Something inspirational:

“We are not on this earth to accumulate victories, things and experiences, but to be whittled and sandpapered until what’s left is who we truly are.”

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON

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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2 comments on “It's not about victories”

  1. True. Once all the puff is gone what's left is the main core; what we are made of and what qualities we have.

    1. The end of your sentence Lisa is absolutely true. Life is not what we emulate to the world, but the main core of what we really are inside.

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