Something inspirational:

“Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim, letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.”

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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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4 comments on “Be a survivor”

  2. I spent far too many years being a victim, so I'm now trying to learn how to be more of a survivor; so that I can get on with living my life.

    It's been very difficult to learn how to let go, but I think I've been doing pretty well in recent times. If I can just keep up the good work, I'll be that much better off.

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    1. It is hard to change from being a victim to a survivor, I would be lying if I said it wasn't; but I believe we can all change.

      It's a different mind-set brought about by a different perception of how we see ourselves and working on change by taking back control.

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