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 ...
I agree. It is more difficult to watch what you say when you are not in a good place yourself. It's best to keep your mouth closed, so you can sort whatever it is that is hurting.
Thanks, yes I've been at the end of other people's tongues for as long as I can remember and you're right. It's always best to say nothing, sort out whatever is causing the pain and then come back in a better and nicer person.
I know that as a child had my issues been addressed, others wouldn't have had to have dealt with my anger issues. As the adult now, life is very different.
Although I had done a bit of work on myself before, from finding out and understanding more about my disability and my life, through my blogs and my site I have learned a different way to think. That doesn't mean others aren't responsible for where I found myself, but it has allowed me to move on.
All too often people are on the receiving end of other people's bitterness and that's not right or fair.
I agree. It is more difficult to watch what you say when you are not in a good place yourself. It's best to keep your mouth closed, so you can sort whatever it is that is hurting.
Thanks, yes I've been at the end of other people's tongues for as long as I can remember and you're right. It's always best to say nothing, sort out whatever is causing the pain and then come back in a better and nicer person.
I know that as a child had my issues been addressed, others wouldn't have had to have dealt with my anger issues. As the adult now, life is very different.
Although I had done a bit of work on myself before, from finding out and understanding more about my disability and my life, through my blogs and my site I have learned a different way to think. That doesn't mean others aren't responsible for where I found myself, but it has allowed me to move on.
All too often people are on the receiving end of other people's bitterness and that's not right or fair.
I totally agree with this. So true!
I think so too. Thanks Lisa.