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 26 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Healing After Judgment: Reclaim Your Self-Worth

Break free from false labels, and rediscover who you are Being judged particularly when that judgment is rooted in unfairness – is one of the…
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Date 25 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Daily Movement Improves Sleep and Mood, Says New UT Study

Moving a Little Each Day Really Does Matter It turns out one of the kindest things you can do for your body might be one…
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Date 24 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Nikki Rowe

Something inspirational: “Self discovery is the most empowering time of your life, you remember who you are and you become the best version of yourself…
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Date 23 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Resilience in the Face of Doubt: My Personal Growth Story

Some days, it feels like the world only ever saw the version of me it wanted to see – small and quiet. Not the version…
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Date 22 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

The Case for Urgent Climate and Social Action

We Need to Act Across the world, there’s a rising sense of unease – and for good reason. The impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss,…
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Date 21 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Matt Baker quote

Something inspirational: "She never seemed shattered; to me, she was a breathtaking mosaic of the battles she’s won.” MATT BAKER
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Date 20 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Poem by Mary Oliver

"The Journey" – by Mary Oliver An Inspirational Poem About Self-Discovery and Courage One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the…
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Date 19 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Born in the Dark

Growing Up Angry, Undiagnosed, and Unheard – A Story of Mental Health and Healing Born in the dark and lived in the dark, it's not…
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Date 18 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Bonnie Prudden

Something inspirational: “You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.” BONNIE PRUDDEN
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Date 17 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Not Invisible: Growing Up with an Unspoken Disability

On Being Ignored: A Childhood Lived in Silence – The Silent Struggle Growing up with something I didn’t know I had was painful. I didn’t…
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Date 16 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Clarkson’s Farm Highlights Farmer Mental Health

A shared reflection on why mental health needs more than one voice As someone who writes from lived experience, I often find that the most…
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Date 15 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Living with Cerebral Palsy and a Lifetime of Silence

Coming to Terms With a Lifetime of Not Knowing This is my journey, my story. I didn’t find out until I was in my forties…
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