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 7 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

An Agatha Christie quote

Something inspirational: "With method and logic one can accomplish anything." AGATHA CHRISTIE
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Date 6 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

College and Early Work Years

Having struggled through school and feeling I’d failed, I went to college and continued to fail. College was a continuation of my school years. An…
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Date 5 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

My early life

In some of my Cerebral Palsy blogs, I have touched on various issues around the condition itself, but I haven’t talked about how visible it…
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Date 4 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Fabricating stories

It’s a shame when people choose to fabricate stories. Even when they’re given the facts, they still choose to see their own version that’s far…
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Date 3 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Henry Link

Something inspirational: "We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by actions." HENRY LINK
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Date 2 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Our Entrance and Exit

Some of us will be affected by our early years more than others. Through our background, environment and experiences, we may emotionally struggle. Our earlier…
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Date 1 March 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Miguel's story

GUEST BLOG Are we willing to accept our disability as a part of who we are, in good times and in bad, in sickness and…
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Date 28 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Anger and Irritability

We bleat things out, but how many of us know that what we bleat out are critical undertones, often brought about through anger and irritability?…
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Date 27 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

How we choose to see

Something inspirational: "The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see." BARRY NEIL KAUFMAN
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Date 26 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Anxiety

Because I deal with Sensory Processing, I am already prone to anxiety, overthinking and negative repetitive thoughts. Those continue to be my biggest challenges. When…
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Date 25 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Chilli Lettuce Wraps

Chilli Lettuce Wraps Ingredients: Tomatoes Cucumber ...
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Date 24 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Being our own worst enemy

We dwell and continue to pull ourselves down, comparing ourselves to others we think are perfect, with the reality being they’re no more perfect than…
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