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 ...
There are lots of very good reasons why we might wish to forget things and there are good ways to go about trying to achieve that.
Every one of our memories are stored away like it's a box in a warehouse, but I do believe with work forgetting and replacing memories can be achieved.
As the quote says just focusing on it is not likely to achieve much and may make things worse, but intentionally and purposely addressing those things can help.
Thanks. Yes, traumatic or memories centred around abuse. Bad memories just don't go because we choose not to think about them. As you say, they go when we purposefully learn to address them.
Good memories bring a smile to your face. They serve as a happy time, a cherished memory, a fond memory of time gone.
There are lots of very good reasons why we might wish to forget things and there are good ways to go about trying to achieve that.
Every one of our memories are stored away like it's a box in a warehouse, but I do believe with work forgetting and replacing memories can be achieved.
As the quote says just focusing on it is not likely to achieve much and may make things worse, but intentionally and purposely addressing those things can help.
Thanks. Yes, traumatic or memories centred around abuse. Bad memories just don't go because we choose not to think about them. As you say, they go when we purposefully learn to address them.
Good memories bring a smile to your face. They serve as a happy time, a cherished memory, a fond memory of time gone.
Every thing else we should deal with.