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 1 January 2019
Author Ilana Estelle

Welcome to 2019

“The lack of a silver spoon has set you on a certain path, but you needn’t stay on it.” – Kingsman Not every child is…
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Date 31 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Bringing 2018 to a close

With another year of blogs firmly behind me, my blogs continue to inspire me to write more so that I can continue to bring about…
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Date 30 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Set the Tone

The relationship we have with ourselves sets the tone we have with others and is the manner in which we conduct ourselves. We don’t look…
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Date 29 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jack Kornfield quote

Something inspirational: "Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it." JACK KORNFIELD
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Date 28 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Looking to the Future

"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." - George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw's…
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Date 27 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Recipe Apology

I have an apology to make. I had intended to put a recipe for Vegetarian Lasagne on my site today, but unfortunately following a WordPress…
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Date 26 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

My Autism Meltdowns

This was on my mind today. Having autism means there may always be an issue that's not easily resolved that tips me mentally over the…
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Date 25 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Christmas Conscience

Something inspirational: "A good conscience is a continual Christmas." BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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Date 24 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Reflections at Christmas

I usually take time around Christmas to reflect on my year. It’s been a busy year. Having started work on my manuscript in June 2017,…
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Date 23 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Mentality Effects Change

We may operate on the assumption that someone else is the cause of our problem, and fail to think about our own behaviour, or consider…
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Date 22 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Flat Affect

"Every time I write a personal blog and I think I’m done learning about myself, I find something else out about myself that I didn’t…
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Date 21 December 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Mandy Patinkin quote

Something inspirational: "Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end." MANDY…
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