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: "I never write to disappear and escape. The truth is exactly the opposite. Most people strike me as escaping and disappearing in one way or another - into their jobs, their daily routines, their delusions about ...
Something inspirational: “Anyone can learn to fight. Hardly anyone learns to think.” TAMSYN MUIR, Gideon the Ninth Muir's quote reminds us that fighting is not just about physical strength; it can mean arguing, resisting ...
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 ...
This is absolutely right. Staying in an relationship with someone can make you ill and sometimes the only way to address that is to put distance between you.
This isn't always easy to do, but I really do think it should be a consideration; if others attempts to put things right fail.
Sadly, I think we're already aware, but we turn a blind eye in the hope that the other person will change, or we give them the benefit of the doubt because we want or are desperate for things to work out.
Toxic relationships are just that, toxic... there's no getting away from that. But even if the other person doesn't act or change, it's important we act for the sake of our health.
It's not just between two people sadly, toxic relationships also exist in families. I have seen first hand what happens when someone stays in a toxic relationship and it's not pretty.
Thanks Tim. Yes, absolutely. A good stance and attitude to take. An attitude that will keep you healthier for longer. More of us should follow your lead.
This is absolutely right. Staying in an relationship with someone can make you ill and sometimes the only way to address that is to put distance between you.
This isn't always easy to do, but I really do think it should be a consideration; if others attempts to put things right fail.
Sadly, I think we're already aware, but we turn a blind eye in the hope that the other person will change, or we give them the benefit of the doubt because we want or are desperate for things to work out.
Toxic relationships are just that, toxic... there's no getting away from that. But even if the other person doesn't act or change, it's important we act for the sake of our health.
It's not just between two people sadly, toxic relationships also exist in families. I have seen first hand what happens when someone stays in a toxic relationship and it's not pretty.
I'd rather be alone than entertain misery for the rest of my life.
This quote is truer than true.
Thanks Tim. Yes, absolutely. A good stance and attitude to take. An attitude that will keep you healthier for longer. More of us should follow your lead.