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 16 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Simple floor exercises

The following exercises, you can do at home without any equipment that help keep you toned and fit. Push ups Do Place your hands directly…
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Date 15 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Managing weight loss

If weight were a matter of calories in and calories out, we’d all be the weight we choose. We all know the ‘eat less’ principle,…
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Date 14 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Dealing with change

We’re born, we grow and we change. Although change comes from a multitude of places, it’s how we change and come through change that matters.…
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Date 13 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Fanny Brice

Something inspirational: "Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be." FANNY BRICE
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Date 12 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

My frontal lobe damage

It has always been important for me to understand my cerebral palsy symptoms. 8 years after initially finding out I had cerebral palsy, I am…
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Date 11 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

The art of resisting

We resist the very things that will help us grow and move forward with our lives. We control and box the things we don’t want…
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Date 10 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

No consolation

The CP Diary is no consolation for how I found out about cerebral palsy. It doesn’t right a wrong, but it does allow me to…
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Date 9 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

An Angela Vallely quote

Something inspirational: “The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” ANGELA VALLELY
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Date 8 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Family that fall out

Families either work or they don’t work at all. There seems to be no half measures. It’s important how children get to interact with their…
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Date 7 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Thoughts for positive change

A study by researchers at California University in 2010 suggests that by the time we’re 7 years old our characters are fully formed. (Source: https://www.livescience.com)…
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Date 6 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Overcoming the fear we feel

Walking into a room with people watching me or people walking behind me is still my biggest challenge. Clamming up also when we’re trying to…
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Date 5 June 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A Peter Drucker quote

Something inspirational: "The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." PETER DRUCKER
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