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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Food for thought: “All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you.” OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, Parable of the Sower This quote reminds us that everything we do has an impact, and every experience changes ...
Something inspirational: "I alone cannot change the world but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples." MOTHER TERESA A poignant quote for today's world, Mother Teresa reminds us that we don't have to ...
Agreed. All change is daunting, but the thought of change is more daunting than change itself.
We would rather talk ourselves out of something to avoid change than work through and deal with change. And whilst that may be easier initially, it's much harder in the longer term.
Acknowledging and understanding the need for change sounds simple enough, but it is a huge step and the most important.
The reality of the situation can then follow as a significant second step.
Agreed. All change is daunting, but the thought of change is more daunting than change itself.
We would rather talk ourselves out of something to avoid change than work through and deal with change. And whilst that may be easier initially, it's much harder in the longer term.