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 agree with this. I think whether we know it or not that we have or had the qualities that others show that 'irk' us.
We should be accepting of others and less judgmental. We never know for sure or at all what is going on with that person.
Ditto on your thoughts. I agree.
A very true saying.
I agree with you Randy. It is.
Dr Jung shows me how to reflect on my own issues at all times, especially if I have an opinion as to someone else's life.
That's lovely Brian. I am pleased you have found someone who helps you reflect on your own issues. That is so important.
It's not something we can always do on our own.
Great saying and very true.
I believe it is very true.