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 7 August 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Discovering Cerebral Palsy and Autism as an Adult

A Personal Story of Late Diagnosis, Self-Discovery and Learning to Live with Invisible Disabilities For most of my life, I didn’t know I had a…
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Date 6 August 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Danny Alexander

Something inspirational: "I have traveled through madness to find me." DANNY ALEXANDER “I've also walked through madness, not to discover myself, but to make it…
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Date 5 August 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

The CP Diary: Life, Health, and Mindful Living

The CP Diary A space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with life A quiet corner of the internet for reflection and presence: A Space to…
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Date 4 August 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Language, Truth, and the Writer's Responsibility

The Ethical Cost of Misusing Language Socrates is often credited with saying, “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.” He wasn't talking about…
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Date 3 August 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

The Power of Silence in Healing: Finding Peace Within

Why You Don’t Need to Explain Yourself to Find Peace In a world that often demands constant clarity, emotional exposure, and public processing, choosing silence…
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Date 2 August 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Robert M. Drake quote

Something inspirational: “Sometimes the most beautiful people are beautifully broken.” ROBERT M. DRAKE
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Date 1 August 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Are You Emotionally Healed or Just Avoiding Triggers?

Exploring stillness, truth, and the quiet space where real healing begins. You sit in the stillness. No drama. No chaos. Just You. And for the…
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Date 31 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Living Without Answers: Growing Up With Childhood Trauma

Living Through Trauma Without a Name There are moments when I wonder if I will ever fully come to terms with the trauma that’s shaped…
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Date 30 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Peach Cobbler Overnight Oats

Peach Cobbler Overnight Oats Recipe Ingredients: (makes 3–4 servings) 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon A pinch…
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Date 29 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Mental Health and Life Struggles Shape Growth

Shaped by Circumstance: Not Everyone is Supported and Nurtured The environment we grow up is responsible for mental health. Mental health can either support us…
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Date 28 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Matt Haig

Something inspirational: “Health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but,…
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Date 27 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Dr Keneilwe Mhlanga quote

Something inspirational: "I admire people who could have turned cold after everything they’ve been through but still choose love anyway. There’s strength in that." Dr…
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