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 3 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A John Locke quote

Something inspirational: "Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain." JOHN LOCKE
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Date 2 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Anger Turns To Bitterness

Although emotional pain is formed from anger, we may direct it at those who have nothing to do with how we feel. Instead, we unconsciously…
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Date 1 September 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Anxiety Bothers me the Most

The hardest part of my life, isn’t cerebral palsy, it’s not getting the help I needed when I have spent the majority of my life…
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Date 31 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

We need to surrender

If something is happening, good or bad, it’s important to acknowledge and address it. You know your experiences, ignoring those can be detrimental to your…
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Date 30 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Brene Brown quote

Something inspirational: "First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger.…
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Date 29 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

New understandings

Nine years after my initial cerebral palsy diagnosis at the age of forty-six, I am still putting pieces of the jigsaw together. Mild Cerebral Palsy…
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Date 28 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Look At How Far You've Come

Generally, we tend not to look, see or think about how far we come. But looking back is important and is something we should all…
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Date 27 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

No standard 'to work from'

Growing up not knowing I had cerebral palsy, meant I had no standard or base line, from which I could judge by experiences, or which…
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Date 26 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Denis Waitley quote

Something inspirational: "Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living with love, grace and gratitude." DENIS…
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Date 25 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Berry and Ginger Smoothie

Berry and Ginger Smoothie Ingredients: 1/2 cup frozen mixed berries A handful of fresh spinach leaves ...
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Date 24 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Stay humble

In a world where we’re encouraged to be anything but humble, choose to be humble. Being humble in a world that is fast changing, makes…
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Date 23 August 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Wilful Acts and Forgiveness

It’s taken me eight plus years to work through my experiences. But one thing is for sure, I am not in the same emotional space…
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