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.
Something inspirational: “Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.” DORIS LESSING Thinking for yourself means more than having your own opinions. It means owning your words, your choices, and ...
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 ...
Thanks. Yes, as you say Vivian Amis' quote is just as relevant as it has ever been. In the pandemic, it has become even more important.
When someone believes they're right and aren't prepared to look beyond what they know, they will not only miss out on other people's understanding, but lack vision and progress, which helps with equality and human rights.
History has certainly validated this quote many times and even now, this is just as relevant as it has even been.
Sadly, that says much for the unenlightened human condition and the lack of real progress in equality and human rights.
Thanks. Yes, as you say Vivian Amis' quote is just as relevant as it has ever been. In the pandemic, it has become even more important.
When someone believes they're right and aren't prepared to look beyond what they know, they will not only miss out on other people's understanding, but lack vision and progress, which helps with equality and human rights.