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.
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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 ...
This is very true. The difficulty is, however that many people exhibit one, rarely both of these values. Our lesson, I guess is to aim to achieve both.
Thanks Lisa. It's our emotions, which is probably why our head is questionable sometimes.
When we have a good heart everything other aspect should fall into place, but agree we have to work on our emotions sometimes, because our emotions do often let us down.
I've always had a good heart but my head has quite often been my worst enemy! I've had to survive by using my head which has put the two at odds many times.
I'm trying now to connect the two but it isn't quite as easy as it sounds. Hopefully I can get it right before too long to become a much better person!
Thanks Randy. Our emotions and what we deal with always seem to get in the way. We start off with the best of intentions. I hope you succeed at connecting the two Randy.
Usually when we're more settled in our lives it comes to us.
This is very true. The difficulty is, however that many people exhibit one, rarely both of these values. Our lesson, I guess is to aim to achieve both.
Absolutely. I agree.
I agree with Brad. We should aim to achieve both. I've rarely ever come across anyone that displayed both.
I think I have a good heart but my head is questionable sometimes.
Thanks Lisa. It's our emotions, which is probably why our head is questionable sometimes.
When we have a good heart everything other aspect should fall into place, but agree we have to work on our emotions sometimes, because our emotions do often let us down.
I've always had a good heart but my head has quite often been my worst enemy! I've had to survive by using my head which has put the two at odds many times.
I'm trying now to connect the two but it isn't quite as easy as it sounds. Hopefully I can get it right before too long to become a much better person!
Thanks Randy. Our emotions and what we deal with always seem to get in the way. We start off with the best of intentions. I hope you succeed at connecting the two Randy.
Usually when we're more settled in our lives it comes to us.