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: "I never write to disappear and escape. The truth is exactly the opposite. Most people strike me as escaping and disappearing in one way or another - into their jobs, their daily routines, their delusions about ...
Something inspirational: “Anyone can learn to fight. Hardly anyone learns to think.” TAMSYN MUIR, Gideon the Ninth Muir's quote reminds us that fighting is not just about physical strength; it can mean arguing, resisting ...
Food for thought: “All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you.” OCTAVIA E. BUTLER, Parable of the Sower This quote reminds us that everything we do has an impact, and every experience changes ...
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.