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 22 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Ungrateful & privileged

Sadly, we live in a society and culture that encourages a sense of entitlement from some children, but not all. Even if we raise a…
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Date 21 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A measure of success

When we can’t see, or equate how we feel with how others have made us feel, then we know we’re emotionally damaged. It would go…
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Date 20 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Relationships & Disability

There is always something to write about around relationships and disability. Anyone with a brain impairment means they are disabled, however small. It stands to…
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Date 19 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A Samuel Johnson quote

Something inspirational: "Language is the dress of thought." SAMUEL JOHNSON
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Date 18 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Emotional trauma

A child who witnesses or experiences emotional or physical abuse, or struggles through neglect, will often show signs of trauma as an adult. Dealing with…
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Date 17 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Brain Exercises

Exercises aren’t just about what we do physically. It’s also important we also exercise the Brain. Most of us live our lives in a series…
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Date 16 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Our fairy tale lives

Having a positive sense of self, can be our own fairy tale ending. But to have that we must choose to look behind our relationships…
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Date 15 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Buddha

Something inspirational: "Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well." BUDDHA
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Date 14 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Our psyche

The psyche is the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious. It represents one of the fundamental concepts for understanding human nature. The psyche…
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Date 13 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Teething problems

I have noticed a few small technical problems with the new site, so please bear with me. These things happen of course. We are on…
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Date 12 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Suicide

With yet another Celebrity passing through suicide recently, I felt compelled to write about it. For us to lose someone close is difficult, but to…
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Date 11 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Website upgrade

Today marks the official change with the old theme that initially kicked off The CP Diary on the 17th May 2010 now being consigned to…
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