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 23 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jean Rhys quote

Something inspirational: “Lies are never forgotten, they go on and they grow.” JEAN RHYS
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Date 22 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

The counselling scenario

Going into counselling when you have no idea what’s wrong with you doesn’t help you understand your life, let alone make for a productive counselling…
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Date 21 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Making the connections

When we’re not emotionally present, we will fail to make the connections between what we think and what we feel. Traumatic experiences will always prevent…
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Date 20 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Karma Yoga

Karma yoga is one of the main paths of yoga that any practitioner can follow. It is described in the Hindu sacred text, as the…
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Date 19 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A John O'Donohue quote

Something inspirational: “Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real…
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Date 18 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Travel and Chronic Illness

There is no getting away from the fact that I deal with a chronic and acute illness. I tend to have to work at staying…
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Date 17 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Principles of Morality

If you believe in karma, you will know we are not punished for our sins, but by them. If we abuse for long enough, the…
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Date 16 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

My Education

I remember having an intelligence test as a child because doctors needed to work out whether I was mentally retarded. It is not a word…
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Date 15 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Enemies and Friends

Something inspirational: “Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.” DALE CARNEGIE
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Date 14 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

You are not your role

Our jobs, society, family, heritage and culture, all create roles for us, but who we are has nothing to do with those roles. Uniquely and…
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Date 13 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Wine with Dinner

For decades, US guidelines have stated that drinking alcohol in moderation would not lead to medical problems for healthy adults. It also stated that it…
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Date 12 June 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A break from the norm

On Saturday morning I posted my blog as usual, by Saturday afternoon I was off line and I felt panicked. I am now pleased The…
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