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 10 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Our Parents' Parenting

As children, we have no idea about our parents’ roles, in any great detail. We may assume they look after and care for us, we…
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Date 9 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Our belief system

We all have a belief system that affects how we live day to day. Over time that belief system may begin to affect how we…
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Date 8 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Pursuit of happiness

Something inspirational: “Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time…
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Date 7 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

My Mother's Legacy

Looking back on my life, I see that my life was mapped out for me when I was born and there was nothing I could…
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Date 6 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Coping with my depression

I wanted to write about depression from a personal perspective, because I believe I was struggling with it as a child. Seeing anyone deal with…
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Date 5 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Why we judge

Unfortunately, I’ve been judged all my life and have had no choice but to walk away from situations. It’s important we accept people for who…
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Date 4 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

The beauty of nature

Something inspirational: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something…
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Date 3 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

Being yourself

I have heard the saying ‘be yourself’ so many times before. As easy as it to say, in reality it’s not something we know how…
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Date 2 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

More New Year thoughts

It’s amazing what a New Year brings, but this morning things seem pretty much the same. The New Year The New Year can either bring…
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Date 1 January 2012
Author Ilana Estelle

A New Year's thought

Something inspirational: "We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room-by-room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched.  Maybe…
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Date 31 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Silver linings

There will be many who will use this time of year to reflect on their year whilst they’re trying to move forward into the New…
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Date 30 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Being self-critical

Being self-critical stems from our core beliefs, which unless corrected, can continue. But how many of us are actually aware that every time we say…
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