability to limit ourselves and sometimes the most important decision we take is finding the courage to 'climb the mountain.'
Thank you. Yes, 'finding the courage to climb the mountain' is something we all struggle with. It took me around 13 years to let go of the guilt I felt because I failed in school.
It is important we learn to look at the bigger picture though. Not everything is about us, we're not always responsible.
It is important 'we find the courage' to look beyond our four walls at those really responsible for where we find ourselves.