My books are 'solution focused' and are written in a way that allows the reader to seek out and challenge the way they think about things, about how they think about their lives.

Self-acceptance

Everything we do starts with self-acceptance. We may tell ourselves we accept ourselves, but accepting ourself, is liking or loving ourselves, and how many of us do that?

I remember the same exact conversation with my father, who had no understanding of what that actually meant. A lot of what we feel about ourselves is through parental and environmental conditioning. From an early age we are conditioned to think and behave a certain way.

But initial struggles should be challenges to overcome, as we continually seek to find ways through what we deal with. Through my writing, I look for change on solutions, rather than focusing on problems.

Internal clashes

Internal clashes come from our unconscious thoughts which half the time we don't what they are, but niggling thoughts which we can't always place, on why we're not feeling right, we just know we're not and our challenges continue. Where my thoughts are anxiety based, I am a doer, I get the job done. If something doesn't feel right, I sought to find a solution and change it.

Self-like and self-love

Self-like and self-love is a concept we don't consciously think about, it's just there, we may feel it, we innately discover that feeling. It's a perfect balance between our unconscious and conscious thoughts and how we feel. Occasionally depending on what we're dealing with, we may lose it, but we know what it feels like, because we've felt it before - we can go back.

If you're interested in grabbing copies of either of my books, please go to the following link https://www.thecpdiary.com/my-books/ 

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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