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 ...
Yes, all the other animals don't spend a lot of their time 'contemplating their bellybutton' as one of my counselors used to put it! All they do is what's necessary for survival without asking questions of themselves. I
t would be great sometimes to just enjoy living without having so much running through my mind that makes it so difficult. I'm guessing that's why we enjoy watching the animals so much, because all they do is their own thing without a whole lot of time wasted on thinking about everything else.
Contemplation can bring about a lot of uncertainty, particularly when we rethink thoughts from past experiences. I often look at the wildlife in my garden and think how lucky they are.
This is great quote. We create huge, often irreversible problems, almost to the point of self-destruction and then we have to sort those problems out.
I can't remember when I last heard that any other animal species has brought about its own demise or even been close to it. We really are a dumb race when you think about it.
Thank you. Yes I too believe we have a lot to learn from the animal kingdom, we should stand back so that we can observe so that we can learn to live our lives in a more simplistic way. I agree.
Yes, all the other animals don't spend a lot of their time 'contemplating their bellybutton' as one of my counselors used to put it! All they do is what's necessary for survival without asking questions of themselves. I
t would be great sometimes to just enjoy living without having so much running through my mind that makes it so difficult. I'm guessing that's why we enjoy watching the animals so much, because all they do is their own thing without a whole lot of time wasted on thinking about everything else.
I couldn't agree with you more. Thanks Randy.
Contemplation can bring about a lot of uncertainty, particularly when we rethink thoughts from past experiences. I often look at the wildlife in my garden and think how lucky they are.
This is great quote. We create huge, often irreversible problems, almost to the point of self-destruction and then we have to sort those problems out.
I can't remember when I last heard that any other animal species has brought about its own demise or even been close to it. We really are a dumb race when you think about it.
Thank you. Yes I too believe we have a lot to learn from the animal kingdom, we should stand back so that we can observe so that we can learn to live our lives in a more simplistic way. I agree.