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 9 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

We could never do more

It’s easy to look back and re-write history, by convincing ourselves that we could have done more to change an outcome, but from a lifetime’s…
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Date 8 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Numbing the pain

Something inspirational: “Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.” J K ROWLING, Harry Potter and the Goblet…
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Date 7 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Our superficial lives

When I was growing up, superficial wasn’t in our vocabulary, because we had a different outlook on family, on friends and because we conducted our…
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Date 6 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Dealing with a loss

It is hard watching a loved one work through a terminal illness, only to see them lose their fight for life. I know because I’ve…
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Date 5 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Reason

I periodically tried to ask questions as a child about my physical problems and then in my twenties I became desperate for answers. But in…
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Date 4 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Veronica Roth quote

Something inspirational: “Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.” VERONICA ROTH
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Date 3 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Seeing past the flaws

It’s fine when we’re level pegging. It’s fine when two people live the same lifestyle and achieve the same level of success. It’s also fine…
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Date 2 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

About outside influences

Outside influences aren’t something we can avoid, neither are they always easy to adjust to, but the reality is that those outside influences will always…
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Date 1 May 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Douglas Adams quote

Something inspirational: “Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.” DOUGLAS ADAMS,…
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Date 30 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Different but similar

Have you ever stopped to notice how animals view their world? I’m always watching my cat view her world. She teaches me something new all…
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Date 29 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Why we remain stuck

There are many reasons why we remain stuck, but until we choose to change, we will always remain stuck. For us to move forward, we…
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Date 28 April 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Steve Maraboli quote

Something inspirational: “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” STEVE MARABOLI
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