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: “The world is round, and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.” IVY BAKER PRIEST An ending can feel like a loss, particularly when we cannot see what lies beyond it ...
Something inspirational: “I’m not going to continue knocking that old door that doesn’t open for me. I’m going to create my own door and walk through that.” AVA DuVERNAY
Food for thought: “He that flings dirt at another dirties himself most.” THOMAS FULLER This is a good reminder that when we speak badly of others or try to bring someone down, it often says more about us than it does about ...
My aptitude for love and my commitment to life is strictly an extension of my faith and every single day I am physically and psychologically seduced by things that makes me cling to my faith.
But when I'm in distress, I'm fully aware of how fragile my faith can be.
Thanks Tim. Yes it's only when we're faced with difficult circumstances that test our faith, we either cling to our faith or turn our back on it. I have seen both happen.
It's easy to make decisions and then begin to dig doubt our decisions My spiritual beliefs are so strong that I never stop to question myself. My faith in my ability to make a decision through my spiritual belief is never in doubt.
Thanks, yes I couldn't agree more. I think attitude needs to be included in that scenario too, because when someone says something in good faith, they will always do it with the best of intentions, which is why it's said in good faith.
The problem is that the recipient doesn't always take it or see it that way and it's that which causes friction.
My aptitude for love and my commitment to life is strictly an extension of my faith and every single day I am physically and psychologically seduced by things that makes me cling to my faith.
But when I'm in distress, I'm fully aware of how fragile my faith can be.
Thanks Tim. Yes it's only when we're faced with difficult circumstances that test our faith, we either cling to our faith or turn our back on it. I have seen both happen.
It's easy to make decisions and then begin to dig doubt our decisions My spiritual beliefs are so strong that I never stop to question myself. My faith in my ability to make a decision through my spiritual belief is never in doubt.
Exactly what is said in good faith and what is done in good faith should be left there.
Thanks, yes I couldn't agree more. I think attitude needs to be included in that scenario too, because when someone says something in good faith, they will always do it with the best of intentions, which is why it's said in good faith.
The problem is that the recipient doesn't always take it or see it that way and it's that which causes friction.