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 20 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Greatest Barrier is Being Misunderstood

Understanding Disability Begins When We Stop Making Assumptions For much of my life, I believed I was the one who needed to change. I have…
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Date 19 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Tom Stoppard

Something inspirational: “Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child.” TOM…
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Date 18 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Lisa Kleypas quote

Something inspirational: “I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a…
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Date 17 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Justin Kanayurak

Food for thought: "When you hit rock bottom, that’s where you perfectly stand; That’s your chance of restarting, but restarting the right way.” JUSTIN KANAYURAK…
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Date 16 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Ultra-Processed Foods: What Does the Evidence Really Say?

For years, nutrition focused on calories, fat and sugar. Now attention is turning to food processing As governments, researchers and health organisations turn their attention…
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Date 15 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

The Secondary Losses of Grief

The Losses that Follow Loss When someone dies, people often speak about absence as though it arrives all at once. It arrives in stages. At…
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Date 14 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Where Trauma Lives Now

Loss exposes old wounds and can leave survival at the centre of daily life Only after losing my twin did I realise how much of…
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Date 13 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Looking Within: Where Personal Growth Begins

Life inevitably brings challenges. A harsh word, a difference of opinion, or a falling-out can all contribute to feelings of anxiety and stress. Taking time…
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Date 12 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Thomas Campbell quote

Something inspirational: “To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die.” THOMAS CAMPBELL
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Date 11 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A Change in Perspective

Changing the Lens: Reclaiming My Own Narrative It has taken me six decades to see myself more clearly, and I am still learning who I…
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Date 10 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

Trust and the Wider Picture

Everything we understand begins with trust Trust plays an important role in everyday life. It helps people to function, to build relationships, accept support, rely…
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Date 9 June 2026
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Ru Paul

Something motivational: "What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn’t change…
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