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 18 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Rose Coloured Spectacles

Why do we see the good in people even if they’re not deserving of the accolade? Why is that when someone isn’t in our life…
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Date 17 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The health benefits of Mango

Mango contains phenolic compounds and natural antioxidant properties. These properties help combat breast, prostate and colon cancer and helps with the signs of ageing. What…
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Date 16 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The problem with 'what if'

Something inspirational: Most worrying begins with the words ‘what if.’ Is this something you used to say as a child? If you didn’t use these words,…
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Date 15 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Changing emotional connections

We must shorten the divide between being told that we’re loved and feeling that we’re loved. That starts in childhood. Unless we manage to clear…
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Date 14 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Emotional connections

Being told that you’re loved as a child isn’t the same as feeling that you’re loved. There needs to be a spiritual connectedness between what…
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Date 13 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

What lies within us

Something inspirational: “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” WALT EMERSON
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Date 12 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Eating healthily

Heart health is so important, too important to neglect. We need to understand what helps keep our heart working at optimum level. I know that…
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Date 11 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Defensive behaviour

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to go on the defensive and make their issues about you? Defensive behaviour is usually a pattern…
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Date 10 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

What we see

Something inspirational: “What we see depends on what we're looking for.” UNKNOWN
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Date 9 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Feeling different

I have already written a blog about fitting in with what we deal with in our lives, but I believe there is another side to…
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Date 8 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Our inner child

Our inner child will always be affected by our early experiences. If we’re told we’re useless, we will begin to believe we’re useless, in the…
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Date 7 October 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Illness

It takes hearing about someone who has passed away in the news to make us realise how vulnerable we are to illness. There is no…
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