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.
Where Responsibility Ends and Healing Begins I often think about the difference between understanding trauma and healing from it, primarily because it's something I continue…
The Space Between Knowing and Understanding There are moments in life that are difficult to put your finger on. A conversation moves easily around us.…
Food for thought: "If you lose someone, but find yourself, you won." ANTHONY J. JAMES Losing someone doesn’t always mean losing them forever. Sometimes people…
Veggie Meatloaf with Chestnut and Roasted Veg "Recipe adapted by Jamie Oliver.com" Ingredients: 3 onions Olive oil 25g unsalted butter (or use a plant-based alternative)…