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: "False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade." CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE In a nutshell: True friends stay ...
Food for thought: “The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer ...
Food for thought: "The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They're always growing. They're always pushing." ROBERT KIYOSAKI
I used to see things in a very guarded, limited way.
I suppose I was more afraid of my potential than I was of my ignorance. But I knew how powerful my imagination was and how focused I could be, even though my mind was developed in a system that discouraged dreamers.
But one thing is for sure, we all need a healthy imagination to intersect with a world outside our own.
Thanks Tim. You're second paragraph is spot on. I believe it is the power behind the potential that frightens us into submission. We know we're capable, we're afraid of what lies beyond our capabilities.
If someone were to lead, we'd be quite happy to dip our toes, see what we can see. The irony is we can see, but we're not seeing. The eyes see, but the mind isn't focused.
Thanks Maria. I think you're right. I know from my own experiences that some of my senses are heightened as a result of my disability.
We learn to live and adapt into our lives through different channels. I have very limited imagination, but my senses are heightened through my intuition.
I think it's great that you can conjure different ways to complete ordinary tasks, which non-disabled people often take for granted.
I used to see things in a very guarded, limited way.
I suppose I was more afraid of my potential than I was of my ignorance. But I knew how powerful my imagination was and how focused I could be, even though my mind was developed in a system that discouraged dreamers.
But one thing is for sure, we all need a healthy imagination to intersect with a world outside our own.
Thanks Tim. You're second paragraph is spot on. I believe it is the power behind the potential that frightens us into submission. We know we're capable, we're afraid of what lies beyond our capabilities.
If someone were to lead, we'd be quite happy to dip our toes, see what we can see. The irony is we can see, but we're not seeing. The eyes see, but the mind isn't focused.
Imagination is a great thing. It allows us to see life differently.
In my case it allows me to conjure different ways to do ordinary tasks, when I can't do them the ordinary way because of my disability.
Thanks Maria. I think you're right. I know from my own experiences that some of my senses are heightened as a result of my disability.
We learn to live and adapt into our lives through different channels. I have very limited imagination, but my senses are heightened through my intuition.
I think it's great that you can conjure different ways to complete ordinary tasks, which non-disabled people often take for granted.