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.
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A loveless relationship is perhaps the saddest predicament to be in, especially if it's permanent. You love me respectfully and fully or you don't love me at all.
People today seem more preoccupied with materialism, a good sex partner or someone to pay their bills, rather than the science of love.
A loveless relationship is perhaps the saddest predicament to be in, especially if it's permanent. You love me respectfully and fully or you don't love me at all.
People today seem more preoccupied with materialism, a good sex partner or someone to pay their bills, rather than the science of love.
Yes I couldn't agree more. I believe the same is true. I also think we tend to settle for less when we think less of ourselves.
For those of us who think very highly of ourselves, we want someone who will meet our exacting standards. A human failing I feel.