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 13 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Freedom

Something inspirational: “Without freedom from the past there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent. It is only the…
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Date 12 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Positive emotional practices

To be able to deal with our emotions, it is important to stay in control of our feelings, thoughts and behaviour. When we are able …
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Date 11 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Stress in the home

Home should be a sanctuary, a place where once the door is closed, we have peace and with each other. Though it’s easy to assume…
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Date 10 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Yesterday's experiences

Yesterday was a strange day, good but strange. For the last few months I’ve been in the same place on issues that haven’t yet been…
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Date 9 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Wise thoughts

Something inspirational: “All truly wise thoughts have been thought already, thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again…
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Date 8 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Attachment

Something inspirational: "Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You’re able to benefit from the unique viewpoints…
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Date 7 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

A couple of quotes

Emotionally I’ve been through so much in the last few days. I’m on a roller-coaster still waiting to get off. Last weekend was tough. I’m…
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Date 6 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Puzzles and people

Something to think about: “Some people are puzzles that are best understood in pieces rather than put together.” C. E. SCHMITT
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Date 5 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Pain's message

Something inspirational: Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls…
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Date 4 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Confrontational relationships

Supportive relationships are important for our mental and physical health, without which we will begin to struggle. It’s never easy walking away, but it has…
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Date 3 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Feuding parents

Feuding parents… how many children will have grown up in families where their parents argue. I know I did. It is not possible to totally…
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Date 2 August 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Guest recipes

Following the posting of a successful recipe suggested by a good friend, I would like to invite others to do the same.  If you have…
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