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 30 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Why we should remain upbeat

Even from a small age, I always tried to remain upbeat no matter what I was dealing with, but remaining upbeat hasn’t always been easy…
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Date 29 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The true meaning of friendships

It’s easy to feel that we know someone well, but the little bits that make up some of the bigger bits we know about them,…
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Date 28 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Courage

Something inspirational: Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” MARY…
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Date 27 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Having the last word

How many of us know someone who, no matter what, needs to have the last word? Having the last word is a habit: it’s an…
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Date 26 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Spinach and Pine Nut Lasagne

Spinach and Pine Nut Lasagne 'This recipe has been adapted from Delia on line' Sauce: 1½ pints (850ml) milk 2 oz (50g) plain flour ...
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Date 25 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The Charming Gardeners

Something inspirational: “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” MARCEL PROUST, NOVELIST
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Date 24 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Thoughts about moving abroad

Having watched a neighbour’s family prepare for a new life in Canada and watching the TV documentary ‘Stephen Fry in America’ brought about memories of…
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Date 23 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Character traits

It is true that we all inherit character traits from our parents and spending time with our peers means we absorb theirs too, but what…
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Date 22 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Talking the same language

A passing thought: Conversations will be more meaningful and less tense if we ‘talk the same language.’ That sounds so obvious and easy to do,…
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Date 21 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Dealing with family feuds

It is only when we have grown up with little to no emotional support that we begin to realise how much of a struggle that…
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Date 20 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Would you want to know?

I have come to learn that I actually had four cysts removed and not three as I originally thought when I had my stitches out…
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Date 19 August 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Be your own best friend

A passing thought: Being great to our friends isn’t enough; we need to be great to ourselves too. The same way you wouldn’t offend a…
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