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 world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.” IVY BAKER PRIEST An ending can feel like a loss, particularly when we cannot see what lies beyond it ...
Something inspirational: “I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that.” AVA DuVERNAY
Food for thought: “He that flings dirt at another dirties himself most.” THOMAS FULLER This is a good reminder that when we speak badly of others or try to bring someone down, it often says more about us than it does about ...
If only all teachers took this level of interest in our children's development. I can't remember any of my teachers being in the slightest bit interested in me as an individual.
They were more concerned with 'crowd control' and getting the hour lesson over with as soon as possible.
Thanks. Yes, quite. As a general thought you are absolutely right, although in 2021 education has moved on and teachers are generally more attentive and interested, although on a soulful level unless they understand 'spirituality' I think not.
On a soulful level, this quote resonates with me because it speaks to your soul. Education through the soul isn't something we diligently grasp or understand.
When you intuitively learn, you learn from the soul. That inner voice I often talk about in my blogs is what the author of the quote is referring to.
This is a lovely quote.
If only all teachers took this level of interest in our children's development. I can't remember any of my teachers being in the slightest bit interested in me as an individual.
They were more concerned with 'crowd control' and getting the hour lesson over with as soon as possible.
Thanks. Yes, quite. As a general thought you are absolutely right, although in 2021 education has moved on and teachers are generally more attentive and interested, although on a soulful level unless they understand 'spirituality' I think not.
On a soulful level, this quote resonates with me because it speaks to your soul. Education through the soul isn't something we diligently grasp or understand.
When you intuitively learn, you learn from the soul. That inner voice I often talk about in my blogs is what the author of the quote is referring to.