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 5 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Trying too hard

Have you ever tried to make a situation work, then realise it never will? It’s only really when we stop trying, or walk away that…
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Date 4 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Questions & progress

Something inspirational: “It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still asking.”…
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Date 3 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Time's running out

I still have one or two issues centred round my cerebral palsy that I’ve never been able to bring closure on and unfortunately for me…
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Date 2 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

It's a confidence thing

I often take a few moments to contemplate how I feel, because even though the signs are there, they’re not always obvious. On the back…
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Date 1 November 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Failure and opportunity

Something inspirational: “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. " HENRY FORD
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Date 31 October 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Being objectionable

Have you ever been around someone who is so objectionable, you feel you have to walk away? For those of us who often have no…
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Date 30 October 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

A happy disposition

We all have genetic predispositions that determine our state of happiness, which is why some of us are happier than others. We can change how…
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Date 29 October 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Joy of life

Something inspirational: “Those who make compassion an essential part of their lives find the joy of life. Kindness deepens the spirit and produces rewards that…
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Date 28 October 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Far from perfect

Through my writing, it may look that I have the perfect life, but my life is far from perfect. I have always had to deal…
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Date 27 October 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Wounds and healing

Something inspirational: “Wounding and healing are not opposites. They’re part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with…
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Date 26 October 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Other people's decisions

It takes time, effort and energy when it comes to making decisions, but we use even more energy when we choose to sit on the…
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Date 25 October 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Pasta with Beans and Pesto

Pasta with Beans and Pesto 'This is a really easy recipe adapted from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s recipe' Ingredients:   330g new potatoes 300g pasta ...
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