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 9 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

I always knew I was different

When you grow up with something like a disability, you get to feel you’re different. I could never imagine just how different. Through my book…
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Date 8 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

A Vaccine Timeline

According to John Hopkins University of Medicine: “A typical vaccine timeline is usually 5 to 10 years to assess whether the vaccine is safe and…
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Date 7 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Protect your Peace

In Covid-19, and with anxiety hitting every day, it has become even more important to protect your peace and to set healthy boundaries. Boundaries represent…
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Date 6 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Jim Rohn

Something inspirational: "It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it." JIM ROHN
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Date 5 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Normalising my Every Day

I have spent my life living with a disability I didn’t know I had, trying to normalise things and most days failing. As a child…
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Date 4 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Covid-19 and Mental Health Support

Covid-19 has highlighted many discrepancies, one of which is mental health. Mental Health is never far away and yet it’s something we don’t think about,…
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Date 3 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Society and Disability

For those who live with a disability, it is incredibly frustrating to be judged when others fail to understand what they deal with. It’s even…
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Date 2 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

A Robert Tew quote

Something inspirational: "You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel. Remember that." ROBERT TEW
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Date 1 September 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Be THE Light

The reason we are all here, is to touch the lives of others, and that what we learn, we should share. Through difficult times, with…
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Date 31 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Covid-19, Masking Up

Whilst the world continues to vaccinate against Covid-19, it is important restrictions stay in place, because whilst the vaccine goes some way to protect, you…
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Date 30 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Protagonist of my own 'story'

I’ve had to be the protagonist of my own life, of my own ‘story’ around a physical, mental and emotional disability I didn’t know about,…
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Date 29 August 2021
Author Ilana Estelle

Avocado with Eggs and Feta

Avocado with Eggs and Feta 'Recipe adapted from BBC Goodfood.com' Ingredients: 2 tsp vegetable oil 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes ...
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