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 24 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Potus

Something inspirational: "You can't let failures define you, you have to let them teach you." POTUS 'Happy Thanksgiving' to all my American Readers and friends.
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Date 23 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A Thought from Barack Obama

“What I say to them is that people are complicated. Societies and cultures are really complicated. This is not mathematics; this is biology and chemistry.…
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Date 22 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

My Cerebral Cortex injury

There are still parts of the jigsaw that I’m trying to piece together with regard to my Cerebral Cortex injury. I continue to have to…
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Date 21 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

The benefits of skipping

Skipping or jump rope is a great exercise for those who have busy lifestyles, who don’t like exercise, hate going to the gym, or know…
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Date 20 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A Joyce Meyer quote

Something inspirational: "You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind." JOYCE MEYER
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Date 19 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Relationships within families

What is it about families that can make our life difficult, in some cases almost intolerable? They say it's the nature of families, but I…
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Date 18 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Projecting opinions

Whilst we easily identify the process of projection in others, few of us will equate that in ourselves, unless we know of course and choose…
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Date 17 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Recognising my achievements

Although as a child I was never given credit, recognition or valued and this led to a lack of self-worth and confidence, my problem is…
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Date 16 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jawaharlal Nehru quote

Something inspirational: "Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes." JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
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Date 15 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Empathetic understanding

For those of us who understand what it means to be empathetic, we understand other people, we also understand their issues, regardless of what their…
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Date 14 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Misplaced loyalty

Being loyal is something we should invest in, not only because it’s right and we never know when we need others to be loyal to…
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Date 13 November 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A letter to my Cerebral Palsy

When we deal with a physical problem, it’s important we learn to embrace and accept our physical limitations, so that we’re okay with them. As…
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