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 26 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

More on guilt

Never trust guilt, instead act on it. The hardest thing to do is apologise if we do something wrong. I believe we distinctively know when…
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Date 25 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Guilt

Guilt is a burden many of us carry by the trunk load, either because of something someone else has done to us, or something we’ve…
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Date 24 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

My guilty feelings

I believe that no matter how parents raise their children, they will never get it right one hundred per cent. But what about those of…
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Date 23 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Never look down

Something inspirational: “Never look down on someone unless you’re helping him up.” JESSE JACKSON, Civil Rights Campaigner
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Date 22 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The remedy Argent Nit

Argent Nit (“Argentum Nitricum") is derived from a compound of silver called silver nitrate and was used to cauterise wounds. What is Argent Nitricum used for? The…
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Date 21 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Low fat Spag Bol

Low Fat Spaghetti Bolognese 'This is a quick and easy recipe that takes about 5 mins to prepare' Ingredients: 2 tsp olive oil 1 onion,…
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Date 20 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Support & parenting

Today my mood seems to have gone downhill. I know what’s triggered the problem but cannot seem to resolve it. It’s because I have never…
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Date 19 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

On the mend

Last night came and my visit to the hospital proved successful. The stitches have come out finally. I’ve put the success of the operation down…
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Date 18 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Optimist or Pessimist?

Something inspirational: "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity - an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." UNKNOWN
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Date 17 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The day ahead

I think a little bit of despondency has set in today. The operation to remove 6 lesions last Friday was mostly successful. I think a…
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Date 16 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Control

Control can be very much part of our lives if we let it happen. There is often someone in our lives who outwardly means well…
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Date 15 March 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Friendships

Six small lesions and four injections later, my mind has opened up to different thoughts over the last few days. I believe that having things…
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