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 15 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Generational Differences: Acting Without Wisdom

On Discernment, Decision-Making, and Consequence The younger generation is often described as risk-takers. Brave. Willing to push boundaries and challenge systems that no longer work.…
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Date 14 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

The Food Trends Set to Shape How We Eat in 2026

As we look towards Food Trends 2026, two of the most overlooked factors – diet and mental health are becoming impossible to ignore. What we…
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Date 13 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Margaret Fuller

Something inspirational: “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” MARGARET FULLER In The CP Diary, this line reminds us that wisdom…
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Date 12 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Why I Write: Staying Honest Through Change

On Change, Continuity, and Staying True to why This Space Exists If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you may have noticed a…
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Date 11 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

The Power of Understanding in Emotional Healing

When Understanding Becomes its own Form of Healing Experiences aren't about erasing the past, or pretending the past didn't hurt. They're also not about choosing…
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Date 10 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Sarah Crosby quote

Something inspirational: “No amount of support or generosity justifies someone treating you badly. This includes parents.” SARAH CROSBY "Kindness should never hurt. Love should never…
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Date 9 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

The World Since Covid: Why We’re Not the Same Anymore

How Covid Changed Mental Health, Identity, and Daily Life Since Covid, something in the world feels undeniably different. I feel it everyday. We speak about…
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Date 8 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Healing is Learning to Live with Loss

Grief and Learning to Live Without My Twin Grief has a strange way of teaching you, even when you don’t want the lesson. It cannot…
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Date 8 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

The CP Diary: Finding My Voice

For decades, I lived with something I struggled with, something I didn't know I had. It influenced more than I understood at the time. I…
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Date 7 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Truth, Lies, and Why My Word Still Matters

I don’t know how old I was when I told my first and last lie. I remember I was a child and it ended badly.…
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Date 6 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Amit Kalantri

Something inspirational: "Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power." AMIT KALANTRI "In politics today, this is exactly as you are…
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Date 5 December 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jack Osborne quote

Something inspirational: "You don’t break by what you lose… you grow by how you carry it.” JACK OSBORNE
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