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: “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 ...
Something inspirational: "I alone cannot change the world but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples." MOTHER TERESA A poignant quote for today's world, Mother Teresa reminds us that we don't have to ...
Your quotes certainly give us food for thought. This is a great quote. Learning to say 'no' should be on the school curriculum. We should be kind, but assertive.
Thanks. Yes, no one respects a doormat, it usually works the other way. From my own experiences, not everyone is happy when you stop being a doormat.
To fit in, we've got used to saying 'yes' more than we have 'no.' If something doesn't feel right and you want to say 'no' you should be allowed to say it without any recourse. Others should understand and respect that.
In the same way you say yes, you should say no if that's what you want. It is not up to others to have an opinion about it.
Thanks Tim. Yes, that's right. We mostly act through ignorance. In the world, there is a lot more ignorance than there is wisdom. The pandemic has turned the mirror on each of us and is showing us exactly how we are.
There are still selfless people, they are unique, always giving, who are always putting others first. There can be no excuse though, for those who only think of themselves, for those who are selfish.
The universe is asking that we tip the scales, so that we may live equal lives and be and act as a support to one another. Instead we're creating rifts and division and that's not healthy.
Your quotes certainly give us food for thought. This is a great quote. Learning to say 'no' should be on the school curriculum. We should be kind, but assertive.
No one respects a doormat.
Thanks. Yes, no one respects a doormat, it usually works the other way. From my own experiences, not everyone is happy when you stop being a doormat.
To fit in, we've got used to saying 'yes' more than we have 'no.' If something doesn't feel right and you want to say 'no' you should be allowed to say it without any recourse. Others should understand and respect that.
In the same way you say yes, you should say no if that's what you want. It is not up to others to have an opinion about it.
I think selfless people have solved the mystery of life, feeding their souls through generosity, knowing the universe always has the last word.
That's not weakness or foolishness, that's wisdom.
As for the people who prey on them, that's just the kind of ignorance that evil loves.
Thanks Tim. Yes, that's right. We mostly act through ignorance. In the world, there is a lot more ignorance than there is wisdom. The pandemic has turned the mirror on each of us and is showing us exactly how we are.
There are still selfless people, they are unique, always giving, who are always putting others first. There can be no excuse though, for those who only think of themselves, for those who are selfish.
The universe is asking that we tip the scales, so that we may live equal lives and be and act as a support to one another. Instead we're creating rifts and division and that's not healthy.