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 19 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Understanding I Didn't Have

Living With Cerebral Palsy and Autism Six decades of living with cerebral palsy and autism without the understanding that might have helped me make sense…
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Date 18 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Things We Want to Be True

On Belief, Self-Deception and the Difficulty of Accepting the Truth We like to think that believing something is the final step in a process. We…
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Date 17 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Healing Without All The Answers

Living With Unanswered Questions There comes a time when trying to understand your past means accepting that not everything will be explained. You can spend…
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Date 16 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Mother Teresa

Something inspirational: "I alone cannot change the world but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples." MOTHER TERESA A poignant…
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Date 15 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Pain of No Apology

When Words Fall Short and Accountability Never Comes Why repeated behaviour can hurt more than the original mistake, and why meaningful change matters more than…
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Date 14 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Tears in Heaven: Reflecting on Childhood, Loss and Grief

How music connects childhood experiences, personal loss and emotional wellbeing Music has a way of connecting us to emotions that words cannot always express. A…
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Date 13 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

An Arthur Conan Doyle quote

The things we see but fail to notice Food for thought: "The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."…
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Date 12 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Disability: Inability in a Society Focused on Ability

When a disability brings limitations that cannot be overcome Disability doesn't mean inability. It's a phrase we've heard countless times, often used to encourage, inspire…
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Date 11 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When There Is No Apology

Living With What Remains Unspoken There are experiences in life that you may come to understand differently. For me, it's gaining a greater understanding of…
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Date 10 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Another quote by Socrates

Food for thought: "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." SOCRATES Socrates reminds us that true wisdom begins with understanding that we…
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Date 9 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When Understanding Comes Too Late

Learning to live with the questions that remain There are questions in life that only our parents can answer. Questions about our childhood, the decisions…
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Date 8 October 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

What We Do Once We Know

Knowledge cannot solve every problem, but it can change what we see – and what we choose to do next. We all begin with a…
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