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 8 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Why we Mustn't be Defined

We define ourselves by the standards we create. Those standards are a checklist of our behaviour, ethics and morality. Each of our stories contain a…
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Date 7 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Robert Fulghum quote

Something inspirational: “Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.”…
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Date 6 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Knowledge is Power

"With no understanding on my sensory issues, over the years, I have bought clothes that didn’t feel quite right, but I thought I could get…
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Date 5 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Men and Mental Health

Mental health is something that concerns us all. It’s not just something women deal with, it’s something men have to cope with too. But statistics…
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Date 4 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

My Book is 'My Story'

"Although I write about my experiences on my blog, around a disability I didn’t know I had, and I talk about my experiences, it is…
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Date 3 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote

Something inspirational: “Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
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Date 2 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Environmental Consciousness

We must consciously think about our planet and the ‘universe’ as we go about our daily lives, think about global warming and how we’re contributing…
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Date 1 November 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Different Slant on My Life

"My experiences, my feelings on how I got to this place will never leave me. I am not wittingly choosing to carry those, or spite…
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Date 31 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

It's all in the tone

We set the tone, through our words and actions, how we get to live our lives. What we say, how we behave, the energy we…
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Date 30 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jean Vanier quote

Something inspirational: “Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.” JEAN VANIER
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Date 29 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Fish Stew

Fish Stew Ingredients: 1/4 cup green lentils 1/4 cup yellow split peas 1/4 cup pearl barley 2 sticks celery diced 2 carrots, peeled and chopped…
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Date 28 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Deep Understanding

"From around the age of 9 or 10, I was already putting some of the pieces of my life together, around my spiritual beliefs. We…
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