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 ...
Without emotional and mental well being, money doesn't matter. You can have all the money in the world but if you are not happy internally, you'll still be miserable even if it's not financially.
I learned that from a friend who was wealthy but did not have the love and support from her family. She would have given up all the money she had just to feel love, which would have made her emotionally rich.
I guess in my life I have been rich as far as the love and support of my family, which to me means everything.
I think we would all agree with that saying (nice work Claudia!)
We do need money to provide a satisfactory standard of living of course, but above that I think the 'rewards' from more money tail off, whereas emotional wealth is what makes you really rich as Maria said.
I totally agree with this quote. If you're not well mentally and emotionally what good is wealth.
Wealth will not heal us and it won't make us happy.
I agree and love this quote too. So simple yet so powerful. It certainly makes us sit up and think; it's done its job.
Without emotional and mental well being, money doesn't matter. You can have all the money in the world but if you are not happy internally, you'll still be miserable even if it's not financially.
I learned that from a friend who was wealthy but did not have the love and support from her family. She would have given up all the money she had just to feel love, which would have made her emotionally rich.
I guess in my life I have been rich as far as the love and support of my family, which to me means everything.
I completely agree with you Maria and I'm so glad you've had both.
I think we would all agree with that saying (nice work Claudia!)
We do need money to provide a satisfactory standard of living of course, but above that I think the 'rewards' from more money tail off, whereas emotional wealth is what makes you really rich as Maria said.
I love Claudia's quote and agree with you, Claudia and Maria. You're all spot on.