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 ...
Thanks. Yes, I get that. For years I was treading water before my Cerebral Palsy diagnosis, although I would take 'determined' out of the equation. In my formative years, I'm not sure any one would have seen me as determined.
In Covid-19 it's a different story. What you have written very much holds true. The irony is that life doesn't have to be like this. WE all just have to want to work together for the greater good.
Frustrated is a good adjective to use. I might also throw irritated in for good measure. Continually getting knocked off course is irritating.
In my case, it's more a matter of wake up determined, get knocked off course by others, make some progress, go to bed frustrated. Repeat.
Thanks. Yes, I get that. For years I was treading water before my Cerebral Palsy diagnosis, although I would take 'determined' out of the equation. In my formative years, I'm not sure any one would have seen me as determined.
In Covid-19 it's a different story. What you have written very much holds true. The irony is that life doesn't have to be like this. WE all just have to want to work together for the greater good.
Frustrated is a good adjective to use. I might also throw irritated in for good measure. Continually getting knocked off course is irritating.