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 14 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Correcting attitudes

The uncertainty of what’s currently going on in the UK, in the States and in the wider world, forces us to rethink our mood, our…
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Date 13 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

The art of persistence

Something inspirational: "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." ALBERT EINSTEIN
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Date 12 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

White or wholegrain bread?

I’ve always been told and gone with the fact that wholegrain has to be better than white bread. For those of us interested in health,…
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Date 11 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Our secret lives

Our secret lives are just that, secret. Our secrets are based on information that we know about but we don’t talk about. And although that’s…
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Date 10 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Reaching out

As a child, I tried to reach out, tried to find a voice around my physical and emotional issues, but sadly no one was listening.…
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Date 9 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A Henry Drummond quote

Something inspirational: "The people who influence you are the people who believe in you." HENRY DRUMMOND
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Date 8 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Parents of convenience

When parents do things at their own convenience, they're being a parent when it's convenient. They will distance themselves emotionally. For children of divorced parents,…
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Date 7 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

My traffic jam

Daily, the hardest thing I need to face is the traffic jam in my head. Thinking about going back into old situations can set alarm…
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Date 6 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Sleep & performance

Although we know exercising regularly and eating well is the key to feeling great and looking good, we overlook or see that our sleep and…
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Date 5 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A German Proverb

Something inspirational: "A clear conscience is a soft pillow." A GERMAN PROVERB
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Date 4 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Cerebral Palsy and Autism

I am grateful that my blog allows me to explore and address my symptoms that I never had a diagnosis for. I am still having…
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Date 3 October 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

I've got your back

It’s sad that in society not everyone has our back, but perhaps that’s got something to do with the fact that they haven’t got their…
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