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 11 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

How to learn from our mistakes

Learning from our mistakes isn’t as easy as we think. If it were, we would never repeat or make another mistake. I believe for us…
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Date 10 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Always on the go?

A passing thought: Are you one of those people that find it hard to slow down? Are you impatient or constantly on the go? Then…
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Date 9 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

About insecurities

I used to spend time as a child thinking about whether others would like me, but there are probably plenty of people who generally don’t…
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Date 8 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

A little despondent

After an unsuccessful weekend, I am feeling somewhat despondent this morning. With no emotional support growing up, I find it hard to be the adult…
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Date 7 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

With every new day

Something inspirational: “With the new day comes new strengths and new thoughts.” ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
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Date 6 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Choose to be happy

We should choose to be happy over being angry or sad. I didn’t understand why as a child I was so angry. Fast forward to adulthood…
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Date 5 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

General malaise

I manage to work through things, I always do, but everything in my head seems jumbled. It’s often hard to function in a clear direction…
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Date 4 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Bonfire Night Baked Apples

Bonfire Night Baked Apples This is a really simple and healthy desert to enjoy around the bonfire' Ingredients: 4 cooking apples, cored but left whole…
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Date 3 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Accepting our differences

A passing thought: We’re all different. We all have different talents as well as different attributes. We also have a different standard of living with…
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Date 2 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Working on our bad days

With more bad days under my belt than good days, I thought it might be helpful to blog about how to turn a bad day…
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Date 1 November 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Dealing with negative people

I am sure we’ve all come across negative people who you’d rather not deal with, but walking away isn’t always an option. Negativity is a…
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Date 31 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Gift of Sight

Something inspirational: “Use the gift of sight. Don’t miss a thing and share the joy with others.” DAVID BAIRD
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