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 7 March 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Anatole France

Something inspirational: "It is by acts and not by ideas that people live." ANATOLE FRANCE
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Date 6 March 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Not All Guilt Is Yours To Carry

If You Carry Guilt, Embrace It. Growing up around something I didn’t know I had, I blamed myself for what I saw as my misgivings.…
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Date 5 March 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Long-Term Impact of Our Decisions

The Experiences We Carry Your experiences sit with you, no matter how old they are. You can have lived a life years ago, made decisions,…
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Date 4 March 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Margaret J Wheatley quote

Something inspirational: "Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful." MARGARET J WHEATLEY
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Date 3 March 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Understanding a Bond After It Changes

A Bond That Changes Form, Not Existence I was born a twin. It's not simply a phrase, but a truth understood most deeply by those…
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Date 2 March 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Importance of Self-Awareness for Mental Health

Mental health is never far from us. We all need help sometimes, yet we forget that the first person we should turn to is ourselves.…
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Date 1 March 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Pain, Growth and Quiet Lessons

Something inspirational: “The pain will leave once it has finished teaching you.” – Attributed to Naval Ravikant Pain isn’t permanent – even when it feels…
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Date 28 February 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Easy Panzanella Salad

PANZANELLA SALAD Ingredients: 1 ciabatta loaf 500g tomatoes chopped roughly pinch sea salt pinch ground black pepper handful of olives 1/2 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthways…
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Date 28 February 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Choosing Where the Chaos Ends

Breaking Patterns, Choosing Responsibility, and Building Calm after a Life that Never Taught Me How There comes a time when being honest with yourself is…
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Date 27 February 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Arrival And the Work of Endurance

What appears ordinary can conceal the long, unseen work of starting over There are times in life when one's arrival is not a triumph, but…
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Date 26 February 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Najwa Zebian

Something inspirational: “Broken Wings – Don't break a bird's wings and then tell it to fly. Don't break a heart and then tell it to…
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Date 25 February 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Definitions Without Participation

Observations on How Interpretation Settles Without Participation It doesn't announce itself directly. There's no moment where it is stated plainly. Instead, it becomes noticeable –…
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