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 13 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Moving on with Life

The real choice is the choice we make, either to move on with our lives, or live with animosity over a life we didn’t choose.…
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Date 12 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Finding an understanding

I spend my life looking for understanding, because without understanding I struggle. That when we come to understand what we’re dealing with, we take away…
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Date 11 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Closure and moving on

Something inspirational: “Sometimes you don't get closure, you just move on.” KAREN SALMANSOHN
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Date 10 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

How to feel happy

There is a misconception about being happy. Being happy isn’t about making other people happy. We don’t just become happy, because we make other people…
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Date 9 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Our supporting role

It is of course important that we protect ourselves where we must, but our role is also to support others too. However hard it is,…
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Date 8 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Charles Dickens quote

Something inspirational: “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” CHARLES DICKENS The CP Diary…
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Date 7 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Other people's baggage

Our emotional suffering on past events will end when we decide we don’t want the struggle anymore. Until then, our unconscious thoughts will continue to…
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Date 6 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

How I control stress

When we learn how to control stress, we will automatically feel better about what we deal with and will have better lives. These are my…
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Date 5 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Disability & Relationships

Going into a relationship with a disability is hard. Going into a relationship not knowing you have a disability and then finding out you have…
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Date 4 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Opinions don't define

Something inspirational: "Your opinion of me doesn't define who I am." ANONYMOUS
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Date 3 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Strength in our differences

Does being different make us strong? There is no right or wrong answer. Each case is different. As a child, I knew I was different…
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Date 2 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Prostate health

Up to one in three men will have symptoms related to their prostate gland at some point in their lives. Because the prostate surrounds the…
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