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: “Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.” DORIS LESSING Thinking for yourself means more than having your own opinions. It means owning your words, your choices, and ...
Something inspirational: "We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose to become.” JAMES HOLLIS "I am drawn to James Hollis's words: 'We are not what happened to us. We are what we choose ...
Something inspirational: "Healing begins when we can hold our own experience with compassion." TARA BRACH Brach's quote reminds us that healing begins when we meet our pain with kindness instead of judgement ...
I also hope that one day you will feel different about yourself, but depending on what we have to deal with in our lives Randy I am sure you're not alone with your thoughts.
I can relate to that!
I know people like this; that's just the way they are. They have this part of their lives and that part, but put them together and they have a mess.
I couldn't agree with you more Lisa.
I know many people, mostly family members who have some good characteristics in isolation, but when taken as a whole are a nightmare.
I know so may people this describes. Nice in part but as a whole - more than just a puzzle!
I agree.
Yes, sometimes you have to deal with people a piece at at time before you can figure out what the whole is!
Personally I feel like a puzzle with many missing pieces, so I may not ever be fully put back together again. I'm praying that it may one day change.
I also hope that one day you will feel different about yourself, but depending on what we have to deal with in our lives Randy I am sure you're not alone with your thoughts.