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 12 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A David Bohm quote

Something inspirational: "The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained." DAVID BOHM, American Physicist 
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Date 11 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Sleep & reasons for sleep

Sleep is something we don’t always think about; we just take sleep for granted until we don’t have it. It’s something we all need, but…
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Date 10 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A more personal blog

It’s been a long while since I’ve written a more personal blog. I’m beginning to struggle with my Cerebral Palsy symptoms, I’ve had better days.…
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Date 9 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Shannon Alder quote

Something inspirational: “Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in.” SHANNON L. ALDER
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Date 8 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Difficult people

We spend our lives putting things right with difficult people, adapting and making things good, because we feel we have little choice. Those difficult people…
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Date 7 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Anxiety explained

It is accepted that a little bit of anxiety isn’t always bad, but too much is known to be detrimental to our health and can…
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Date 6 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Jim Morrison

Something inspirational: “You feel your strength in the experience of pain.” JIM MORRISON
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Date 5 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Piecing my history together

Since I was never told that I had Cerebral Palsy it would always be up to me to try to put the pieces of the…
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Date 4 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Be an example

Live and lead your life by example. When we lead by example, we take responsibility for our life, without casting blame on other people, because…
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Date 3 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Mitch Albom quote

Something inspirational: "Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say." MITCH ALBOM
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Date 2 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

My missing milestones

There will always be things about Cerebral Palsy that I can never bring closure on, because I never knew I had Cerebral Palsy and although…
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Date 1 December 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Attitude

The older we are, the more likely we are to understand the impact of our attitude. Although we may remember certain events, it’s the attitude…
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