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 7 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

An Overview of Mental Health

Mental ill health is a cancer of the mind and of the emotions. We overcomplicate things. But the reality is that without thinking about or…
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Date 6 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Still Sick

It’s already been 3 weeks and what started as a sore throat and cough is still a sore throat and a cough, struggling to get…
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Date 5 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jim Stovall quote

Something inspirational: “You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When…
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Date 4 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Carl Sagan quote

Something inspirational: “For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”…
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Date 3 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A George Bernard Shaw quote

Something inspirational: “He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.” GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, Major Barbara
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Date 2 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Sick, sick, sick

I mentioned in an earlier blog that I had Covid days before my twin passed on the 10th December, so I was unable to say…
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Date 1 February 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Covid: The Perfect Storm

My writing is universal, intuitive and insightful without exception; it's a conversation with the universe. I include topics that affect all members in society on…
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Date 31 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Mental Health is at an all time low

Please continue to read. What I find upsetting and staggering in equal measures is that mental health has taken a dive in Brexit and Covid-19…
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Date 30 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Swiss Cheese Fondue

Swiss Cheese Fondue 'Perfect for a family gathering, or for entertaining' Ingredients: 300ml/ 1 pint white wine 1 tsp lemon juice 225g/8oz Emmental cheese grated…
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Date 29 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

The Seven Social Sins

Something inspirational: Referred to as "The Seven Social Evils, the Seven Cardinal Crimes of Modern Society and Evils of the World."Wealth without work. Pleasure without…
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Date 28 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Fulton J. Sheen quote

Something inspirational: “Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling…
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Date 27 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Charles Simic quote

Something inspirational: “Like many others, I grew up in an age that preached liberty and built slave camps.” Charles Simic, The Monster Loves His Labyrinth
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