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 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

An Amy Tan quote

Something inspirational: "My mother believed in curses, karma, good luck, bad luck, feng shui. Her amorphous set of beliefs showed me you can pick and…
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Date 22 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Being helpful

When I was growing up it didn’t matter what dispute we had, whether the dispute was with a shop or a business, people were just…
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Date 21 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

My handwriting issues

Out of everything I’ve had to deal with since I started my journey nearly eight years ago, my handwriting is the one thing I haven’t…
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Date 20 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Understanding our parents

It is only when we start to raise our children that we begin to have a newfound respect and compassion for our parents, unless you…
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Date 19 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Plutarch

Something inspirational: "What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality." PLUTARCH
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Date 18 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Exercise and Belly Fat

It is well known that prolonged periods of inactivity and a diet high in saturated fat and high sugar can lead to us storing fat…
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Date 17 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A life without an ego

We know the ego is responsible for leading our reaction or response, for other people’s actions directed towards us and us towards others. Know your…
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Date 16 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

My impacted emotions

Being born with a disability and being kept in the dark about it for 46 years, meant there would be no getting away from my…
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Date 15 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

A George Washington quote

Something inspirational: "It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one." GEORGE WASHINGTON
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Date 14 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Attitudes and Disability

Although I was never considered a child with special needs, I was a special needs child. It was obvious to me, I had mental and…
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Date 13 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Our conscious connections

The more we’re aware of and deal with our unconscious thoughts, the more we will stay consciously connected. As children growing up, we never make…
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Date 12 February 2018
Author Ilana Estelle

Cruciferous Vegetables

Cruciferous vegetables are in a special category. This group of vegetables is rich in disease-preventing nutrients, including vitamins C, E and K, minerals, and beta-carotene.…
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