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 ...
This is so true. We do have to go through the tough times to get to the good times. Some of us have more bad times than good, but it works out for us in the end.
Thanks Maria. I agree with you. I think everything we do takes work and effort to achieve. We're very lucky to be able to achieve something without putting in the hard work, you're right.
This is so true. We do have to go through the tough times to get to the good times. Some of us have more bad times than good, but it works out for us in the end.
I absolutely agree. Without experiencing the bad times we will not always understand how to fully enjoy the good times. Thanks Lisa.
I agree with this quote most good things take work to achieve. In the end, we feel good about our accomplishments when work is put into them.
Thanks Maria. I agree with you. I think everything we do takes work and effort to achieve. We're very lucky to be able to achieve something without putting in the hard work, you're right.
Nice quote and very true, much like not being able to make an omelette without cracking a few eggs.
Thank you. Yes I agree. I like your analogy that's very true.