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 ...
One of many lessons I learned was that I had to learn the hard way. There were many times where I reacted to situations based on my feelings right at that moment and the results were usually disastrous.
I grew up in a world where that was considered normal, so it's no wonder I kept repeating the same things, time after time. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, which I know I'm guilty of!
I'm trying very hard to do things differently now. I am ultimately responsible for my actions and my life has become so much better now.
Thanks Randy. Yes, we learn the hard way, but at least we learn.
I think you're right, many people react to situations based on how they feel at that time, and not how they may feel once they're through that situation.
We tend not to think that far ahead. In fact, it is only when we look back in hindsight that we know and we can see how we could have handled that situation better.
One of many lessons I learned was that I had to learn the hard way. There were many times where I reacted to situations based on my feelings right at that moment and the results were usually disastrous.
I grew up in a world where that was considered normal, so it's no wonder I kept repeating the same things, time after time. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, which I know I'm guilty of!
I'm trying very hard to do things differently now. I am ultimately responsible for my actions and my life has become so much better now.
Thanks Randy. Yes, we learn the hard way, but at least we learn.
I think you're right, many people react to situations based on how they feel at that time, and not how they may feel once they're through that situation.
We tend not to think that far ahead. In fact, it is only when we look back in hindsight that we know and we can see how we could have handled that situation better.