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 24 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The importance of change

Change is something we shy away from because it seems daunting, even scary sometimes, but it is necessary. We must be open to change. Change…
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Date 23 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

I'm wrong, you're right

Something inspirational: Thinking you’re right all the time, can make you self-righteous and difficult for others to relate to. Why not take a step back…
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Date 22 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Finding our own way

How many of us will spend our lives living someone else’s life? That means living with dreams and goals that are not ours or ever…
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Date 21 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The problems with denial

It’s both sad and understandable why most of us choose to live in denial over things not yet resolved that we need to deal with.…
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Date 20 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Our ups and downs

Something inspirational: It’s the nature of life that plans don’t always work out.  It’s also life that we spend time moaning and complaining about why. So…
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Date 19 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Recent thoughts on my CP

Up and down days seem to come and go. Something seems to have marred my mood this morning. Watching my daughter take part in her…
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Date 18 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The importance of patience

How many of us lose our patience because we haven’t got time to listen? We’re focusing on the wrong things, making things a priority, instead…
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Date 17 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

A break from work

A passing thought: How many of us take time off work if we have no plans to go away? It’s just as important to take…
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Date 16 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The cost of being naive

One of the choices I made, back in the day when I considered myself to be naïve, I am now dealing with again. Having been…
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Date 15 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The teaching of Karma

As a child, I was always aware of the existence of something bigger. Although I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, or what I…
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Date 14 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Making choices

A passing thought: It’s hard being focused on what we want to do in our lives or our career, when there are so many options…
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Date 13 July 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Another problem to deal with

I feel as though I am emotionally being tested right now on my resilience and patience. Having gone through minor surgery twice in about a…
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