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'm having to work on shifting my perspective under the current circumstances, as I could get into some very dark places in my mind if I let it.
People are having a hard time with things like social distancing, but I think it's great, because I don't like people standing that close to me as I have boundary issues.
I'm sure that's why it's a lot easier me going through these times as I have been mostly living an isolated life. My entire childhood was like something out of an apocalyptic movie so it's no wonder it doesn't faze me.
I tend to have to learn how to live a 'normal' life that so many people take for granted.
If you believe in spirituality Randy, you will know that one of the reasons we have the virus is for us to individually take stock and for us to change our lives.
The cosmos and being spiritual plays a big part. It is not enough for us to just live and continue to live our lives, pre-virus. That hasn't and isn't working, we must come through changed people. You'll find what works for you.
I get that you're trying to find a 'normal' that's more normal for you, given your childhood. After a while you trying to live a 'normal' life will become the norm.
I feel there are lots of emotional and spiritual blogs on my website that will help you through these difficult times.
Thanks. Yes, I agree, I think if more of us were spiritual our world would be different. We'd certainly have more understanding empathy, compassion, patience and tolerance.
We would also be less fixated on things and would be more flexible and open minded about things and finding ways through.
We desperately need to be more open minded. We're too closed off.
I'm having to work on shifting my perspective under the current circumstances, as I could get into some very dark places in my mind if I let it.
People are having a hard time with things like social distancing, but I think it's great, because I don't like people standing that close to me as I have boundary issues.
I'm sure that's why it's a lot easier me going through these times as I have been mostly living an isolated life. My entire childhood was like something out of an apocalyptic movie so it's no wonder it doesn't faze me.
I tend to have to learn how to live a 'normal' life that so many people take for granted.
If you believe in spirituality Randy, you will know that one of the reasons we have the virus is for us to individually take stock and for us to change our lives.
The cosmos and being spiritual plays a big part. It is not enough for us to just live and continue to live our lives, pre-virus. That hasn't and isn't working, we must come through changed people. You'll find what works for you.
I get that you're trying to find a 'normal' that's more normal for you, given your childhood. After a while you trying to live a 'normal' life will become the norm.
I feel there are lots of emotional and spiritual blogs on my website that will help you through these difficult times.
Yes, it is through spiritual practices that we find understanding and through our understanding we are able to change our perceptions.
Thanks. Yes, I agree, I think if more of us were spiritual our world would be different. We'd certainly have more understanding empathy, compassion, patience and tolerance.
We would also be less fixated on things and would be more flexible and open minded about things and finding ways through.
We desperately need to be more open minded. We're too closed off.