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 8 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Not interested in change

I believe the reason why many of us don’t change is because we simply don’t want to, we don’t see the need for change, because…
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Date 7 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

How relationships thrive

Having lived amongst and seen first-hand how dysfunctional relationships work, I have learned over the years how not to do things. These are my recommendations:…
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Date 6 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Fred'ck Douglass quote

Something inspirational: "It is easier to build strong children than to fix broken men." FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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Date 5 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Throwing things back

Have you ever had what seems like a normal conversation with someone, but whatever is happening in their life at that time, begins to impact…
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Date 4 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Legacies matter

When I was growing up, it mattered what people thought of me, but I didn’t think about how that would eventually tie in with my…
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Date 3 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Taking people for granted

As a society, we take people and the things people do for granted. We’re not always appreciative for the time and effort people put in,…
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Date 2 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

An Elbert Hubbard quote

Something inspirational: "We work to become not to acquire." ELBERT HUBBARD
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Date 1 July 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Being protected

When we find out we have something, but have never known I believe we are sometimes protected. We don’t worry about it or think about…
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Date 30 June 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

My fair share of struggles

It’s fair to say that I have had and I still continue to have my fair share of struggles. I get to the point where…
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Date 29 June 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Other people's ignorance

There are those who genuinely want to help, those who want to help but don’t know how to help and those who don’t want to…
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Date 28 June 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Our lessons

If you’re lucky enough to have supportive parents, you will learn many lessons from them, but sometimes the lessons we may take from them is…
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Date 27 June 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Will Fetters quote

Something inspirational: “Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we've touched.” WILL FETTERS, Memoirs
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