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 17 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The past and moving on

Something inspirational: Dwell not on the past; use it to illustrate a point; then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now…
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Date 16 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

About resilience

Resilience helps with life’s journey. It doesn’t matter whether we need it to help us cope with a serious illness, or the death of a…
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Date 15 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

A journey of resilience

Although my not so positive days come with the territory, I am trying to get to grips with my family’s life-changing experience. Whilst continuing with…
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Date 14 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Our choice

Something inspirational: “The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our…
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Date 13 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Some of the same feelings

So here I am blogging about my feelings again. It’s never a great surprise to me that my thoughts and feelings constantly change. When a…
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Date 12 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Hostility

Being hostile towards others because we’re finding life tough isn’t right, particularly if it means us alienating the people we care about the most. Hostility…
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Date 11 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Compassion

The first step in developing compassion is empathy, because without empathy we can’t have compassion. Sadly, not only do we not practice compassion, but we…
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Date 10 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Making a connection

Something inspirational: “When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for that moment.” Georgia O'Keeffe
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Date 9 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Winning through losing

From an early age, we learn from our parents and society how significant it is for us to win, but what it means to lose…
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Date 8 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Convincing others

Isn’t it frustrating when you tell someone something and you end up having to convince them before they’ll agree with you? Not all people accept…
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Date 7 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Leadership qualities

Something inspirational: “A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs…
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Date 6 December 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Resentment

Resentment comes from feeling we’ve been treated unfairly, when we find it hard to forgive those who have wronged us. When we hold on to…
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