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 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Ultra-processed Foods Link

Ultra-processed foods, such as ready meals, chicken nuggets and pizza have been linked to poor health and early deaths, scientists say. Researchers in France and…
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Date 11 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Coping with Life Changes

Life is full of change. Some changes are small, barely noticeable, while others shift everything we know. They can be exciting, unsettling, or completely overwhelming.…
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Date 10 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Loving somebody I wasn't

Something inspirational: “I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would…
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Date 9 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

The Whole Picture

Since I started my blog 9 years ago, it has been important for me to become acquainted with cerebral palsy and autism – my symptoms,…
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Date 8 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Negativity

Negative people aren’t necessarily sociopaths or bullies, so I get why some say they wouldn’t distance themselves. But having lived that reality, I see it…
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Date 7 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Autism and Vulnerability

"The way others react to how I present keeps shining a light on my vulnerability, making my neurological difficulties more obvious. It leaves me exposed,…
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Date 6 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Shannon L Alder quote

Something inspirational: “When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting…
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Date 5 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Climate Emergency

Climate change is the biggest threat to humanity and our planet. It should be acted upon immediately. Greenpeace has published what has been described as…
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Date 4 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Never Coming to Terms

"Growing up, and only finding out at the age of 46 that I had cerebral palsy meant I was left in the dark for all…
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Date 3 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Live and Let Live

We all think differently, shaped by our unique identities, opinions, and attitudes. Yet, we often expect others to see the world as we do, to…
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Date 2 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jostein Gaarder quote

Something inspirational: “Wisest is she who knows she does not know.” JOSTEIN GAARDER
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Date 1 July 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

My Bitter-sweet Life

"Life for me has been bitter sweet, bitter because I’ve had to fumble my way through the dark and sweet because mum telling me my…
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