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 ...
In my case it could be as simple as reading a book to my little boy as he sits on my lap. One day he will be too old for that and I will be left with the memory.
Sounds dreamy Maria. Yes you're absolutely right. We should enjoy each happy moment.
I love the way you describe your memory. Simply the best. The ones we carry in our minds; not just on photographs. Those are the memories that will never fade.
Thanks Tim. Yes I agree life's precious moments do become more valuable the older we get. Because those moments are few and far between, for some of us they become even more valuable.
I agreed. We should enjoy each happy moment.
In my case it could be as simple as reading a book to my little boy as he sits on my lap. One day he will be too old for that and I will be left with the memory.
Sounds dreamy Maria. Yes you're absolutely right. We should enjoy each happy moment.
I love the way you describe your memory. Simply the best. The ones we carry in our minds; not just on photographs. Those are the memories that will never fade.
I couldn't agree more with this quote. At the end of the day, all we have is our memories and we should treasure the moments that create them.
Absolutely. Love this quote for that very reason. Thank you; I agree.
This is so very true. Life's special moments are memorable and precious. As we grow older those moments become more valuable too.
Thanks Tim. Yes I agree life's precious moments do become more valuable the older we get. Because those moments are few and far between, for some of us they become even more valuable.
So true!
Thanks Lisa. Yes it is absolutely true. It's only when we look back that we see how important that moment was.