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 11 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Feeling guilt

There’s a photograph I go back to, because it reminds me of the life I had, where I didn’t know about my physical disabilities. I…
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Date 10 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

A Randy Pausch quote

Something inspirational: "No matter how bad things are, you could always make things worse." RANDY PAUSCH
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Date 9 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Seeing things as they are

Calling a spade and spade and black and white scenarios are inextricably linked and form the bigger picture of our lifestyle choices, depending on how…
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Date 8 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Being judgmental

Having a belief can give us a focus and can help with self-esteem and confidence issues. Beliefs can also keep us grounded, give us a…
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Date 7 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

My stress

Sorting our issues out, very much depends on what’s going on around us, but if we all worked together, our issues would not only get…
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Date 6 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Working at peace

Something inspirational: "It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work…
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Date 5 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Parents and Trust

remember a conversation that took place between me and a senior consultant when I went to find out and I got my cerebral palsy diagnosis.…
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Date 4 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Lightening the load

How we deal with our circumstances usually determines how heavy or light the load will be. Our perspective and attitude determine how large or small…
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Date 3 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

Lowering my expectations

If I was to make one change this year it would be to lower my expectations. We put countless expectations out there. We anticipate people…
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Date 2 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

The Equaliser quote

Something inspirational: "You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it." DENZEL WASHINGTON - The Equaliser (2014)
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Date 1 January 2017
Author Ilana Estelle

2017, a New Year

As I slowly get back to writing for a New Year, I decided my first blog of the year would be short and sweet. Welcome…
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Date 31 December 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A reflection, 2016

It’s that time of year again where I get to reflect on my year with the Diary. I still can’t believe the Diary is into…
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