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: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” CARL ROGERS Acceptance doesn't mean we stop growing. It means understanding ourselves without judgement ...
Something inspirational: “No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” VIRGINIA WOOLF Life isn't a race. There is no pressure to perform, compare or prove yourself. Just be 'you'. That's it.
Something inspirational: “You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” SYLVESTER STALLONE Sylvester Stallone's quote ...
When people realize you're not going to live life their way or be subjected to their way of life, they begin to realize it's no longer business as usual.
So true! When we start living our life according to our own standards, people notice.
Thanks Lisa. They may also not like what they see, particularly if we happen to have lived our lives the way they want us to.
I agree with Lisa and Ilana. People notice and they don't always like the change they see.
Thank you. People always feel more comfortable being in control. They're not comfortable with having to adapt.
People by nature aren't great with change, they like life to run smoothly the way they want.
Brad and Lisa are absolutely right.
When people realize you're not going to live life their way or be subjected to their way of life, they begin to realize it's no longer business as usual.
Thanks Tim. Brand and Lisa are right as are you.
When you take it's no longer business as usual out of the equation, life with that person becomes a little uncertain and that's hard.