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 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Failure

Something inspirational: “Failure is taking the path that everyone else does, success is making your own path.” UNKNOWN
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Date 10 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

A reflection on my week

The last two journals have been poignant for me. They’ve also brought back many thoughts of what I get to deal with. I cannot believe…
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Date 9 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Coping with chaos

It is often the case that when our life is thrown into chaos, we find ways to mentally work through it. Feelings associated with chaos,…
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Date 8 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

A sense of change

I believe it’s true that we go through life more or less knowing what to expect and with any small changes that come along, we’re…
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Date 7 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Why not accept help?

Something inspirational: Do you know someone who will just never accept help? Help is something they find hard to do, usually because they’re either too…
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Date 6 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Look on the bright side

A passing thought: When we look on the bright side, we will always see things as positive. We will also begin to see the best…
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Date 5 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Good manners

A passing thought: Why we should use good manners? For those of us who are lucky to have been brought up that way, good manners…
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Date 4 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Changes to The CP Diary

I will be writing more encouragements for the ‘Feature page’ on The CP Diary for the next few days. Just a little change; I hope…
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Date 3 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Another doctor's appointment

Having been to my doctors today, I set to working on the information I was given for another possible lead so that another Consultant can…
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Date 2 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

More thoughts on my CP

I sometimes think that living with cerebral palsy is like living behind a mask. Only someone with cerebral palsy will understand what that means. It…
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Date 1 September 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Accepting responsibility

How many of us use blame to excuse the way we behave? Blame is like anger. It allows a person to behave or act in…
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Date 31 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Thoughts on growing up

Something inspirational: Do you remember how you responded when you were asked the question, 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' If…
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