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 15 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

My Cathartic Book Experience

Writing my first book has been a deeply cathartic journey, one of the most meaningful things I’ve ever done. The words have come naturally, as…
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Date 14 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Laini Taylor quote

Something inspirational: “To take from the universe, you must give.” LAINI TAYLOR, Daughter of Smoke & Bone
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Date 13 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Self-discovery

Self-discovery is about finding your purpose, discovering your beliefs. Discovering things about yourself, means having to dig deep into your childhood, to reveal some of…
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Date 12 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Climate Friendly Foods

Food production is responsible for a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to global warming, according to a University of Oxford study published in…
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Date 11 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Parent's Intention

Even with good intentions, being a parent isn’t an easy job. In some respects, it’s the nature of what parenting is. Loving parents will make…
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Date 10 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

An Avijeet Das quote

Something inspirational: “I want to heal the world by my words.” AVIJEET DAS *Let's not forget 'World Mental Health Day' - The CP Diary working…
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Date 9 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Culture of Blame

We should look and think outside the box, instead of apportioning blame, if we are to meet with success. The world is based around a…
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Date 8 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Protecting Animals and Wildlife

I have always been passionate about animals. I learned about empathy through my struggles with a disability I didn’t know I had. My affinity with…
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Date 7 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Opening New Doors

As one door closes another door opens. As a child, I never thought about that. My life had been mapped out for me from the…
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Date 6 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Nora Ephron quote

Something inspirational: “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” NORA EPHRON
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Date 5 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Being Misjudged

‘Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.’ - James Blanchard Cisneros. For those of you who understand your life…
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Date 4 October 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Deforestation

Forests cover about one-third of the land area on our planet. Eighty percent of the world's land-based species, such as elephants and rhinos, live in…
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