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 30 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A question of hate

Something inspirational: “If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved…
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Date 29 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Sensory Awareness Issues

My earliest recollection of Sensory Awareness Issues, and how this manifested itself, was when we were on holiday and the first thing mum did for…
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Date 28 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Bulgar Wheat Summer Salad

Bulgar Wheat Summer Salad Ingredients: 200g Bulgur wheat 150g frozen edamame (soya) beans ...
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Date 27 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Left in the dark

I often wonder how anyone could ignore the very thing that would bring answers to someone who was left to emotionally fend for herself for…
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Date 26 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A William Blake quote

Something inspirational: "No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings." WILLIAM BLAKE
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Date 25 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Siblings coming together

The hardest part for any child is to watch a parent work through a terminal illness. Growing up, we think our parents are indestructible that…
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Date 24 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

My symptoms made simple

This particular blog is the closest to explaining how my particular brain damage works. It’s not been an easy journey, but with the relevant help…
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Date 23 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Control, Neglect and Abuse

When we go through any type of abuse, psychologically we become different people. Abuse if allowed to continue, runs through generations and families. Children who…
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Date 22 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Princess Diana quote

Something inspirational: "Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the…
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Date 21 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Working on myself

There is no getting away from the fact that I have to continually work back to try to understand how I present through the neurological…
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Date 20 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

My 'secret' disability

There is no doubt that I would still be struggling to understand or talk about my experiences if I hadn’t started my Diary. The CP…
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Date 19 May 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Fights affecting children

It is common for parents to argue. Parents don’t always agree on everything and that is accepted. But what happens when parents continually fight, bicker,…
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