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 ...
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.