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.
Something inspirational: "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than to be crowded on a velvet Cushion." HENRY DAVID THOREAU True happiness comes from freedom, simplicity and being yourself ...
Food for thought: "False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade." CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE In a nutshell: True friends stay ...
Food for thought: “The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer ...
Yes, especially the one's to burn. We don't know what the future holds so it's difficult to know if we really want to burn that bridge or now. I tend not to burn bridges.
How very true. I used to be a big bridge burner, usually out of spite, but I've learned to take a step back and assess the implications of those sort of decisions.
I think I generally make 'cleverer' decisions as a result.
I cant' say I agree that doing things out of spite is the right way to go.
On the contrary doing things out of spite will only add to our problems. I agree with you that taking a step back, and assessing the implications would always be right.
I'm pleased to hear you now generally make 'cleverer' decisions as a result.
Thanks Tim. I tend to use neither faith or sight. I walked away from faith many years ago. I use my intuition and inner guidance to help me decide which bridges to cross.
I can see why you would choose faith to help you though. People tend to use that as a guiding point. It's what works best for us at the end of the day.
Yes, especially the one's to burn. We don't know what the future holds so it's difficult to know if we really want to burn that bridge or now. I tend not to burn bridges.
I do cross several though.
Thanks Lisa. Like you I too would rather cross several bridges than burn them.
We can't change go back to change our circumstances on the bridges we've burned, but we can still go back on the bridges we've crossed.
How very true. I used to be a big bridge burner, usually out of spite, but I've learned to take a step back and assess the implications of those sort of decisions.
I think I generally make 'cleverer' decisions as a result.
I cant' say I agree that doing things out of spite is the right way to go.
On the contrary doing things out of spite will only add to our problems. I agree with you that taking a step back, and assessing the implications would always be right.
I'm pleased to hear you now generally make 'cleverer' decisions as a result.
I've made conscious efforts not to burn bridges where my experience has taken me; eventually we'll need reference from the past.
I doubt if anyone truly knows which bridges to cross. We should wisely cross our bridges by faith and not by sight.
Thanks Tim. I tend to use neither faith or sight. I walked away from faith many years ago. I use my intuition and inner guidance to help me decide which bridges to cross.
I can see why you would choose faith to help you though. People tend to use that as a guiding point. It's what works best for us at the end of the day.