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 11 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Lalah Delia quote

Something inspirational: "The right people hear you differently." LALAH DELIA
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Date 10 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Emotional Freedom

Emotional freedom is ‘being free’ from being controlled by our emotions and feeling like a victim. You can have it, we can all have it,…
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Date 9 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Why No One Really Knows

No one knows what it took for me to get up in the morning, to say hello to another day, and yet we assume we…
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Date 8 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Michael Hyatt quote

Something true and inspirational: "Progress only starts when you get clear on where you are right now." MICHAEL HYATT
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Date 7 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

The Narrative has Changed

I live behind a school, one that I went to as a child. That’s not so funny, it shows I haven’t moved far, and the…
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Date 6 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

What Getting Brexit Done Means

I openly talk about Brexit on my blog, because it’s still making headlines and the issues with the UK getting Brexit done isn’t going away.…
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Date 5 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

An Exciting New Website

My current website has been so important to me and The CP Diary community. After 12 successful years I am excited to announce that in…
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Date 4 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Michael Leunig quote

Something inspirational: "The insatiable need for heartless power and ruthless control is the telltale sign of an uninitiated man - the most irresponsible, incompetent and…
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Date 3 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Practice Peace

The pandemic has changed us. For those still struggling in the pandemic and I include myself here, the following may help: Think about a life…
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Date 2 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Unprocessed Trauma

Unprocessed trauma and grief comes in many forms and one size doesn’t fit all. As a child, I lived with trauma around a disability I…
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Date 1 August 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Michael Leunig

Something inspirational: "The hypocrisy of some is that we like to think of ourselves as sophisticated and evolved, but we're still also driven by primal…
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Date 31 July 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Why We Shouldn't Judge Others

We shouldn’t judge, instead we should be here to act and support. Living with a disability, over the years, I have been judged and have…
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