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 29 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Bringing understanding

We can’t erase the memories, but through our understanding and finding a place for those memories, we free ourselves of the bitterness. The memories brought…
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Date 28 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Broccoli & potato bake

Broccoli and Potato Bake 'Recipe by CJ' Ingredients: Broccoli New Potatoes ...
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Date 27 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Some early memories

I am lucky that I when I look back I remember conversations and experiences as if they happened yesterday, which is why the Diary works.…
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Date 26 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Stephen King

Something inspirational: “He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.” STEPHEN KING, The Dark Tower
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Date 25 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Look to change

Throughout our lives, we may emotionally struggle. We’ve probably been insecure at one point, had low self-esteem, lacked a little confidence, but we should still…
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Date 24 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Protect, not scar

As parents, we must make ourselves aware of how we communicate with our children at every stage, because it is in the early years where…
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Date 23 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

The use of quotes

I'm no stranger to quotes. I use them on the Diary and on social media too. I love quotes because they incorporate people's truth and…
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Date 22 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Choosing words carefully

Something inspirational: “Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects.” DEJAN STOJANOVIC
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Date 21 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Using mediation

Although mediation is involved and refers to an intervention in a dispute to resolve disputes, there is a different explanation that works in life too.…
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Date 20 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Helping change attitudes

The CP Diary will be 7 on the 17th May 2017. I hope that in 7 years, my blogs and my experiences are helping to change…
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Date 19 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Differing opinions

Because we’re all a product of our own individual experiences and upbringing, it is only natural that our opinions will differ on a whole range…
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Date 18 April 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A Roy T Bennett quote

Something inspirational: “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” ROY T BENNETT, The Light…
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