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 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Choosing to think positively

If we put out positive thoughts, we will get positive thoughts back, in the same way, if we put out unkindness, we will get unkindness…
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Date 8 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Finley needs a home

GUEST BLOG What a two year old with Cerebral Palsy might say about her life. A few months into my life, worry grew for my…
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Date 7 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Anxiety & impulsiveness

We're impulsive. We know what we want and won't wait. There’s nothing wrong with being impulsive, if being impulsive or spontaneous brings the right response…
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Date 6 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A bewildering world

Something inspirational: "We live in a bewildering world." STEPHEN HAWKING
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Date 5 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Other people's issues

We will come across people in our lives who don't see their own behaviour and also don’t see an issue with their actions, but it…
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Date 4 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A different way to think

I believe it takes a different thought process for us to feel at ease with what we have to deal with. For me it was…
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Date 3 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Learning to compromise

We want our relationships to run smoothly. We want these things, expect others to compromise and yet we don’t always compromise, with some of us…
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Date 2 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A Patrick Swayze quote

Something inspirational: “The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.” PATRICK SWAYZE
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Date 1 June 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Owning our indiscretions

We all have indiscretions, but where some of us will own up to ours, others simply ignore theirs, will still see themselves as perfect, and…
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Date 31 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Secondary Effects of Cerebral Palsy

Being born with cerebral palsy meant that I would always have to deal with a wide-ranging variety of secondary conditions as part of the condition.…
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Date 30 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Feeling unwell

It seems a very long time since I did a more personal blog. On the back of feeling unwell with a cold, I’ve cancelled my…
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Date 29 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A Gary Hopkins quote

Something inspirational: “Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.” GARY HOPKINS
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