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 2 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

Shine a light on Your Mental Health

Firstly, if you're reading my blog, thank you for reading. I don’t insist my readers follow my advice, or do as I do, but if…
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Date 1 January 2023
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Alex Morritt

Something inspirational: Happy New Year 2023 to all my readers... “Happy New Year is a festive form of address often uttered without thinking. Yet how…
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Date 31 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Hurt to Healing

Crossed words and disagreements can lead to being hurt, but we can heal through the hurt. Having the right people around you helps, people you…
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Date 30 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Life Changed

Life changes when you lose a loved one. How may you feel? A little lost, well a lot lost, but it helps to know if…
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Date 29 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Setting Mental Health Goals in 2023

I’ve never shunned away from being accountable or taking responsibility for my mental health. But since Covid-19 the world has changed, and we have become…
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Date 28 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Dodinsky quote

Something inspirational: "Beneath the pain is a lesson. Beneath the sorrow is hope. Beneath the struggle is courage. When it seems all is lost, you…
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Date 27 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Powerful Mindset

Through writing, I have seen how life can change in an instant. I have learned that while we don’t always have control over what happens…
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Date 26 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

More questions about Covid-19

Three weeks ago I didn't find Covid, it found me. I tested positive for Covid, but I was feeling poorly days before I took the…
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Date 25 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Christmas quote

Something inspirational: “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting…
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Date 24 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Happy Holidays

The last few months have been tough… my twin had cancer, ending with the culmination of her passing on the 21st December. It’s been a…
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Date 23 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Without my twin

Well, I go on to fight another day. After my twin’s funeral on the 21st December, yesterday was my first day as a twinless twin.…
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Date 22 December 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Self-Acceptance and Mental Health

This can impact our mental health. Convincing ourselves to accept mental health doesn't help unless we want to accept mental health. We should all be…
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