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 17 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Autism and Relationships

Autism is an invisible disability. We don’t intentionally go out of our way to think or work independently, but where we are tied to our…
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Date 16 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

How Autism Locks me In

Just thinking about trying to get out of the house with Covid-19, to get back into my life is sending my head into a tailspin.…
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Date 15 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jonathan A. Burkett quote

Something inspirational: “I look at this life as a puzzle without all the pieces in the box.” JONATHAN A. BURKETT
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Date 14 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Being True to Myself

"The more I have learned about my disability through my book 'Cerebral Palsy: 'A Story,' the more real it all became. Not to know who…
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Date 13 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Healthy Hydration Guide/2

Part 2 of my 'Hydration Guide' blog. Does it matter which drinks you choose? All non-alcoholic drinks can contribute to hydration and some also contain…
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Date 12 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Healthy Hydration Guide

This blog will be published in two parts. Water is essential for life. It is important we get the right amount of fluid to be…
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Date 11 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Setting Boundaries

Setting boundaries is self-care. It means you’re taking care of what matters to you and because it's the right thing to do. It doesn’t mean…
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Date 10 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jonathan Harnisch quote

Something inspirational: “Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.” JONATHAN HARNISCH
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Date 9 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Trying to Find Acceptance

"This was on my mind today. When I look at my life in the whole, I can’t believe that as I continue to write and…
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Date 8 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Coping with Covid-19

The autism in me struggles to recognise Covid-19, or connect with its facts. The pandemic isn’t going away, therefore we have to live alongside it,…
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Date 7 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

The Intentions of my Book

When I started writing and putting my story together, ‘My Story’ wasn’t going to be about blame, a kiss and tell story, what he said,…
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Date 6 July 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Confinements of Lockdown

"I continue to write about Covid-19 on The CP Diary, because I'd cope less not talking about it. With lockdown finished, the UK Government has…
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