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 15 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Dealing with disappointment

My thoughts are all over the place today. I’m dealing with disappointment, feelings of sadness and grief and dealing with apathy too. I inevitably bring…
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Date 14 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Disappointment

I was a child who didn’t meet with success, so didn’t have the chance to experience disappointment in the way other children did. About success…
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Date 13 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Our insecurity

Something inspirational: “To seek security outside to fill the void of insecurity inside is like trying to cure a wound by putting dirt on it.…
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Date 12 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Things feel better today

Things feel better today. After months of my head being in a fog, I finally feel we have turned a corner this morning with Claudia…
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Date 11 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Unresolved issues

Unresolved issues can sometimes take the form of anger and should be addressed. It’s not fine, but as long as they’re our issues, then it…
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Date 10 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

My Philosophy

Something inspirational: “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is…
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Date 9 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

My constant uncertainties

We all have temporary periods of worry, that’s a given, but my worries seem to be anything but temporary, they have literally moved in. I…
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Date 8 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

How we define ourselves

I believe that our life experiences pave the way for us to define ourselves as well as other people defining us. As a child, I…
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Date 7 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Be still

Something inspirational: "Be still. It takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you…
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Date 6 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

An Easter Message

May your Easter be blessed with health, longevity, love and a lot of happiness. Happy Easter everyone. 🙂
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Date 5 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

An inspirational quote

Something inspirational: “A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have…
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Date 4 April 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Relationships and hidden issues

Relationships may sometimes reveal our own hidden issues. Have you ever noticed that when you see, or are in the company of someone who is…
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