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 ...
Yes, coming from a dysfunctional family seems to be the norm nowadays now that people are actually admitting to it.
The only movie that has come close to my childhood was the movie Glass Castle with Woody Harrelson. I have actually been talking to my brother quite a bit lately and he can attest to the fact of how insane it was because he was there too.
We all experience conflict and chaos in families. That has become normalised.
We need to see the issues around a person's toxic behaviour, which they need to address, rather than relating the cycle ourselves, because then our behaviour becomes toxic.
I find dipping into your blog, helps a lot in recognising the signs and the need for change.
I am sure I am not alone in saying I have been around toxic behaviour. It has become normalised. In families it's called dysfunctional behaviour.
Narcissism is also another disorder that is in families also. I'm glad you find dipping into my blog helps you recognise the signs and the need for change. I hope more people will.
While the world is changed, my blog is consistent in terms of its messages.
Yes, coming from a dysfunctional family seems to be the norm nowadays now that people are actually admitting to it.
The only movie that has come close to my childhood was the movie Glass Castle with Woody Harrelson. I have actually been talking to my brother quite a bit lately and he can attest to the fact of how insane it was because he was there too.
Thanks Randy. Yes, it's more common than we think. But I still think we can pull some of it back, by standing back and thinking about things.
We tend to lead through our unconscious thoughts instead of consciously thinking about things, how we can make our lives and our relationships better.
Although that's not always down to us, and the pandemic has changed things, I believe we can all contribute positively to our relationships.
We all experience conflict and chaos in families. That has become normalised.
We need to see the issues around a person's toxic behaviour, which they need to address, rather than relating the cycle ourselves, because then our behaviour becomes toxic.
I find dipping into your blog, helps a lot in recognising the signs and the need for change.
I am sure I am not alone in saying I have been around toxic behaviour. It has become normalised. In families it's called dysfunctional behaviour.
Narcissism is also another disorder that is in families also. I'm glad you find dipping into my blog helps you recognise the signs and the need for change. I hope more people will.
While the world is changed, my blog is consistent in terms of its messages.