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 ...
Thanks Tim. I agree with you. Yes, it's okay to stumble. In fact it's more than okay to stumble. Without stumbles, we may learn very little and may also go on to make more mistakes.
As you have said, your stumbles have led you to a 'pretty good place in life.' I too have had pretty big stumbles. Without those, I would never have done what I have.
Like you, my stumbles made me stronger, more determined.
Thanks. Yes, it depends on why you're stumbling. Often if we go into something head first without giving it due attention, we can stumble.
But I also believe that if what we're intending to act on is well thought through, there is little reason as to why you would stumble. This is where intuition helps and couple that with a plan, you should be good to go.
Having been socialized to a subordinate mindset in my youth, I thought stumbles were just clumsy failures of a clumsy kid.
It never occurred to me that those stumbles would eventually lead me to a pretty good place in life.
Just so you know, I still stumble every now and then.
Thanks Tim. I agree with you. Yes, it's okay to stumble. In fact it's more than okay to stumble. Without stumbles, we may learn very little and may also go on to make more mistakes.
As you have said, your stumbles have led you to a 'pretty good place in life.' I too have had pretty big stumbles. Without those, I would never have done what I have.
Like you, my stumbles made me stronger, more determined.
Stumbling is a very good idea as long as you don't keep falling over your own feet.
Thanks. Yes, it depends on why you're stumbling. Often if we go into something head first without giving it due attention, we can stumble.
But I also believe that if what we're intending to act on is well thought through, there is little reason as to why you would stumble. This is where intuition helps and couple that with a plan, you should be good to go.