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 4 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Wanting to know

It is nothing short of a miracle that I have got to this place pretty much unscathed. I look back on my experiences and my…
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Date 3 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

When other people control

When other people choose to control and make their problems about us, without stopping to question their actions, after a while we may begin to…
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Date 2 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

What we see matters

Something inspirational: "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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Date 1 February 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Owning and Letting Go

Our past is something we’re constantly being reminded of, something we constantly fail to acknowledge or own, because our memories either don’t serve us, or…
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Date 31 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Purposeful Connections

It is fascinating when you understand how the universe connects with us and how those connections bring people into our lives, if only for a…
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Date 30 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

My different thinking

Unfortunately, because my brain is configured differently to that of a normal thinking brain, how I get to see things is back to front, like…
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Date 29 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

The human soul

Something inspirational: "Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury." EDWIN HUBBEL CHAPIN
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Date 28 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Our scathed lives

Sadly, we don't all come through our childhood unscathed, on some level we may be emotionally damaged. Where we have lessons to learn, some of…
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Date 27 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Sleeping without dreams

Imagine a black sheet of paper in front of your eyes, with no lights, with no images, with no memories or imagination coming through. That’s…
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Date 26 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Our senses and being mindful

Mindfulness is an art, brought about through our observations. For those of us who practise, taking note of our surroundings is something we do continually,…
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Date 25 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

An Abraham Lincoln quote

Something inspirational: "I am a slow walker but I never walk back." ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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Date 24 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Cacao and Almond Energy Balls

Cacao & Almond Energy Balls 'This is a great recipe for a healthy energy ball snack, adapted from themaedeli.com' Ingredients: 100g of almonds 200g of…
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