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 ...
How true is this? We're either too busy, or wrapped up in our own lives to look properly at the people around us.
It's shame really, as we probably miss out on fulfilling relationships with people who pass through our lives either unnoticed, or at best people who we don't give enough proper time to.
Thanks Tim. I believe instinctively or intuitively we would know.
There are so many times we're probably not aware because we're tied into other thoughts that take us away from what's in front of us, if that makes sense. Hope so!
How true is this? We're either too busy, or wrapped up in our own lives to look properly at the people around us.
It's shame really, as we probably miss out on fulfilling relationships with people who pass through our lives either unnoticed, or at best people who we don't give enough proper time to.
Ditto on your thoughts. I agree with everything you've said. There is nothing more that I need to add!
I agree with Brad. It's so true. How many people do we meet or know that we really don't know?
Thanks Lisa. I agree with you too. We can know someone, but we really don't know them.
In this fast paced world we live in, we don't always seem to have or make the time to get to know people on an emotional level. This quote is so true.
Profound quote, but very broad in scope.
I wonder if we would actually know what we've seen if we saw it.
Thanks Tim. I believe instinctively or intuitively we would know.
There are so many times we're probably not aware because we're tied into other thoughts that take us away from what's in front of us, if that makes sense. Hope so!