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. It doesn't. But what you've said is absolutely true. How many people reach the top of their professions and they've achieved it at the cost of their personal lives?
I also believe it depends on our reactions and how we treat people along the way before we get to the top.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to achieve and become successful, but how we get to be successful is massively important.
This quote makes sense from an author of detective novels. I'd add compassion, respect and a kind sense of humour to complete the picture.
Yes, compassion, respect and kind sense of humour would add to the mix beautifully.
When you add all those things to the mix, you become a more balanced, kinder and a more compassionate person.
Although I agree we need logic and know how, to complete our success we also must have the right balance around our personalities.
I'm joined with Brad, since we really accomplish nothing without the attributes he described.
Unless we'd rather reach the mountaintop hollow; but how does that profit a man?
Thanks Tim. It doesn't. But what you've said is absolutely true. How many people reach the top of their professions and they've achieved it at the cost of their personal lives?
I also believe it depends on our reactions and how we treat people along the way before we get to the top.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to achieve and become successful, but how we get to be successful is massively important.
Perhaps more of us should think about that.