We can’t have ups without downs, a negative without a positive, a good without a bad, so perhaps that’s the way we need to look at life too.

Our excitement wouldn’t be excitement without understanding our struggles before we get to be excited. Life is full of ups and downs, but we tend to equate the downs more than we do the ups.

Life is equally balanced, but we emotionally contribute to the downs because we’re never sure how we can bring ourselves back up again and that affects how long we're down.

We must come to understand that life is and becomes equally balanced when we contribute to it and take control.

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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