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 20 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Stuck at home in the pandemic

With lifting restrictions in the UK, I have lost my liberties, because I am vulnerable and high risk, which applies to others in my position…
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Date 19 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

An Opal Tometi quote

Something inspirational: "Lean into your curiosity about any issue, and there will likely be people to share a little bit more of their knowledge and…
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Date 18 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Validating my thoughts on Covid

In 12 years of writing, I continue to write the facts, the universal truths… and I have never steered off doing that. Below is a…
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Date 17 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Mental Health Observations

In Covid-19 I have mentally struggled, but through writing, I am able to turn negative thoughts into positive ones. There is no doubt in the…
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Date 16 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Do we have freewill?

The world is changed, we are changed. But we have freewill to do things differently. You can decide what to do with your experiences, so…
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Date 15 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Nikos Kazantzakis quote

Something inspirational: "Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
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Date 14 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Talk About Mental Health

You can either choose to talk about and deal with mental health, or mental health may deal with you. That's a sad fact. Things happen…
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Date 13 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

The Health Benefits of Probiotics

There is a growing consensus that you can treat and even prevent some illnesses with foods and supplements containing certain kinds of live bacteria and…
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Date 11 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Covid-19 hasn't gone away

Now that all restrictions have been dropped in the UK, there is no testing and no wearing of masks, there is still a minority of…
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Date 10 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Masking Up Again

I never tire of writing in Covid-19, because being confined to my home, my writing is keeping me sane. Anna Camp’s Covid experiences Anna Camp…
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Date 10 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

A Marion Bekoe quote

Something inspirational: “Trials in life can either purify or corrupt us. Trials are temporary.” MARION BEKOE
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Date 9 March 2022
Author Ilana Estelle

Slowing the Pace of Deforestation

The world knows deforestation is happening and although trees play a significant role in attempts to slow climate change, deforestation is continuing on an unprecedented…
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