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: “Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.” DORIS LESSING Thinking for yourself means more than having your own opinions. It means owning your words, your choices, and ...
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 ...
My parents lied constantly so it's no wonder I can't always tell when someone is lying. Being an empath has helped considerably. Our lives would have been easier if they had told us the truth occasionally.
That's why I would much rather have people tell me the truth, rather than beat around the bush. The truth for me now is that I can't change the past, as much as I wish I could, so I have to focus on today and the future.
Yes, absolutely agree. It's a simple quote when you read it and yet it cuts to the core and makes you reassess those relationships.
Thanks. Yes, it certainly does and should. There can be 'no' excuse for that type of lie, particularly when it spans decades.
It becomes a different lie with different intent altogether.
My parents lied constantly so it's no wonder I can't always tell when someone is lying. Being an empath has helped considerably. Our lives would have been easier if they had told us the truth occasionally.
That's why I would much rather have people tell me the truth, rather than beat around the bush. The truth for me now is that I can't change the past, as much as I wish I could, so I have to focus on today and the future.
Thanks Randy. Yes, your life would have been considerably easier if your parents had told you all the truth.
As children we have a right to be told the truth, difficult to comprehend and when you think about it, this quote is spot on.
Yes, when anyone is lied to, it doesn't matter by whom, 'they are not worth the truth'. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE is spot on.
A hard pill to swallow when you're looking at decades of the stuff.