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 28 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

A simply worded quote

Something inspirational: "Act or accept." AUTHOR UNKNOWN
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Date 27 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

That one person

It’s a normal and comforting thought process to want someone in our lives that extends a comforting arm. It’s a normal and comforting process to…
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Date 26 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Two-way communication

It is important in any relationship that we get to say what we feel. Whether you’re the child or the parent, the channel of communication…
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Date 25 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Our bridges

Something inspirational: "One of the hardest things in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn." DAVID RUSSELL
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Date 24 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

The self-righteous

We probably know the type, the self-righteous who won’t listen to anyone and continue to make their lives about them. They defy change. The self-righteous…
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Date 23 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

How not to parent

As children, we don’t stop to think what our lives will be like. We assume if decisions are made, they are made with the best…
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Date 22 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Myofascial massage

GUEST BLOG Massage is a relaxing therapy enjoyed by many, but did you know there are many different types of massage? In general massage works…
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Date 21 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Forgiving & Letting go

Something inspirational: “I eventually came to understand that in harboring the anger, the bitterness and resentment towards those that had hurt me, I was giving…
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Date 20 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Our liberty

We don’t have to be thrown in jail to lose our liberty. Liberty comes in many guises. When others are in control of our lives…
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Date 19 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Making opportunities

I remember having a conversation with my father about him being forced to leave school at 12 and that it was his biggest regret. As…
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Date 18 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Jessica's story

GUEST BLOG Robyn Short from the Toronto Rehab Foundation has contacted me and told me about a young woman called Jessica Coriat who has Cerebral…
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Date 17 September 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Albert Einstein

Something inspirational: “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” ALBERT EINSTEIN
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