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.
Something inspirational: “When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” TULI KUPFERBERG Tuli Kupferberg is known for challenging convention and encouraging independent thought. His work celebrates creativity, curiosity, and questioning the status quo. His quote reminds us that real change often begins when we step beyond familiar habits and dare to think differently.
Something inspirational: “Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.” DORIS LESSING Thinking for yourself means more than having your own opinions. It means owning your words, your choices, and ...
Something inspirational: "We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose to become.” JAMES HOLLIS "I am drawn to James Hollis's words: 'We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose ...
I've spent way too many years trying to act like everyone else thought I should act. Now I'm trying to figure out really who I am and it's been a very tough road so far.
I just want to live my life on my own terms which seems almost too much to ask sometimes. I'm praying that the future will get better in this aspect, so I can actually move on in my life!
I used to try to be someone else when I was younger and it never worked out too well. It doesn't get you anywhere in life.
I be myself now and if others don't like it... too bad for them!
I agree with your last sentence Lisa. Absolutely right.
My parents had definite ideas what I should do and what I should be.
I tried to live up to my father's ideas, but I found I could never measure up no matter how hard I tried, so years ago I quit doing that.
Now I am more my own person with my own ideas on how my life should be. Much happier now.
Pleased for you Randy. That's great.
Good post; be yourself and careless what the world thinks!
Absolutely!
I've spent way too many years trying to act like everyone else thought I should act. Now I'm trying to figure out really who I am and it's been a very tough road so far.
I just want to live my life on my own terms which seems almost too much to ask sometimes. I'm praying that the future will get better in this aspect, so I can actually move on in my life!
Ditto for me too. In my thirties I started thinking about myself, instead of trying to please everyone else. Sometimes we have to do these things.
You can do this Randy. Thank you for posting.
Hi Ilana, it's Katie from ds! I love this thought. It's beautiful and so true. I need to start living every day this way.
It's going to be a beautiful change 🙂
It's so great hearing from you Katie. Ditto I totally agree. Hope you achieve your accomplishment. Thank you for posting.