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 22 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Tackling life's uncertainties

When I was growing up there was less pressure on families. Children followed a path that involved school, with a guaranteed job at the end.…
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Date 21 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A Lewis Hamilton quote

Something inspirational: "You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are, that is what I am trying…
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Date 20 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

How we express ourselves

We often don’t stop to think that what we’re saying will not only get us into trouble, but will hurt someone else. As a child…
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Date 19 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Beyond the imperfections

Being born with a physical condition I didn’t know I had, has allowed me to look beyond the imperfections, because physically I wasn’t born perfect.…
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Date 18 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Never look backwards

Something inspirational: "Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs." RUDYARD KIPLING
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Date 17 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

How to avoid getting sick

We’re in the throes of winter now and I personally can’t afford to get sick because if I do get sick, it takes me a…
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Date 16 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Unsettling thoughts

I go through phases where my life makes sense, everything in my life is compartmentalised, I bring an acceptance then when I look back nothing…
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Date 15 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Fiction & reality

Something inspirational: “The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” TOM CLANCY
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Date 14 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Piecing my life together

I have been and am still trying to piece together everything I should have known and still know very little about what I deal with.…
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Date 13 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Water and Hydration

Everyone knows that water is essential for life. It accounts for about 60% of our body weight and performs essential roles such as carrying nutrients…
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Date 12 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Inconsiderate people

Something inspirational: “One of my main regrets in life is giving considerable thought to inconsiderate people.” JAROD KINTZ
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Date 11 November 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Cerebral palsy & lifestyle

As a child, and not knowing I had cerebral palsy, I still continued to live with hope that with exercises, my physical disabilities would disappear…
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