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 ...
Sadly 'ulterior motives' will always come under 'abuse' because there should be no 'ulterior motive' - our intentions must be pure for us to have 'success.'
In my book, no matter what we're dealing with, we must care.
Thanks Tim. Yes, it would never be karma's intention to take something away in that sense.
But good karma is not always received, not because of something you do, but something someone else does. Usually true around monetary wealth. I hope that makes sense.
When our intentions are pure intentions, we are selfless, genuine and authentic.
Where we don't have ulterior motives, but care about how we make other people feel and the universe will ensure our karma is rewarded accordingly.
Sadly 'ulterior motives' will always come under 'abuse' because there should be no 'ulterior motive' - our intentions must be pure for us to have 'success.'
In my book, no matter what we're dealing with, we must care.
I agree with Brad, when your intentions are pure karma will be there when you need it; no one can take that away from you.
Thanks Tim. Yes, it would never be karma's intention to take something away in that sense.
But good karma is not always received, not because of something you do, but something someone else does. Usually true around monetary wealth. I hope that makes sense.