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 26 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

The last piece of the jigsaw

The hardest thing for me is hearing the recent truth of how I got to this place. Now 11 years into my initial cerebral palsy…
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Date 25 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A G K Chesterton quote

Something inspirational: "The really great man is the man who makes every man feel great.” G. K. CHESTERTON
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Date 24 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Covid Rule Breakers

We have an opportunity to change the world we live in and yet nothing changes. We are living through an unprecedented pandemic and it is…
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Date 23 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

My Book of Connected Experiences

My book is not only based on my experiences and how I see the world, it also connects each of us together through universal truths.…
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Date 22 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Preconceptions

Growing up, I didn’t have any preconceptions or opinions on my disability or what those meant. I had to wait until such a time I…
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Date 21 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A Russell Simmons quote

Something inspirational: "Needing nothing attracts everything." RUSSELL SIMMONS
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Date 20 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Mental Health Support

Mental health doesn’t always mean you have a mental health problem, but having some support will help you feel better about what you deal with.…
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Date 19 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Health Benefits of Rebounding

Surprising as it sounds, rebounding is better for you than running and many other forms of exercise and it can also be done in your…
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Date 18 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

On the right path

I never thought about the right path growing up because that wasn’t my life. I also lived with a disability I didn’t know I had,…
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Date 17 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A Plato quote

Something inspirational: “You should not honor men more than truth.” PLATO
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Date 16 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Making time for illness

If we don't make time for health, we will end up having to make time for illness. Instead, we may take health for granted, until…
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Date 15 November 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A Conversation with Mum

At the age of 46, I began the journey of piecing together my life and understanding my disability. This process involved revisiting my past experiences…
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