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 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Brexit and Covid-19 Changed the UK’s Mental Health Landscape

Exploring the emotional toll of political and public health crises, and why mental health must be a national and personal priority moving forward. Since 2010,…
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Date 2 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Living Without My Twin: Grief and the Loneliness That Lingers

I'm writing this like it happened yesterday. Losing my twin is the hardest thing I've had to go through. I wasn't ready to lose her.…
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Date 1 July 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Melissa McCarthy quote

Something inspirational: "I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else." MELISSA McCarthy
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Date 30 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

I Felt An Angel – A Poem of Comfort, Healing, and Hope

I Felt An Angel is a beautiful and soothing poem that captures the invisible yet powerful presence of a guardian angel. It speaks to the…
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Date 29 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Brioche French Toast

Brioche French Toast "Recipe adapted from BBC Good Food.com" Ingredients: 2 large eggs 80ml (2½ fl oz) whole milk 40ml (1½ fl oz) double cream…
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Date 28 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A quote by Lewis Howes

Something inspirational: "Real Growth feels like chaos before it looks like clarity." LEWIS HOWES
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Date 27 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Finding My Voice With Cerebral Palsy and Autism

For decades, I didn’t have the words to describe the way I experienced the world. I just knew I was and felt different – I…
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Date 26 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Are Mental Health Books Still Relevant in Today's World?

“Are mental health books still relevant in today's world?” When the world is focused on everything other than mental health, do mental health books fit…
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Date 25 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Why I Talk About Mental Health (Even When It's Uncomfortable)

Talking about mental health still makes people uncomfortable. I’ve seen it – the sideways glances, the quiet pauses in conversations, followed by quick subject changes.…
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Date 24 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Susan Sontag quote

Something inspirational: “10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent…
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Date 23 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

Functional Fitness for Strength, Balance, and Health

Functional fitness is training your body through everyday activities, such as squatting, bending, pulling, pushing, climbing, and walking. The older you get, the more you…
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Date 22 June 2025
Author Ilana Estelle

A Poem by Pablo Neruda

A Poem – By Pablo Neruda “Well, nowIf little by little you stop loving meI shall stop loving youLittle by littleIf suddenly you forget meDo…
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