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 15 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Diet and Depression

We are all familiar with the saying "you are what you eat" but can that also be said about your mood? The simple answer is…
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Date 14 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Wendy Hayhurst quote

Something inspirational: "Know that, when you do, you will be met by all your loved ones who came before you, and when that time comes,…
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Date 13 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

The virus is not gone

Just because we're not talking about the virus, doesn’t mean the virus is no longer here, or it’s no longer harmful. Ignoring the fact we’re…
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Date 12 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Why is Mental Health being Ignored?

In a global pandemic, it's difficult to understand why people aren't choosing to be proactive around their mental health, or why they're not at least…
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Date 11 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Illness and my Mental Health Struggles

My mental health always takes a knock around illness, particularly around a terminal illness. Autism doesn’t lend itself and my anxiety levels currently are high.…
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Date 10 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Review by ibjoy1953 (Joy)

“Interesting read” A Review by ibjoy1953 (Joy) MY THOUGHTS ON THIS BOOK I wasn’t sure what to expect from Spirituality, Healing and Me: How Living…
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Date 9 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Howard Zinn quote

Something inspirational: "Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world." HOWARD ZINN
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Date 8 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Wilferd Peterson quote

Something inspirational: "Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds…
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Date 7 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Time to re-think Mental Health

I don’t know where I’d be without my writing. With autism, I’m coping better, because I talk about how I feel. Mental health is a…
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Date 6 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

When Life 'throws you a curve ball'

There is an old saying that is so true of man’s response to man, “Everyone wants you to do better just not better than themselves.”-…
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Date 5 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Helen Exley quote

Something inspirational: “Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled “This could change your life.” HELEN EXLEY Cerebral Palsy: 'A Story' and 'Spirituality…
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Date 4 November 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Mental Health: What's it going to take?

“You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill…
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