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 21 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Without reflection

Critical reflection involves a critique of the presuppositions on which our beliefs have been built. Reflection gives us a new perspective. Without it, we will…
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Date 20 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Getting knocked back

I stagnated for many years. Getting knocked back doesn’t have to be just done in the form of an interview. It can happen when someone…
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Date 19 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

When we worry

Something inspirational: “Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.” MARK TWAIN
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Date 18 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

My sensory problems

The sensory system of a child who has suffered a brain injury at birth, is likely to continue to be at a more immature stage…
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Date 17 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

My next blog

This blog is to help me understand how others deal with me and my cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy continues to be incredibly difficult to deal…
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Date 16 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A John Green quote

Something inspirational: “You don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.” JOHN GREEN
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Date 15 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

I'm not exempt

Away from the Diary I have things that I deal with that are causing me stress. I find ways to deal with my stress, but…
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Date 14 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Increasing our confidence

How do we improve our confidence? How do we turn our lives around from having no confidence to having some confidence? Having struggled with little…
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Date 13 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Mohammed Ali quote

Something inspirational: “Friendship isn’t something you learn in school, but if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship you haven’t really learned anything.” MOHAMMED ALI
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Date 12 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Taking offence

We live in a world where we’re right, we’re never wrong, we won’t back down and that’s how arguments start. We don’t like what someone…
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Date 11 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Recent breakfast study

A study, recently published by researchers at Tel Aviv University, found that eating a big breakfast of 700 calories promotes weight loss and reduces risks…
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Date 10 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

An Albert Einstein quote

Something inspirational: “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.  If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more…
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