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 21 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Being insensitive

No matter what we say, other people’s reactions towards us isn’t always warranted. They can make us feel inferior, and over critical of ourselves and…
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Date 20 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Step Aerobics

Step aerobics is an easy exercise routine that can be enjoyed by all ages, as long as you can balance and co-ordinate movement comfortably. It only…
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Date 19 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Moving the boundaries

Personal boundaries are what we create to identify what is reasonable and safe, what we will allow. When it comes to our boundaries, most of us…
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Date 18 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

An apology & excuse

Something inspirational: "Never ruin an apology with an excuse." BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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Date 17 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Our toxic lives

Being the recipient of another person’s toxic behaviour will make your life toxic. When someone controls, is critical, or goes on to make decisions for…
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Date 16 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

BBC healthy eating documentary

I felt compelled to write a blog about a recent TV programme, ‘The Truth About Healthy Eating’ with Fiona Phillips. I couldn’t believe what I was…
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Date 15 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Self-doubt & self-belief

Unfortunately, self-doubt will not only affect our character and the way we live our lives, but it will also eat into our very core, into…
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Date 14 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Being our own self

Something inspirational: “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” OSCAR…
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Date 13 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

The importance of relaxation

We should probably think more about relaxation, or at least try to bring some form of relaxation into our day. Instead, we tend to use…
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Date 12 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

The sun & skin cancer

No tan is a healthy tan. New guidance from the National Institute for Health Care and Excellence, (NICE) warns that there is no safe or…
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Date 11 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Nursing myself to health

The sad reality for me is that the older I get the harder it is to come back from illness and I'm not sure how…
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Date 10 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A Swedish Proverb

Something inspirational: "Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow." SWEDISH PROVERB
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