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 17 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Looking after ourselves

When it comes to us looking after ourselves, it’s a balance between work life and our personal life and is definitely not as easy as…
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Date 16 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Forms of emotional abuse

Emotional abuse takes many forms. Having witnessed first-hand emotional abuse, I understand the signs. What is emotional abuse? Abuse doesn’t have to be someone shouting, yelling…
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Date 15 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A Carrie Bradshaw quote

Something inspirational: "Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right." CARRIE BRADSHAW
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Date 14 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Seeking parents' approval

Unfortunately, when we’re not told we’re loved, or we’re not told that our parents are proud of us, we will spend a lifetime trying to…
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Date 13 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Water and Digestion

Digestion allows the body to absorb nutrients from the food we eat, to pass them through the intestinal wall and into our bloodstream, which in…
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Date 12 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Your greatest adventure

Something inspirational: “Your greatest adventure is written inside of you.” RASSOOL JIBRAEEL SNYMAN
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Date 11 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Ours not to take

My life woke me up last night. Well certain aspects did anyway, but luckily it wasn't too early. As I continue to work on my…
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Date 10 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Draw a line

There are always different meanings on different words and phrases that bring about a different thought process from us. I came across a phrase the…
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Date 9 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A Ndiritu Wahome quote

Something inspirational: “It does not matter where one comes from, one can achieve even the greatest of things in life.” NDIRITU WAHOME, The Sad Artist…
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Date 8 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Irritable behaviour

As a child, I was never consciously aware, or even understood why when someone said something to me it was like a time-bomb going off.…
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Date 7 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Gratification

Unfortunately, gratification and self-gratification have become part of our lives. We do things but expect something back in return. This is the way their lives…
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Date 6 October 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Choose to be strong

Something inspirational: “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” BOB MARLEY
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