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.
A Space for Reflection, Accountability and Shared Awareness The CP Diary exists to take responsibility, state facts, and seek understanding through lived experience – offering…
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How Everyday Actions Shape a More Understanding World
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Italian Spinach and Ricotta Pie with Eggs "Recipe adapted from bbc.co.uk" Ingredients: For the pie Butter, for greasing 2 tbsp plain flour, for dusting 6…