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 3 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Breaking one's trust

Breaking one’s trust would be even harder if that person turned out to be a parent. We assume that what we’re told is the way…
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Date 2 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Coming full circle

I’m not sure where I'm at or what I’m doing this morning. My thoughts are all over the place. A problem I’ve been trying to…
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Date 1 March 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

What people remember

Something inspirational: “When you start with an insult and end with a compliment, most people only remember where you started.” FAYDRA D FIELDS
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Date 28 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Thoughts on my health

I don’t feel happy or sad. Feeling indifferent. I’m a little tired. I’ve slowed down, but not to the point of stopping. I can’t seem…
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Date 27 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Stuck in a rut

Do we even recognise our own character traits? We don’t see our own characters, but others see what we don’t see. We’re either not consciously…
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Date 26 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A John Steinbeck quote

Something inspirational: “I wonder how many people I have looked at all my life and never really seen.” JOHN STEINBECK, East of Eden
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Date 25 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Tuna Salad Wrap

Low Calorie Tuna Salad Wrap Ingredients: 1 tin of tuna Chopped lettuce ...
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Date 24 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Leaving and moving on

Last week was tough and I’m pleased it’s over. There are some people who come into our lives for a short while that we need…
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Date 23 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Contentment & luxury

Something inspirational: “Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.” SOCRATES
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Date 22 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Avoiding illness

It is true to say that there are no guarantees in life, other than dying. I once read that many modern-day diseases are preventable and…
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Date 21 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

Is ignorance bliss?

We often think that not knowing something is more comfortable than knowing, but in some circumstances, ignorance is bliss can paint an altogether different picture,…
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Date 20 February 2014
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Lauren Oliver

Something inspirational: “I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for…
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