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 29 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Squash, Barley & Spinach pie

Layered Squash, Barley & Spinach Pie 'Adapted from the BBC Good Food Guide' Ingredients: For the filling: 1 small butternut squash (about 1kg), peeled and…
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Date 28 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

What we are

Something inspirational: "We are what we think. All that we are arises. With our thoughts, we make our world." BUDDHA
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Date 27 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

When someone resonates

It makes a real difference when others relate and understand what we go through. When someone resonates it changes how you feel about what you…
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Date 26 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Right from wrong

Something inspirational: "The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do…
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Date 25 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

A Xmas Day thought

Something inspirational: "May peace be more than a season; it is my hope that it may be a way of life." AUTHOR UNKNOWN
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Date 24 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Crises & change

Something inspirational: "In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change, breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so…
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Date 23 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Why we should reflect

I use reflection as a tool to change aspects of my life so that I get to feel calm. Reflection, when used as a tool…
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Date 22 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

How I feel

I hate how I feel sometimes, I also hate what I have to deal with. My cerebral palsy is feeling a whole lot worse since…
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Date 21 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Ways of building resilience

Culture has a tendency to impact on our resilience. We’re born into a world where culture is important, but not everyone is accepting of their…
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Date 20 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The obstacles of life

Something inspirational: For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some…
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Date 19 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Simplifying your life

I have noticed that in general society has become more materialistic. We want more than we can afford to have, own or need. We buy…
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Date 18 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Yoga

The word yoga means 'union' in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India where yoga originated.  In Yoga this is thought to refer to the union…
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