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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Thank you. Yes, you're absolutely right and it's a shame because people either have both or they have nothing.
It's a shame more of us don't buy into this behaviour. Not only would we all be better with each other, but the world would be a better place in which to live.
Thanks Tim. Yes, not an easy one, but I personally believe it's got a lot to do with the old values, which have been watered down with each passing generation to the point where those values are almost unrecognisable.
I don't believe being compassionate or having morality is difficult. I think what's more difficult is knowing how to change our perceptions so that we live with those things in our lives.
I agree wholeheartedly; these two are inextricably linked and we cannot be one without the other.
Thank you. Yes, you're absolutely right and it's a shame because people either have both or they have nothing.
It's a shame more of us don't buy into this behaviour. Not only would we all be better with each other, but the world would be a better place in which to live.
I'm going to be old before my time if I try to solve the riddle as to why we're lacking in compassion and morality these days.
Perhaps if we grow weary enough we'll find it in our hearts to make a change.
Thanks Tim. Yes, not an easy one, but I personally believe it's got a lot to do with the old values, which have been watered down with each passing generation to the point where those values are almost unrecognisable.
I don't believe being compassionate or having morality is difficult. I think what's more difficult is knowing how to change our perceptions so that we live with those things in our lives.