Ilana Estelle

Position:

Author & Writer

Awards / Certifications:

  • Dip. Counselling (OCODL)
  • Dip. Diet and Nutrition (Distinction) (OCODL)
  • Dip. Nutritional Therapy (Distinction) (OCODL)
  • S.N.H.S. Dip. (Stress Management)
  • S.N.H.S. Dip. (Psychotherapy & Counselling)

About the author:

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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Blogs by Ilana Estelle

Date 31 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Being Understood: Growing Up with a Disability

Childhood Experiences and Their Lasting Impact A child's experience of growing up is shaped by more than the care they receive. It is also shaped…
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Date 30 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Easy Apple Fritters

Easy Apple Fritters 'Adapted from all recipes.com' Ingredients: Oil for deep-frying 200g plain flour 1 tablespoon fruit sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt…
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Date 29 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Autism and the Hidden Challenges of Living Independently

When the familiar world changes, leaving you to navigate life and the overwhelm of autism on your own Thank goodness for this blog – a…
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Date 28 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Steven Millhauser quote

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…
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Date 27 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When Kindness Gets Lost In the Noise

Kindness in a Changed World and Why It Still Matters It's hard not to notice. Covid changed us. It changed the world. But we don't…
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Date 26 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Healing Earth Side: Putting Mental Health First

Learning to Live Well With What I Cannot Change. I have come to understand that healing is not always about fixing what is wrong. As…
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Date 25 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Exercise and Depression: What the Research Says

How Walking, Yoga and Strength Training May Ease Depression According to a major review of 218 clinical trials involving more than 14,000 people, walking, yoga…
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Date 24 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Tamsyn Muir

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…
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Date 23 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Trauma and the Body: Understanding Isn't Enough

When the past shapes how we feel and respond We often think of trauma as something we remember, something that belongs to the past. The…
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Date 22 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Do You Have To Forgive?

Finding closure by letting go of guilt and responsibility that were never yours to carry Every child has a right to know who they are…
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Date 21 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Learning to Trust Your Intuition

Ways to Strengthen Your Intuition and Trust Your Gut Having been locked in my head for years, I began to notice, listen to and trust…
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Date 20 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

An Octavia E. Butler quote

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…
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