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 31 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

What Politics Teaches You About Responsibility

Why So Many of Us Feel Political Exhaustion in the Age of Media Outrage This reflection isn’t about one country, one government, or one election.…
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Date 30 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Ludwig Wittgenstein quote

Something inspirational: "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN 
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Date 29 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Where Truth Lives Quietly

A Quiet Space for Healing and Truth The CP Diary, created by author and writer Ilana Estelle, is a fifteen-year journey of self-discovery, disability awareness,…
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Date 28 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

No-Egg Key Lime Pie

No-Egg Key Lime Pie Ingredients: 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1 can sweetened condensed milk ½ cup fresh lime juice (fresh-squeezed is best) 5 oz…
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Date 27 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Why Kindness and Responsibility Still Matter

Why Paying Attention to Political Uncertainty Matters in Today’s Society Like many people, I’ve found myself feeling overwhelmed by the constant stream of headlines and…
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Date 26 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Where Healing Meets Honesty

Something inspirational: “Your life is yours to live. You don’t have to carry the weight of how others see you. Instead, focus on living in…
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Date 25 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Learning to Live With Loss

Reflections on Loss and Learning to Live Without My Twin Loss has a strange way of teaching you, even when you don’t want the lesson.…
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Date 24 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Healing Starts With Telling the Truth

When Survival Is Mistaken for Recovery Covid was a moment of reckoning. It didn’t “end.” We just stopped paying attention to it. People are still…
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Date 23 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Kamand Kojouri

Something inspirational: “You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.” KAMAND KOJOURI "Kojouri's quote reminds us that…
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Date 22 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Fears I Carried Without Knowing Why

When Fear Is Quiet: Growing Up With Invisible Trauma Growing up, fear wasn't rooted in a single moment but formed gradually, shaped by my surroundings,…
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Date 21 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Short Bursts of Exercise Can Make a Big Difference

New Research Shows Quick Bursts of Activity can Improve Fitness and Health Your fitness tracker may push goals like 10,000 steps or long gym sessions.…
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Date 20 January 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

When the World Lost Its Balance

Reflections on Integrity, Kindness, and the Lessons of Covid In this moment, the world is out of balance. The familiar no longer feels certain. What…
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