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 1 July 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Lionel Shriver

Something inspirational: “A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they…
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Date 30 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Are we ever prepared?

We can prepare ourselves for a forthcoming exam, we can prepare ourselves for school, we can even prepare ourselves for an interview, but when we…
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Date 29 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

The last few days

The last few days have been somewhat of a challenge. The miserable weather isn’t helping and I’m feeling very tired. I’m looking forward to resting…
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Date 28 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

The curious paradox

Something inspirational: "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." CARL ROGERS
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Date 27 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A dip in the road

Events beyond our control may force us to take a dip in the road. Those events may take us down a completely different path from…
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Date 26 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

The art of advice

I’m not sure how I would have played it had I have been given advice as a child, because it never happened. But it’s often…
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Date 25 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

The way it is

We try to please others because we have to, or we have no choice. We don’t stop to think about ourselves and whether the people…
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Date 24 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Wrong road, right road

Something inspirational: "After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.” GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
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Date 23 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Graduation

Heading towards St Andrews' today ahead of Daniel's graduation on Tuesday. Just to let you know The CP Diary will be up and running as…
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Date 22 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A non-progressive disorder

According to medical care professionals, cerebral palsy is a ‘non-progressive disorder’ that the physical functioning of a person with cerebral palsy will remain the same…
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Date 21 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Difficulties in letting go

We have difficulties in letting go either because we're not consciously aware we’re holding on to bad patterns that stop us from letting go, we…
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Date 20 June 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A William Faulkner quote

Something inspirational: “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” WILLIAM FAULKNER
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