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 11 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A Turcois Ominek quote

Something inspirational: “Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can't accept who you are.” TURCOIS OMINEK
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Date 10 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Mental Fortitude

Mental fortitude is our ability to focus on and execute solutions when faced with adverse or uncertain situations. It requires patience, exploration, creativity and positive…
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Date 9 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Neurological Issues and Covid

Through cerebral palsy I have neurological issues, so hearing that most hospitalised Covid-19 patients have neurological symptoms isn’t resting easy. COVID-19 is a very real…
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Date 8 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Change or be Changed

We can be forgiven for not quite understanding everything we need to know about the coronavirus, primarily because governments aren’t giving us the information we…
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Date 7 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Charlotte Bronte

Something inspirational: “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” CHARLOTTE BRONTE, Jane Eyre 
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Date 6 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Beyond Angry

I could have chosen to be ‘beyond angry’ about my experiences and how I got to this place with something I didn't know I was…
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Date 5 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Evaluation

Evaluation plays a vital role in our lives, particularly in our working lives, but for us to be fully accountable and take responsibility, we need…
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Date 4 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Cerebral Palsy and Covid-19

I know that with an already compromised immune system, even if it wasn't too early for others to ease lockdown, in the midst of a…
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Date 3 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Roy T Bennett

Something inspirational: “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a…
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Date 2 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

My Spiritual Journey

My Book Cerebral Palsy: ‘A Story’ is not only about my experiences and my life, it is my spiritual journey. I know that what I…
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Date 1 June 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Parts We're Afraid to Look At

It is usual to shy away from the issues we don’t want to deal with, but what about the parts of us we’re afraid to…
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Date 31 May 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Yet Another Let Down

Living with a physical disability, autism and now having to navigate a virus, life is difficult. According to the World Health Organisation ('WHO') the virus…
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