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 5 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Listening to help others

Anyone who deals with brain damage, deals with a rewired brain. That means the information getting to the brain is slower and confused, as is…
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Date 4 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Rollo May

Something inspirational: “It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.” ROLLO MAY
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Date 3 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Making the right decisions

Unless we constantly work through the implications of some of our decisions, we will end up making the wrong ones. I spent a lot of…
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Date 2 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A clearer understanding

Having Cerebral Palsy and never being told that is what I had, would be like having to join up the dots and I’m now having…
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Date 1 November 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

My sensory process

It has taken me too many years to understand how my sensory issues work. It doesn’t matter how many questions other people ask, if the…
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Date 31 October 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Hippocrates

Something inspirational: “The life so short, the craft so long to learn.” HIPPOCRATES
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Date 30 October 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Dealing with issues

We can never have enough tips on how to deal with stress, brought about by some of those issues we have to deal with. It’s…
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Date 29 October 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Creating success

People don’t always consciously think about success, but will often look for ways to be successful. If we were to think about success in this…
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Date 28 October 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Mo Willems quote

Something inspirational: "If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave." MO WILLEMS, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
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Date 27 October 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Advice or lecture

Advice versus lecture, it's a tough call but what’s the difference between the two? Having grown up in a controlling environment, any advice I got…
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Date 26 October 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Being gracious

With no support and dealing with physical and emotional problems, as a child my attitude was far from graceful. I didn’t emotionally equate or understand…
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Date 25 October 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

My 2,000th blog

With 5 years, 5 months and 8 days behind me and The CP Diary, today's feature page incorporates my 2,000 blog. My experiences to date…
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