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 ...
Thanks Tim. It's a human failing, but only when we have no choice do we work through change, the rest of the time we follow the same thought patterns that don't lend itself to change; in fact it's the opposite. I think you're right that's something we all need to work on and change.
I believe though that the more we work towards and implement change, the more we will be okay with change. We need to feel the fear of change and that is what most of us are fearful of.
I've dealt with far too many people who really don't want to change,so therefore their lives continue to always be the same way! They piss and moan about how difficult their lives are, but don't seem to realize there are things they could do to make their life different.
It's like the expression, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks!" One person I know in particular, seems to think that religion will fix everything which is so very far from the case.
I've had to work on changing things in my life, which really hasn't been easy but I've done it! Now if I can just continue to work on the things that I can change and not focus so much on the things I can't, my life will be so much better for it!
Thanks Randy. Yes I also know people who fit into the category you describe.
I personally believe some of us genuinely don't want to change, others want to change but don't know how to and others will work through change and will change.
I like you have had to work on changing things in my life so know it can be done and as long as we are making progress, there is no reason why we won't be able to change.
I would keep doing what you're doing. It sounds as though what you are doing is helping and that's great.
Very true quote. I'm sure if it was said back in the early 1900's it would have been met with more disapproval than it does today.
Thanks Maria. Yes I agree with you. What is accepted by society today wouldn't have been understood or accepted by society in the early 1900's.
In many ways we're lucky and it's a bonus society has moved on, but not without its pitfalls.
This is so true. If we haven't an open mind to change then we really are stuck.
Thanks, yes ditto on your thoughts. We really are stuck.
I think it's also about changing our internal vocabulary to align our thoughts to think progress and to think change.
It seems that I change only when my back is against the wall, when the only way out is forward; and that needs to change.
Thanks Tim. It's a human failing, but only when we have no choice do we work through change, the rest of the time we follow the same thought patterns that don't lend itself to change; in fact it's the opposite. I think you're right that's something we all need to work on and change.
I believe though that the more we work towards and implement change, the more we will be okay with change. We need to feel the fear of change and that is what most of us are fearful of.
I've dealt with far too many people who really don't want to change,so therefore their lives continue to always be the same way! They piss and moan about how difficult their lives are, but don't seem to realize there are things they could do to make their life different.
It's like the expression, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks!" One person I know in particular, seems to think that religion will fix everything which is so very far from the case.
I've had to work on changing things in my life, which really hasn't been easy but I've done it! Now if I can just continue to work on the things that I can change and not focus so much on the things I can't, my life will be so much better for it!
Thanks Randy. Yes I also know people who fit into the category you describe.
I personally believe some of us genuinely don't want to change, others want to change but don't know how to and others will work through change and will change.
I like you have had to work on changing things in my life so know it can be done and as long as we are making progress, there is no reason why we won't be able to change.
I would keep doing what you're doing. It sounds as though what you are doing is helping and that's great.
So true!
Thanks Lisa. Yes so true.