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: “The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.” IVY BAKER PRIEST An ending can feel like a loss, particularly when we cannot see what lies beyond it ...
Something inspirational: “I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that.” AVA DuVERNAY
Food for thought: “He that flings dirt at another dirties himself most.” THOMAS FULLER This is a good reminder that when we speak badly of others or try to bring someone down, it often says more about us than it does about ...
I like this analogy of waves which I interpret as life's challenges.
I assert that life's challenges are unpredictable and inevitable, we can't stop the waves; but we can certainly surf within the confines our circumstance's and ride those waves with confidence, determination and faith.
It's like fate, things will happen that we can't stop but we can learn to deal with them.
Thanks Lisa. I agree.
I like this analogy of waves which I interpret as life's challenges.
I assert that life's challenges are unpredictable and inevitable, we can't stop the waves; but we can certainly surf within the confines our circumstance's and ride those waves with confidence, determination and faith.
Thanks Tim. You're absolutely right and I agree. There is nothing more that I need to add.
I do like that quote and the sooner we learn to surf the better.
Thanks and I agree.