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 18 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

10 weeks on

Things are definitely settling down a lot more. The problems that seemed so vast, seem a lot smaller now. Losing my father some 10 weeks…
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Date 17 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

The CP Diary is 3 today

The CP Diary is 3 today.
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Date 16 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Social ties and Longevity

According to new research publicised recently, a healthy social life may be as good for your long-term health as not smoking. Social Connections Research  Research…
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Date 15 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Pasta with peas

Pasta with peas Nice 'n' easy Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped ...
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Date 14 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Success and failure

Something inspirational: “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every…
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Date 13 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Metabolism and losing weight

People often blame their weight on a slow metabolism, but how many of us really know what it means or what it does? Metabolism is the process…
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Date 12 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

When humour hurts

Without a sense of humour our lives would be too serious, so in some respects it’s important for us to have one. What happens though…
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Date 11 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

A meaningful life

Something inspirational: “The search for meaning in our lives takes us on paths large and small. When we go beyond ourselves-whether in forgiveness, unselfishness, thoughtfulness,…
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Date 10 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Sibling friendship

Depending on what parents do to encourage sibling friendship, they will either leave a close loving family behind, when they’re gone, or they’ll leave a…
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Date 9 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Iron and its role

Iron is needed for a number of complex processes that continuously take place in the body such as the transportation of oxygen, called haemoglobin. The role…
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Date 8 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Family

Family should be the people we choose to spend time with. They should be the ones we want to go back to long after we’re…
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Date 7 May 2013
Author Ilana Estelle

Living with family

Something inspirational: “If you could figure out how to live with family then you'd gone a long way toward finding your peace.” BEN FOUNTAIN
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