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 ...
Yes, that term has been very much overused over the years and more than likely the reason for so many divorces. People are always looking for the perfect partner, when they doesn't really exist in the real world.
The reality ended up being that I kept ending up with extremely controlling women just like my mother, so obviously I have had some serious mommy issues.
There was only one woman who came close to being what I would consider a 'soulmate' but I allowed my fears, doubts, and insecurities to prevent me from taking the risks to be with her, so I'll never know what it could have been like.
You're not alone Randy. I am sure there will have been many before you and there will be many after you.
My Uncle only ever met one woman he 'connected' with and that didn't work out for him also. He stayed single for the rest of his natural life. He never found anyone he could connect with in that way, so maybe there is some truth in it.
I think we must put more effort into all relationships, whether we've met our soulmate, or true connection or not.
A soulmate is a mythological, romantic myth. If we are looking for a long, lasting healthy relationship then we can forget all that nonsense, but a true connection is within all our grasps.
Yes, that term has been very much overused over the years and more than likely the reason for so many divorces. People are always looking for the perfect partner, when they doesn't really exist in the real world.
The reality ended up being that I kept ending up with extremely controlling women just like my mother, so obviously I have had some serious mommy issues.
There was only one woman who came close to being what I would consider a 'soulmate' but I allowed my fears, doubts, and insecurities to prevent me from taking the risks to be with her, so I'll never know what it could have been like.
You're not alone Randy. I am sure there will have been many before you and there will be many after you.
My Uncle only ever met one woman he 'connected' with and that didn't work out for him also. He stayed single for the rest of his natural life. He never found anyone he could connect with in that way, so maybe there is some truth in it.
I think we must put more effort into all relationships, whether we've met our soulmate, or true connection or not.
A soulmate is a mythological, romantic myth. If we are looking for a long, lasting healthy relationship then we can forget all that nonsense, but a true connection is within all our grasps.
Thanks. Yes, I personally believe we can have a soulmate. It's a spiritual connection, connection.
We're all spiritual beings, but we've lost sight of what our lives really mean, which also means we haven't made those right connections.
It's back to basics on this one.
I have always been and will always be looking for a soul mate, so I echo what Brad said.
But will I recognize my soulmate when I see it.
Thanks Tim. Yes you will, I promise you that. But you cannot find your soulmate alone.
We must all concentrate and start working on soulful connections, for us to meet likened souls.
Soulmates happen through spiritual connections, when two souls 'just connect' without having to work at those connections.
It's that just 'knowing feeling,' a relationship you don't have to work at. It just feels right, emotionally and spiritually.