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 15 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Self-inflicting limitations

The way we see and interpret our life through culture and society, means we set our own limitations and that’s what we continue to do.…
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Date 14 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Perceptions & Disability

Living with a disability means we’re either seen as heroic because we manage our disability, or that any effort we make is great because we’re…
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Date 13 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A Rita Mae Brown quote

Something inspirational: "One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory." RITA MAE BROWN
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Date 12 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Tai Chi

GUEST BLOG Tai chi: Ancient practice - Modern therapy We live in a world that reveres ‘newness’. We aspire to growth, progress and prosperity. Technology…
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Date 11 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Decisions & the bigger picture

We all have things that we deal with, but whether it’s something someone else deals with, or something we deal with, it’s important we’re looking…
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Date 10 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Seek your own approval

You don’t need anyone’s approval to tell you you’re good enough. Life shouldn’t be about seeking other people’s approval, it should be about working on…
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Date 9 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Compassion & morality

Something inspirational: “Compassion is the basis of morality.” ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
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Date 8 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Morality and Spirituality

Living a moral life is synonymous with spirituality. So, in a broad sense, when I talk about morality, I am defining spirituality. Spirituality has everything…
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Date 7 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Living in ignorance

It is a while since I’ve written a more personal blog. Unfortunately, the old patterns are still there. When I’m having a bad day, my…
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Date 6 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Napoleon Hill

Something inspirational: "Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness." NAPOLEON HILL
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Date 5 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Being unnecessarily difficult

There is a difference between being difficult unnecessarily because we know we can and know we’ll get away with it and being difficult unnecessarily because…
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Date 4 May 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Brain injury & relationships

I’ve just been watching a documentary made and narrated by Louis Theroux on ‘Brain injuries’ and felt the need to write about it, because having…
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