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: "False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade." CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE In a nutshell: True friends stay ...
Food for thought: “The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer ...
Food for thought: "The most successful people in life are the ones who ask questions. They're always learning. They're always growing. They're always pushing." ROBERT KIYOSAKI
I completely agree. Given that everything we do and say has consequences, it make sense that we are aware of those consequences before we open our mouths and act.
Thanks, yes I couldn't agree more. Not only would we become more aware of the bigger picture, but we'd understand our lives a lot more, which means we would also make better choices.
Yes, it was something called mindfulness that we studied in my DBT class which was very helpful.
There are days when I have such a hard time staying in the moment. I so often get sidetracked by so many other things running through my mind that I have a hard time focusing on what it is I'm doing right at that moment!
It seems to take a lot of practice to get used to it, but it has been helping tremendously.
Thanks Randy, when we have a lot on our mind that can happen too, but I can resonate with you. Having brain damage doesn't help, but I have learned how to get round that by using my intuition.
Sometimes we just have to find a way round the things we find the most difficult.
I agree. Sometimes we have to kill the illusions so we can clearly see what's happening in our world. But I'm not sure if anyone is totally aware of anything.
I think we're more than capable of knowing what's happening in the world, but to do that we must take the ego out of the equation. Anything that changes our perception of how we see the world.
I believe we can certainly do better on that score.
I completely agree. Given that everything we do and say has consequences, it make sense that we are aware of those consequences before we open our mouths and act.
Thanks, yes I couldn't agree more. Not only would we become more aware of the bigger picture, but we'd understand our lives a lot more, which means we would also make better choices.
Yes, it was something called mindfulness that we studied in my DBT class which was very helpful.
There are days when I have such a hard time staying in the moment. I so often get sidetracked by so many other things running through my mind that I have a hard time focusing on what it is I'm doing right at that moment!
It seems to take a lot of practice to get used to it, but it has been helping tremendously.
Thanks Randy, when we have a lot on our mind that can happen too, but I can resonate with you. Having brain damage doesn't help, but I have learned how to get round that by using my intuition.
Sometimes we just have to find a way round the things we find the most difficult.
I agree. Sometimes we have to kill the illusions so we can clearly see what's happening in our world. But I'm not sure if anyone is totally aware of anything.
I think we're more than capable of knowing what's happening in the world, but to do that we must take the ego out of the equation. Anything that changes our perception of how we see the world.
I believe we can certainly do better on that score.