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 ...
Nothing becomes something when we see value in things that we didn't even know was there. We discover life in progress, above our pettiness and self importance.
Yes, that is truthful in this day and age. People sell their souls for that 15 minutes of fame, when others aren't willing to give up that much in exchange.
I may have grown up dirt poor, but at least I have an atom or two of dignity left, that keeps me from doing anything that.
It may be too much false pride that I do have, but at least it's better than what the majority of people have, which makes it seem like that kind of deal would be worthwhile.
I'm learning that you can't put a price on things like self-respect and freedom which most people don't always appreciate.
Thanks Randy. They say money is the root of all evil and perhaps that's why. Money doesn't bring manners, empathy, compassion or understanding. There's nothing wrong with 'dirt poor.'
Having little to no money gives us qualities that others will eventually come to dream of. You're right you cannot put a price on things self-respect and freedom.
I would rather have those in abundance. Self-respect to understand ourselves and the freedom to choose to do what's right. The world needs more of both right now.
Very true. Everything has a price nowadays but little has value. This is reflected in our relationships, as people's values are skewed about having the biggest and the best rather than appreciating the true value of a relationship.
Yes, that is exactly right. It's wrong. We must go back to basics on this. We cannot have soulful relationships whilst our heads on other things, rather than those we co-habit with.
We really have lost sight of what's important. As we place importance on things rather than people, we move further away from our spiritual selves.
Nothing becomes something when we see value in things that we didn't even know was there. We discover life in progress, above our pettiness and self importance.
Then nothing becomes everything.
Thanks Tim. I am happy to leave this one with you. Spot on.
Yes, that is truthful in this day and age. People sell their souls for that 15 minutes of fame, when others aren't willing to give up that much in exchange.
I may have grown up dirt poor, but at least I have an atom or two of dignity left, that keeps me from doing anything that.
It may be too much false pride that I do have, but at least it's better than what the majority of people have, which makes it seem like that kind of deal would be worthwhile.
I'm learning that you can't put a price on things like self-respect and freedom which most people don't always appreciate.
Thanks Randy. They say money is the root of all evil and perhaps that's why. Money doesn't bring manners, empathy, compassion or understanding. There's nothing wrong with 'dirt poor.'
Having little to no money gives us qualities that others will eventually come to dream of. You're right you cannot put a price on things self-respect and freedom.
I would rather have those in abundance. Self-respect to understand ourselves and the freedom to choose to do what's right. The world needs more of both right now.
Very true. Everything has a price nowadays but little has value. This is reflected in our relationships, as people's values are skewed about having the biggest and the best rather than appreciating the true value of a relationship.
Yes, that is exactly right. It's wrong. We must go back to basics on this. We cannot have soulful relationships whilst our heads on other things, rather than those we co-habit with.
We really have lost sight of what's important. As we place importance on things rather than people, we move further away from our spiritual selves.