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 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Our need to prove

We will spend a lifetime trying to prove to our parents that we’re worthy, a lifetime trying to live up to our parents’ expectations. We…
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Date 8 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Lowering expectations

Many years ago, if you did something for someone, you were guaranteed a thank you, for a good deed done. But now we seem to…
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Date 7 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A William Ward quote

Something inspirational: “It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.” WILLIAM ARTHUR…
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Date 6 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Helicopter Parenting

My understanding of helicopter parenting doesn’t come from practicing it – it comes from living with it. Helicopter parenting is when parents take responsibility to…
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Date 5 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

Recognising anxiety

Anxiety is something I continually have to deal with. Its symptoms aren’t always obvious, but it’s something we probably deal with more than we think,…
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Date 4 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A Margaret Mead quote

Something inspirational: “Children must be taught how to think not what to think.” MARGARET MEAD
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Date 3 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

A parent's role

As parents, some of us will spend a lifetime learning about the parent role, whilst others will fail to grasp the parent concept in its…
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Date 2 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

New Year's day thoughts

Even with the best of intentions, invariably life gets in the way and we fail to keep up with our New Year resolutions. What I…
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Date 1 January 2015
Author Ilana Estelle

New Year wishes

All that’s left for me to do for 2014 is wish you all a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. Thanks for all your support.…
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Date 31 December 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Make the link

Without making the link between the past and the present, our lives may never change and the help we get may have little or no…
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Date 30 December 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A new reflection

With two days to go to 2015, I thought I’d use this time to reflect on my year on The CP Diary. I cannot believe…
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Date 29 December 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A leopard can change

As a small child, my mum used to tell me that a leopard can’t change its spots and I grew up believing it until I…
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