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 24 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Grace Kelly quote

Something inspirational: "Getting angry doesn't solve anything." GRACE KELLY
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Date 23 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Our emotional hurt

Common sense would suggest that we’re motivated to preserve our wellbeing, and yet whilst our subconscious unresolved issues remain issues, we will always hurt ourselves…
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Date 22 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Making your own difference

On the 17th May 2018, The CP Diary will be 8 years old and into its 9th year. Never having missed a blog, I still…
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Date 21 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

My predetermined life

believe the life I am living was predetermined long before I was born. That the Universe selected me to live the life I’ve lived, to…
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Date 20 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Voltare

Something inspirational: "Man is free at the moment he wishes to be." VOLTARE
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Date 19 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

The other side of fear

The fear we feel is the side of life we live, but unless we work through the fear we feel, we can never get beyond…
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Date 18 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Being rude to nice people

Why is that we’re rude to people who are nice? We know they’re nice and yet we can’t stop ourselves. It’s as though we hate…
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Date 17 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Zumba

Whilst most workouts can be a real chore, a Zumba workout isn’t even a workout. It’s a fun, sociable dance party. The music is fast,…
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Date 16 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A Michelle Obama quote

Something inspirational: "One of the lessons I grew up with was always to stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract…
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Date 15 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Learning to navigate life

What you have or see in your life, is someone else wishing was their life. What we have we don’t care for and what we…
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Date 14 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Mind Games

Mind games would be a more appropriate term to describe how my disability played out over the years, particularly as there were times I had…
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Date 13 April 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Selfless vs selfish

Being selfless is a way of life, a lifestyle choice and a single act and that is what the universe expects us to do. By…
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