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 24 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Thomas Monson quote

Something inspirational: "Find joy in the journey." THOMAS S MONSON
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Date 23 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Spiritual Connections

A spiritual connection is when two souls are attracted and are in sync with each other. Two people with a spiritual connection are not just…
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Date 22 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

My Cerebral Palsy journey

Having looked through my medical history again, I now have a fuller picture of my cerebral palsy. My neurological consultant confirms that my MRI scan…
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Date 21 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Tony Samara

Something inspirational: “The practice is simple. Whatever you're doing, do that with total awareness.” TONY SAMARA
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Date 20 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A different thought process

Understanding and having my Cerebral Palsy symptoms confirmed has now brought me to a different emotional place. In a way, I’m more at peace because…
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Date 19 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

The Grieving Process

Perhaps the grieving process shouldn’t just be about mourning the person we lose, but the same process should be applied to other areas of our…
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Date 18 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Dalai Lama quote

Something inspirational: “It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.” DALAI LAMA
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Date 17 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Exercise and Mental Health

Exercise isn’t just about keeping us physically in shape, it’s also about our mental health. It is even more important than the physical, because without…
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Date 16 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Digestion & Absorption

Good nutrition is only as good as the body’s ability to absorb what we consume. Digestion and absorption of nutrients are vital if we are…
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Date 15 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by William James

Something inspirational: “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.” WILLIAM JAMES
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Date 14 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Ups & downs

We can’t have ups without downs, a negative without a positive, a good without a bad, so perhaps that’s the way we need to look…
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Date 13 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Passive & obedient

I was a passive and obedient child. Looking back now of course I didn’t quite understand what they both meant, but that’s exactly what I…
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