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 6 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

My feelings

I’m having a little bit of a downer on myself. Everything seems to be tumbling down on me. As parents, we pride ourselves on staying…
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Date 5 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The remedy Aconite

Aconite or Aconitum napellus, is derived from the buttercup family and is used primarily for those people suffering with sore throats; colds; influenza; panic attacks; earache;…
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Date 4 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

A - Z of Homeopathy

Ever since my children were small, I have always used Homeopathy on them to treat ailments, rather than resorting to traditional medicine. Homeopathy has successfully…
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Date 3 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Recognising parenting traits

Having taken time to reflect on what I see as my failings, particularly in school, I realise now those failings weren’t my responsibility. There was…
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Date 2 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Legacies from childhood

During a conversation with my father, he acknowledged mistakes, which helps me, but he couldn’t remember all of them in any detail. I cannot change…
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Date 1 February 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

The art of happiness

Something inspirational: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.” MAHATMA GHANDI
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Date 31 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Last night's events

Having spent all of last night with stomach cramps, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, I woke up at 4:15 am with the same cramps, still clutching on…
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Date 30 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Saying sorry

We find it difficult to accept we’re wrong that someone else may be right, but how many of us will admit we’re wrong? The reality…
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Date 29 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Being beautiful inside & out

Being beautiful isn’t just about a beautiful face, or a beautiful body, or what’s in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty comes from the mind,…
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Date 28 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Beauty from within

There is no point in us looking beautiful, if every time we open our mouths something inappropriate comes out. My mind goes to a film…
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Date 27 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

More about our worries

As a follow on from my previous blog about why we worry, not worrying is not always possible depending on what we have to deal…
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Date 26 January 2011
Author Ilana Estelle

Why do we worry?

Thankfully, worrying isn’t something I always do, but I am not free of worries. It’s important not to worry because worry has emotional implications on…
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