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 10 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Dangers of Trans-fats

According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, trans fats have been associated with increased risk of numerous diseases, including heart disease, stroke and diabetes.…
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Date 9 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

About anger

Unless anger is dealt with, it eats away at our very core, until of course we choose to deal with it. It can also make…
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Date 8 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

My senses, explained

Sadly, dealing with Sensory Processing Disorder means that unless I have a quick resolve on an issue or challenge, my thoughts go into overdrive, or…
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Date 7 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A John McEnroe quote

Something inspirational: "Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people." JOHN McENROE
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Date 6 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A different normal

Having and dealing with a disability takes a different kind of normal from us, not something others cope with. It’s obviously easier for those with…
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Date 5 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Seeing with new eyes

We spend a lifetime looking at things in the same way, failing to see and learn new things. As the French Novelist Marcel Proust once…
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Date 4 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

No diagnosis

Having no Cerebral Palsy diagnosis meant I would always have to work out what my physical and emotional issues were. You can’t deal with symptoms,…
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Date 3 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A Bob Dylan quote

Something inspirational: "People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent." BOB DYLAN
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Date 2 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Our approach to summer

We're into summer time again and with annual holidays just around the corner, you’ll want to feel and be at your best. These are my…
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Date 1 July 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Things are clearer

There are too many things that happened in my formative years around my neurological issues that I didn’t understand back then that I have come…
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Date 30 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

The universe knows

The universe works from a higher power. It knows exactly what we’re doing and when we’re doing it. If we’re being selfish, the universe knows…
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Date 29 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A Helen Keller quote

Something inspirational: "I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but…
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