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 3 October 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Trust

It is only when you don’t have trust that you begin to question trust. Trust should form and be the backbone to relationships, but it…
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Date 2 October 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Keeping restrictions in place

I am back to blogging about Covid-19. Being able to talk about what is happening in the wider world, on my blog, is keeping my…
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Date 1 October 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Balancing life

Balance is something you create, it isn't something you find. With a disability, or a mental illness it’s harder, particularly with something like autism, autism…
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Date 30 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

A Gordon A Eadie quote

Something inspirational: “If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.” GORDON A. EADIE
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Date 29 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Caring for the Planet

Over the past 18 months when we all retreated from the world due to Covid-19, through my writing I used that time to good effect.…
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Date 28 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Chicken and Lentil Curry

Chicken & Lentil Curry 'Recipe adapted from BBC GoodFood.com' Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves thumb-sized piece Ginger 100g Red Split Lentils 2 onions, cut into small…
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Date 27 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Our Higher Self

In spiritual terms, the higher self is an extension of us and part of the universal source of cosmic energy. It is an energy we…
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Date 26 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

A Tim Ferriss quote

Something inspirational: "People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves." TIM FERRISS
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Date 25 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Emotional Pain

Throughout my childhood, mum always seemed to be pre-occupied, dealing with her own emotional pain and wasn’t able to give my needs the proper attention.…
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Date 24 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Mindfulness Exercises

According to Professor Mark Williams, former director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Mindfulness is knowing and understanding what is going on inside and outside of…
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Date 23 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Lifting Restrictions, Covid-19

Restrictions lifted in the UK, doesn’t mean Covid-19 is done. It is because the UK government have lifted restrictions that we need to keep those…
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Date 22 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

The Power of our thoughts

Everything that happens to us, good or bad, starts with a solitary thought. When we tap into our cognitive and emotional capabilities, to meet the…
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