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 29 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Me and my site

Long overdue, but I wanted to explain a little bit about me and my site. My site reinforces my life and my experiences. It was…
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Date 28 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

More about Spirituality

It is said by some that religion and spirituality are total opposites. Historically, we were spiritual long before we found religion. Religion is associated with…
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Date 27 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Cats and Spirituality

Cats can teach us so much about life. When my mum was terminally ill, Pumpkin came into our lives. She had already been named by…
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Date 26 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

An unexpected surprise

Last night came good when Claudia was awarded a prize at the Town Hall in Leeds for all her hard work in school last year.…
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Date 25 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Easy baked fish

Easy baked fish Ingredients: 2 x 400g cans cherry tomatoes 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar ...
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Date 24 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Taking away negativity

Taking away negativity is an art form, not something we easily achieve, particularly if we’re in company and those people are being negative. In the…
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Date 23 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Dealing with CP issues

I have always equated the problems with my handwriting to my father walking behind me as a child. Now my neurologist has confirmed scar tissue…
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Date 22 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

The Cerebral Palsy Brain

I never really understood what I was dealing with as a child around my physical problems, what my symptoms meant or what they were. Now…
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Date 21 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Hints for a better night's sleep

Something inspirational: Having troubling sleeping? Herb sachets are known to be calming and effective which can be tucked into your pillowcase. Or make your own…
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Date 20 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Recent challenges

The last two days my thoughts have been on the problems with my hair salon. Often life goes like that. Today I resolved the problem…
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Date 19 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

Cerebral Palsy & Arthritis

Because of problems with muscles and the way our joints work, arthritis is something else that I may have to deal with as part of…
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Date 18 October 2010
Author Ilana Estelle

How I feel today

I had my journal all planned out, then I woke up and my day started to go pear shaped, so I'll publish that journal tomorrow.…
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