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 26 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

The New Covid Variant XBB.1.5

It’s not been long since I tested negative for Covid, but here I am again, laid up in bed with a coughing virus that I…
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Date 25 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

How to get back into working out

The pandemic initially changed our exercise routines, particularly in the weeks and months that followed. If you're physically ready now, but you're finding yourself mentally…
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Date 24 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

My Sensitively Written Books

We shouldn't be apologetic for writing about Mental Health. My writing is another voice, a voice that speaks out and puts another slant on mental…
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Date 23 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Life on our own terms

Something inspirational: “I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them…
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Date 22 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Covid is still Prevalent

Covid is still prevalent according to the science. It's still here and very contagious. It's rather worrying Covid isn’t spoken about or being dealt with.…
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Date 21 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Mental Health isn't Fashionable

Mental Health isn't fashionable and it needs to be. If it was fashionable, it would be something we would indulge in, talk about, like breathing,…
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Date 20 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Unsettling times

My writing gives me a reason to motivate after losing my twin. There is a lot on the wide-world web that confirms losing a twin…
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Date 19 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Susan Forward

Food for thought: “Children who are not encouraged to do, to try, to explore, to master, and to risk failure, often feel helpless and inadequate.…
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Date 18 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Trajectories and Mental Health

I talk about mental health on my blog, because it's good for my health, for each of our health. But through an unprecedented health crisis,…
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Date 17 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Developmental Trauma

It isn't possible to grow up with a disability you don't know you have, and not live with trauma. I continue to talk about my…
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Date 16 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A Don Miguel Ruiz quote

Be Impeccable With Your Word Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about…
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Date 15 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Loss is complicated

Loss is complicated, it’s complex. It feels and looks different to everyone. When it comes to loss not everyone will grieve. Others who do grieve…
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