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 10 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

It matters

It used to bother me that when I looked in the mirror and I was standing straight, I was lopsided. I couldn’t quite get over…
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Date 9 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Recognising fault

Some of us will go through life never admitting or recognising we’re wrong or admit our faults; but would still be quick off the mark…
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Date 8 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Lisa Brooks quote

Something inspirational: “I’ve learned that things change, people change, and it doesn’t mean you forget the past or try to cover up. It simply means…
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Date 7 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Prolonged sitting

Over the years researchers have linked sitting for long periods of time with a number of health concerns. Some of the most obvious concerns are…
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Date 6 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Uncontrollable thoughts

As a child, it used to take me seconds to talk myself into things and weeks, months and even years to talk myself out of…
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Date 5 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Harper Lee

Something inspirational: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb inside of his skin and…
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Date 4 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Making a difference

Make a difference. When you do something, do it for nothing instead of doing it for something. Make more effort than people come to expect.…
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Date 3 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

When it's time to move on

We spend our lifetime pretty much with the same people without unconsciously stopping to think whether the people we share our lives with are right…
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Date 2 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Jarod Kintz quote

Something  inspirational: “When faced with two equally tough choices, most people choose the third choice: to not choose.” JAROD KINTZ
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Date 1 March 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Reasons to succeed

Somewhere along the way in our long and distant past, we unconsciously give ourselves reasons to fail, instead of giving ourselves reasons to succeed. Unconsciously,…
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Date 28 February 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Detaching oneself

When we begin not to care and consciously take the emotions away from a particular person or issue, we take away the element of struggle.…
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Date 27 February 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

The value of a moment

Something inspirational: Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. DR SUESS
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