When it comes to mental health you need to give yourself time. It's easy to start with good intentions and then give up at the first hurdle. I have always had good intentions, but mental health with a disability is difficult to process.

My blog helps tackle 'mental health'

Since the start of my blog 12 years ago, I have made the transition to tackle mental health easier. Through my intuition and insight, there is lots of information on my blog that can help you change the way you think about your life, about mental health, and about your experiences. It takes time, patience and perseverance.

Through writing, I have come to understand everything about 'me' and about my life, about life in general, and about others. Over the 12 years I have been writing, I have seen just how more self-assured I am.

'Spirituality'

My spiritual beliefs carry me, what I put out on my blog is what I use in my everyday life. There is no difference between what I write on my blog and in my real life. My words on my blog are ‘my real life.’

Through my words, I am able to understand and adjust my life to fit what I need. Through autism and in the pandemic it has been difficult. But my blog isn't just for me, it's for anyone who is prepared to put the work in, to work through their own lives.

You can also pick up a copy of my books Cerebral Palsy: 'A Story' and Spirituality, Healing and Me. Both books are contained and cover mental health, and 'Spirituality, Healing and Me' can steer you to a path of enlightenment.

If you fancy reading either of my books, you can grab paperback and Kindle copies on Amazon, or through the following link https://linktr.ee/Ilana_Estelle

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 “Navigating my Blog”

  1. Ilana, I can almost hear you thinking of some way to inspire us, even when
    I'm distracted by the noise.

    Keep writing and never be discouraged, because you make a mountain of difference.

    1. Thanks Tim. On my bad days living with a mental disability, and in Covid, your words encourage me to continue.

      I am made up that you think my blog 'makes a mountain of difference.' I shall continue to write, because it's good for me and it helps me to motivate myself, in these difficult unprecedented times.

      I hope you are okay.

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