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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It sounds like others have convinced you for so long that you can't do things; that you've now convinced yourself into believing you can't.
As you say in your response Randy, you'll have to convince yourself whilst proving to those non-believers that you can accomplish what you set out to accomplish. I believe you can.
You're right Lisa when we're told we cannot do something, it's like a signal that goes off in our heads as we become more determined to prove that other person wrong.
It was a lack of confidence for me that stopped me from accepting those kind of challenges, that and no support or encouragement.
Very true and it gives you the most rewards as well.
Ditto. To be able to prove to those non-believers is definitely a reward and/or accomplishment.
I'll have to try to work on that one, since it's a great thing to prove other people wrong.
I just have to get over thinking of myself as being wrong to be able to accomplish that.
It sounds like others have convinced you for so long that you can't do things; that you've now convinced yourself into believing you can't.
As you say in your response Randy, you'll have to convince yourself whilst proving to those non-believers that you can accomplish what you set out to accomplish. I believe you can.
Great saying and I agree. The satisfaction of achievement in those circumstances is tremendous and very encouraging.
I absolutely love this quote 🙂 It's such a great one. Thanks for sharing it.
I totally believe it. Now I just need to start living it out. Thanks for your inspiration!
Absolutely! and you're welcome. Kate thanks for posting. 🙂
Ditto. Yes absolutely.
Oh, I love it when I can accomplish something others say I can't do. It's like those are the magic words to me. A challenge.
I am more determined when someone says I can't do something!
You're right Lisa when we're told we cannot do something, it's like a signal that goes off in our heads as we become more determined to prove that other person wrong.
It was a lack of confidence for me that stopped me from accepting those kind of challenges, that and no support or encouragement.
Good for you!