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: "False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade." CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE In a nutshell: True friends stay with us through the good and bad times. Difficult times show us who really cares.
Food for thought: “The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer ...
Food for thought: "The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They're always growing. They're always pushing." ROBERT KIYOSAKI
This is very true. The big man has confidence for the most part, in his abilities to complete things. The smaller man has doubts in himself so he seeks the help of others, because of low confidence in himself.
The smaller man should learn to observe his mentor and make those ideas a thing to strive for. That would improve his confidence and improve his work.
Thanks Maria. Yes it seems to go like that, but perhaps this is all to do with our unconscious and has nothing to do with being superior or being small.
Our upbringing has a lot to do with the way we present ourselves. I believe that's more relevant. The superior man has a head start because he will be more imposing.
Even if the superior man struggled he would have presence, therefore outwardly would seem more confident.
I am not a superior man. Neither am I inferior to any man in any way. But rooted privilege makes some people feel superior and others feel inferior in their overall social construct.
There are systems in place that routinely confirm who is superior and who is inferior. But no one can make me feel inferior without my consent.
Thanks Tim, yes I couldn't agree more. Rooted privilege has a way of making us feel superior, but underneath we're all the same.
The universal reality is that we're all the same underneath; no on is better or worse than anyone else. If only we understood that analogy, we would all be better off and better people.
This is very true. The big man has confidence for the most part, in his abilities to complete things. The smaller man has doubts in himself so he seeks the help of others, because of low confidence in himself.
The smaller man should learn to observe his mentor and make those ideas a thing to strive for. That would improve his confidence and improve his work.
Thanks Maria. Yes it seems to go like that, but perhaps this is all to do with our unconscious and has nothing to do with being superior or being small.
Our upbringing has a lot to do with the way we present ourselves. I believe that's more relevant. The superior man has a head start because he will be more imposing.
Even if the superior man struggled he would have presence, therefore outwardly would seem more confident.
I am not a superior man. Neither am I inferior to any man in any way. But rooted privilege makes some people feel superior and others feel inferior in their overall social construct.
There are systems in place that routinely confirm who is superior and who is inferior. But no one can make me feel inferior without my consent.
Thanks Tim, yes I couldn't agree more. Rooted privilege has a way of making us feel superior, but underneath we're all the same.
The universal reality is that we're all the same underneath; no on is better or worse than anyone else. If only we understood that analogy, we would all be better off and better people.