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 ...
Sometimes we make our own fate by how we feel about ourselves. If we think we are not worthy that is the persona we give off and others will think of us that way too.
That's why we should keep a positive attitude at all times if possible. Thinking negative thoughts can sometimes make things happen. We can cause our own misfortune.
Wow, Lisa took my thoughts out of my head and wrote it here.
A positive attitude goes a long way, a negative one tends to depress us. Sometimes a negative attitude is not looked upon as a depressor, but it is!
Saying positive things to ourselves, gives us a better outlook on things. Funny as it may be to talk to yourself in the mirror, but I started doing this and it really works!
We are worth something, something worth fighting for.
I agree with that.
Sometimes we make our own fate by how we feel about ourselves. If we think we are not worthy that is the persona we give off and others will think of us that way too.
That's why we should keep a positive attitude at all times if possible. Thinking negative thoughts can sometimes make things happen. We can cause our own misfortune.
I agree with your thoughts Lisa.
Wow, Lisa took my thoughts out of my head and wrote it here.
A positive attitude goes a long way, a negative one tends to depress us. Sometimes a negative attitude is not looked upon as a depressor, but it is!
Saying positive things to ourselves, gives us a better outlook on things. Funny as it may be to talk to yourself in the mirror, but I started doing this and it really works!
We are worth something, something worth fighting for.
Lisa did... but you both thought the same thoughts and that's positive.
I believe you're right too in talking to yourself in the mirror. I would also suggest reciting affirmations in the mirror. I'm pleased it works.
Anything that helps us stay positive has to be a good thing and yes I too believe it's worth fighting for.
Great analysis of human failings. How true.
I agree.