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 12 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Ego changes Ideology

Ego changes ideology, changes our perceptions. Because the ego changes our ideologies, it changes us and how we live our lives. How we see the…
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Date 11 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Live life

Something inspirational: "Don't live the same year 75 times and call it life." ROBIN SHARMA
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Date 10 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Autism, a Social Awkwardness

The social awkwardness of autism is the most difficult to deal with. Growing up, I didn’t know autism was responsible for my mental and emotional…
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Date 9 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Being Mindful of your Actions

Being mindful isn’t just about being alerted to something and then being mindful of your actions. It is about paying attention to your life presently,…
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Date 8 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Others accepting Us

"I’ve talked about my relationship with autism and the difficulties I have in forming and fitting into people’s lives around it, but I haven’t gone…
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Date 7 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Feeling pain

Something inspirational: "That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt." JOHN GREEN
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Date 6 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Energetic Healing

Energy healing is defined as an aspect of complementary and alternative medicine. The energy field known as the ‘aura’ comprises a number of layers that…
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Date 5 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Accepting Myself

I have never changed my resolve to know and understand what I deal with. Although it has taken time, over the years I have come…
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Date 4 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Mum's Intimations

"I can see that my mum’s illness created a space where she felt able to share something about my disability – something she had carried…
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Date 3 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Don't waste your gift

Something inspirational: “If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most…
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Date 2 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Keeping Secrets

How anyone conducts themselves in their personal life is important, but telling others about our life may open us up to criticism and judgment. As…
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Date 1 February 2020
Author Ilana Estelle

Normal is an Illusion

So, 'what is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.' Yes, although our experience in any given situation impacts how we approach or…
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