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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Something inspirational: "We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose to become.” JAMES HOLLIS "I am drawn to James Hollis's words: 'We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose ...
Something inspirational: "Healing begins when we can hold our own experience with compassion." TARA BRACH Brach's quote reminds us that healing begins when we meet our pain with kindness instead of judgement ...
I agree. We don't have to explain why we think the way we do or do the stuff we do. We should be comfortable being ourselves without worrying about the opinions of others.
Thanks Maria. You're absolutely right, we shouldn't have to explain ourselves to anyone.
But some people just have that affect on us. We don't even have to have seen that person for a while, but as soon as we do we fall straight into the same bad patterns.
I so very much understand. There are times when there is so much to say especially in a situation that may require it.
But some people including myself find it difficult to fess up around those certain individuals; then others we can ramble on about what needs to be said instead of fear of judgement or an obligation for an explanation. It's hard to overcome.
I agree. We don't have to explain why we think the way we do or do the stuff we do. We should be comfortable being ourselves without worrying about the opinions of others.
Thanks Maria. You're absolutely right, we shouldn't have to explain ourselves to anyone.
But some people just have that affect on us. We don't even have to have seen that person for a while, but as soon as we do we fall straight into the same bad patterns.
This quote makes me think about people who are suffering while we sit back as idle spectators, acting in a way that's not consistent with our values.
We all believe in something, but we often remain silent about the things we believe in.
Thanks Tim. Yes I would hope that we would choose not to remain silent, particularly when it comes to other people's suffering.
We never know whether those people we choose to help, might reciprocate that back to us, if we ever needed help.
I so very much understand. There are times when there is so much to say especially in a situation that may require it.
But some people including myself find it difficult to fess up around those certain individuals; then others we can ramble on about what needs to be said instead of fear of judgement or an obligation for an explanation. It's hard to overcome.
I believe we must at least try. I couldn't agree more. Thanks Bonnie.
Oh yes definitely try! No if and/or butts about it. Thank you Ilana!
It takes time and therapy for me anyway, to learn to open my mouth when I need to. Specifically when it benefits others.
No worries, thanks Bonnie.