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 ...
In my early years, ignorance fooled me into thinking that my arrogance was appropriate. Today, I'm still asking myself why did I do what was wrong.
I thank the universe that I'm gentle now, able to spare someone's feelings, almost anything will trigger compassion from me. My new ending is in progress.
In my early years, ignorance fooled me into thinking that my arrogance was appropriate. Today, I'm still asking myself why did I do what was wrong.
I thank the universe that I'm gentle now, able to spare someone's feelings, almost anything will trigger compassion from me. My new ending is in progress.
Thanks Tim. You taught yourself Tim, although your angels will also have had a small part to play.
Yes, arrogance is never appropriate, but it is uncomfortable, particularly if you happen to be on the receiving end of someone's arrogance.
Life can teach us about compassion, but we must want to learn, be more open to our spiritual side. We can all learn but we have to want to.
There is too much arrogance, particularly in politics. We need to see less arrogance and more compassion, empathy and tolerance.