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 29 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A recruitment drive

I am both humbled and amazed at the success of the Diary and would love to have more contributors to add to the wonderful support…
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Date 28 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Understanding the caring

There comes a time when we know the people who genuinely care, because their actions show they care. Then there are those who say they…
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Date 27 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Derek Landy

Something inspirational: “Tides do what tides do–they turn.” DEREK LANDY, Skulduggery Pleasant
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Date 26 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A simpler existence

It’s hard to imagine life in the slow lane given our busy lives, but it needs to happen, if we are to lead a simple…
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Date 25 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Personal Boundaries

Our personal boundaries are the boundaries we work our lives around. It’s the boundaries we create for ourselves that we expect others to abide by.…
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Date 24 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

A Kiran Desai quote

Something inspirational: “The present changes the past. Looking back, you do not find what you left behind.” KIRAN DESAI, The Inheritance of Loss
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Date 23 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Snobbish behaviour

The world is made up of different people. Some are tall, some are small. Some are tolerant, some have no tolerance at all. Some are…
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Date 22 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

My choice

Having cerebral palsy is like riding on a run-away train, driver-less and out of control with no way to get off and heading towards a…
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Date 21 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

An Orson Card quote

Something inspirational: “The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize…
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Date 20 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Turning into our parents

It is generally understood that we may eventually turn into our parents, unless of course, we consciously choose to opt out. It’s common when we’re…
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Date 19 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Orange, Carrot & Almond cake

Orange, Carrot & Almond Cake A really great gluten and dairy free cake recipe; the orange keeps it nice and moist and using egg whites…
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Date 18 March 2016
Author Ilana Estelle

Exercising safely

It is accepted that light to moderate exercise such as walking, is usually fine for healthy adults that have no troublesome symptoms. When embarking on…
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