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 21 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Quiet time

For most of us, sitting when we could be doing something constructive may seem a little boring, but that’s the idea about spending time on…
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Date 20 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

My unresolved issue

My life has always been up and down dealing with a physical disability over the years. Dealing with a physical, mental and emotional disability meant…
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Date 19 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

How we see life

Something inspirational: "The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than…
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Date 18 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Being disillusioned

There is no getting away from the fact that my life has been a lie. Yes, I have lived a lie and have been disillusioned…
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Date 17 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

The CP Diary is 2 today

The CP Diary is 2 today.
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Date 16 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Peace of mind

“The definition of peace of mind is the absence of anxiety or mental stress.” It should be conducive to emotional and physical wellbeing. It can…
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Date 15 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Following your dreams

Something inspirational: “There are those people today who live the same life, day-in day-out predictable, risk-free, dreamless. They are the harshest critics of those who…
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Date 14 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Change your life

Life is a learning curve with dips in the road. Every now and again we should begin to find new things out about ourselves and…
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Date 13 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Conquering anxiety

As a child, my disability wasn’t addressed and I had anxiety. I needed help with those. For some of us, our issues may be the…
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Date 12 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Maturity

Something inspirational: "Maturity is the ability to stick with a job until it’s finished, the ability to do a job without being supervised… the ability…
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Date 11 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Fighting for life

It is hard watching a loved one go through difficulties just trying to live one more day, one more week, or one more month. I…
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Date 10 May 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

My thoughts yesterday

I wanted yesterday to end, but the truth is, I didn’t want it to start. I didn’t want to have to deal with my day.…
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