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 9 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Growing Up in My Twin's Shadow

Losing My Twin, and Learning How to Build a Life That Isn’t Led By Someone Else As the second twin living with cerebral palsy, I…
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Date 8 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Brexit in Plain Numbers

In 2016 David Cameron agreed to hold an EU referendum largely because his own party was split on Europe. He expected a Remain win that…
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Date 7 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Diane Ladd quote

Something inspirational: “If you can take your pain and not let it back up like a sore or something, instead use it to explore, to…
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Date 6 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Cerebral Palsy Includes Emotional Impairment

This is Neurological, Not Personal Staying true to myself – this is a difficult blog to write. Watching the film Some Like It Hot.Where Tony…
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Date 5 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

When Disability Changes The Way We're Read

Invisible Disability is often Interpreted as Personality, not Impairment – and that’s where Blame Begins. The less visible an impairment is, the more likely others…
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Date 4 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Quiet Goodness in a Noisy World

The Invisible Good As an author – and as a working writer – I think about this often, how easily genuine voices are overlooked in…
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Date 3 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Another quote by Nelson Mandela

Food for Thought: "It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it." NELSON MANDELA "Another of Nelson Mandela's…
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Date 2 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

How Disability Changes Our Story

The Unfair Judgment of Disability When anyone deals with a mental, emotional, or physical disability, they may get an unfair press. Dealing with a disability…
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Date 2 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

When Growth Asks for Quiet Change

Protect Your Peace, and Embrace Quiet Growth We grow quietly – often in the moments when we step back, distance, and choose to protect our…
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Date 1 November 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

When Trauma Turns into Tinnitus

An Exploration of what Remains, and How I'm Learning to Carry On Tinnitus can emerge after trauma, stress, or hearing loss. It’s also common among…
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Date 31 October 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Cappuccino Fondants

Tom Kerridge’s Cappuccino Fondants "Recipe adapted from deliciousmagazine.co.uk" Ingredients: For the fondants: 125g unsalted butter, diced and softened, plus 1 tbsp melted butter (for greasing)…
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Date 30 October 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

An Amanda Gorman quote

Something inspirational: "There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it." AMANDA GORMAN
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