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 1 August 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

We're born equal

We’re born equal. It’s what happens from birth that has a bearing on us being equal. Having support is a good place to start. Support…
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Date 31 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

An Alice Walker quote

Something inspirational: "No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow." ALICE WALKER
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Date 30 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Truth & anger

It’s amazing how the truth only ever seems to come out when we’re angry about something. It seems to happen every time. Anger is the…
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Date 29 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

The nature of family

The family unit although in theory sounds harmonious, in practice doesn’t always turn out like that. The nature of family is such that they have…
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Date 28 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Sherlock Holmes quote

Something inspirational: "To a great mind nothing is little." SHERLOCK HOLMES
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Date 27 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Three Berry Smoothie

Three Berry Smoothie 'Blueberries are packed full of antioxidants and fibre' Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups Berry Mix Blueberries, Strawberries and Blackberries ...
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Date 26 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

We are people first

We are people first before our wants and needs. Even though I didn’t know about my disability or what my needs were, I mattered. It…
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Date 25 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Miley Cyrus quote

Something inspirational: "Nobody notices your sorrow, your pain, but everyone notices your mistakes." MILEY CYRUS
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Date 24 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Leading by example

Through confidence, we set the standards for ourselves, for our families. Through confidence, we demonstrate what we believe in and what we know, through many…
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Date 23 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Taking sides

I’m not sure it matters whether you’re the child, the parent, or the grandparent. It’s wrong to take one person’s opinion over another. It’s not…
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Date 22 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

My lost years

I’ve been watching a few tear-jerking episodes of Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell’s ‘Long-Lost Family’ series and although I haven’t missed out on knowing my…
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Date 21 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Robert T Kiyosaki quote

Something inspirational: “It's not what you say out of your mouth that determines your life, it's what you whisper to yourself that has the most…
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