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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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 ...
No problem Lisa. My understanding of the quote is that when we follow the conventional route (the route we are sometimes expected to follow) we don't or won't have to think about or make decisions for ourselves, because those decisions are already made for us.
The more we move away from what is considered conventional, the more we have to think and make those decisions for ourselves.
Good quote. I remember JK from my economics course at university.
He is right. Taking the conventional view does not promote any unique thoughts and innovation has only ever come through challenging the conventional. There is also however, in my view, room for the conventional in our lives too.
I would also add that even if we take the conventional route, we must always still rely on our own thinking to make sure we're happy with what we're about to embark on.
Okay, my brain isn't working. I don't get it.
No problem Lisa. My understanding of the quote is that when we follow the conventional route (the route we are sometimes expected to follow) we don't or won't have to think about or make decisions for ourselves, because those decisions are already made for us.
The more we move away from what is considered conventional, the more we have to think and make those decisions for ourselves.
Good quote. I remember JK from my economics course at university.
He is right. Taking the conventional view does not promote any unique thoughts and innovation has only ever come through challenging the conventional. There is also however, in my view, room for the conventional in our lives too.
Thanks. I agree with you.
I would also add that even if we take the conventional route, we must always still rely on our own thinking to make sure we're happy with what we're about to embark on.