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 ...
There are people who will fight change when change isn't in their favour as I have found out recently.
Trying to extricate myself from a highly toxic relationship has been extremely difficult, as the other person doesn't want things to change, even though it will be the best for both of us.
I'm going to have to end up making changes, since that's what's best for me even though the other person won't be very happy about it.
Thanks Randy. Yes you said it. 'I'm going to have to end up making changes since that's what is best for me.'
That is exactly right Randy and needs to happen. The sad thing is that the more we conform to other people's lives and what they want, the more we fail to live our own lives for ourselves.
I've been there too. It took me many years to wake up, but once I did, I never looked back. You won't too, but you must make that choice.
It must be harder for you because you have Autism.
All change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts and its antagonists, but there is no progress without change.
There are people who will fight change when change isn't in their favour as I have found out recently.
Trying to extricate myself from a highly toxic relationship has been extremely difficult, as the other person doesn't want things to change, even though it will be the best for both of us.
I'm going to have to end up making changes, since that's what's best for me even though the other person won't be very happy about it.
Thanks Randy. Yes you said it. 'I'm going to have to end up making changes since that's what is best for me.'
That is exactly right Randy and needs to happen. The sad thing is that the more we conform to other people's lives and what they want, the more we fail to live our own lives for ourselves.
I've been there too. It took me many years to wake up, but once I did, I never looked back. You won't too, but you must make that choice.
I have an eagle eye for change. All I have to do is truly listen to my soul; I'm glad I know that.
I'm glad also. It helps to have an eagle eye that way you can prepare for change when it comes.
I struggle to work through change through Autism. I've always struggled with a new environment and new people, but never understand why until now.
I don't have a problem with the concept of change. It also takes me a while to adjust and work through change.
Things have to look right for them to feel right.
It must be harder for you because you have Autism.
All change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts and its antagonists, but there is no progress without change.
Thanks. Yes, it is enormously difficult because I also deal with anxiety, because I have Autism.
Not all change will have drawbacks, but it's made easier for those who have confidence to believe in themselves and change.
I agree with you when you say, 'there is no progress without change.' There is also no spiritual and emotional growth. They all go hand in hand.